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What’s Happening To This Once-Exclusive Segment?
These days, luxury makers seem to have an adversity to white space.
What comes before “A”? That’s the problem Mercedes-Benz apparently has to cope with as it works up plans for an all-new premium minicar that’s currently being referred to as the X-Class.
It’s been three decades since the German maker first introduced - after much internal debate - the original “Baby Benz,” the line that became today’s C-Class. It’s more recently added downsized **(http://www.autoblog.com/tag/b-class/) and A-Class lines, as well, the X- expected to be even smaller. And that’s on top of all the other new models that have rapidly fleshed out the Teutonic marque’s lineup, from the G to the GLK, not to mention CLS, CLA (above) and SLK.
It’s an alphanumeric soup, and Mercedes isn’t alone, as a quick perusal of the BMW and Audi lineups - never mind the expanding mix at Cadillac, Lincoln, Lexus and Jaguar - reveals. These days, luxury makers seem to have an adversity to white space. They’re struggling to fill in every possible gap in what is a luxury market that is both rapidly growing and quickly changing.
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