The Mercedes-Benz team is very busy coming up with the CLR or the new Cabrio C-Class. Designers fit this car with a collapsing hard top to meet the market competition head on.

Right now, the CLC is the forerunner of Mercedes in that classification but its physique of being a 3-door liftback doesn’t really perfectly fit the picture. It is also based on the DNA of the older Sportcoupe C-Class.

The CLC is a bit behind when compared to the new C-Class and it will most likely see the end of its line during the mid-cycle of the range.

According to Mercedes-Benz insiders, the CLC will be killed from production by 2010 and be replaced with a more competitive 2011 C-Class Coupe.

Those looking for the hatchback form will not be dismayed since they will be producing a smaller version of the Sportcoupe derived from the platform of the next gen A Class.

The buzz remains a buzz until we hear an official confirmation from the car manufacturer. If the next C Class Coupe will roll out from the assembly line, the power train will most likely be sounding and performing like the rest of the C-Class.