U Spy: Mercedes-Benz's Slinky CLA Sports Sedan Nabbed in Hungary

We mean it when we say it’s always a pleasure to host scoop pictures from you, our readers, and we feel especially honored when CarScoopers like Andor I. from the picturesque city of Budapest in Hungary select our site to send in their very first spy shots.

The prototype spotted by Andor is the upcoming Mercedes-Benz CLA compact sports sedan, or if you prefer, Stuttgart's "baby" CLS with a smaller footprint, but also a much smaller price tag than the brand's original four-door coupe.

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New Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG with 350hp Turbo Engine and AWD Almost Completely Undisguised

The most hotly anticipated small Mercedes-Benz model since the 190E 2.3 16v (at its time, it was considered a small car for the German brand), the new A45 AMG, has been exposed for the first time with scarcely any camouflage.

In these fresh pictures, the final production model wears some black tape on the lower part of the front bumper, the grille wings, the Mercedes-Benz monikers, the center section of the rear diffuser and the side skirts, but other than that, it’s as naked as a newborn baby.

Those of you paying close attention to the new A-Class will likely have noticed that the A45 AMG's aero kit is identical to the AMG Sport styling package offered on the regular hatchback, with the only true differences between the two coming from the bigger, 18-inch multispoke alloy wheels, the honeycomb grille inserts, and the trapezoidal (instead of oval) tailpipes.

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High-Res Picture Confirms that this is the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Facelift

On Tuesday, we shared a scoop shot of a 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan without a single trace of camouflage that was photographed while standing under a hotel entrance in the Spanish city of Madrid.

Because of the small size of the picture, we weren't absolutely sure about its authenticity at the time, but now that we have obtained the original, high-resolution version of the image, we can confirm that it is indeed the real deal.

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Scoop: 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Facelift Pictured Undisguised?

A reader of Spanish auto website Autofacil claims to have nabbed the upcoming 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan without a dollop of camouflage. The photographer, Víctor Gutiérrez Poza, told the site that he caught the car from his room in the hotel Chamartín in Madrid, Spain.

While one can never be sure, the image does look legit to us. Moreover, it wouldn't be a first for a yet-to-be revealed Mercedes-Benz model to be filmed unguarded and undisguised out in the open, with the most recent case coming to mind being the CLA compacts sports saloon.

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Spy Shots: 330hp Should Put the Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG into Your Radar

Another camouflaged version of Mercedes-Benz's upcoming CLA 45 AMG sports saloon has entered the field of our spy photographer's lens.

You can think of the CLA 45 AMG as the poor man's (or so to speak) CLS 63 AMG, as it will offer respectable performance in a smaller package and at a much lower price. In fact, it will be the cheapest AMG offering for North American buyers (Europeans will also have the option of the lower-priced A 45 AMG).

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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Edition Prototype Burns to the Ground on the 'Ring

What could have been a follow up on Monday's news on the sighting of another prototype of Mercedes-Benz's SLS AMG Black Series Edition took a…toastier twist today as the German firm's test car ended up on a guardrail while running on the Nürburgring race track and burned to the ground.

There's not a lot of information about the incident at this time, though, we do know that both the driver and his passenger abandoned the vehicle uninjured before it was engulfed in flames.

The bits and pieces of the SLS AMG Black Series Edition that are scatted on the ground along with the positioning of the car suggest that drive may have lost control smashing into the guardrail with the Gullwing coupe's rear end.

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Spy Shots: 2015 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Sports Sedan will Likely get Twin-Turbo V8

The go-faster crew at Mercedes-Benz's AMG division has its hands full these days with an army of new models including the BMW M3-rivaling C63 AMG edition of the upcoming W205 series that will replace the current C-Class.

The next C63 AMG, scheduled for a release within the next 18 months, was captured by our spy photographers running a few hot laps on the Nürburgring track. The camouflaged test car featured slightly wider fenders and bigger brakes than its lesser siblings.

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Scoop: 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Shows its Sharper Face on the 'Ring

Here's our first glimpse of the redesigned 2014 model Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG that will make its debut alongside the rest of the facelifted E-Class family, including the regular saloons, Estate, Convertible and Coupe models, early next year with sales to follow in spring.

The common denominator of these models is the smoother and more contemporary lines of the body, something mainly achieved through the replacement of the quartet of headlights with two single units and the scraping of the "Ponton" style rear fenders rear.

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Scoop: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG's Darker and More Sinister Black Edition Sibling Shows its Face

We've lost track of the number of SLS AMG Black Series Edition test cars spied over the past year or so, and as it appears, Mercedes-Benz is still not done developing the hottest production version of its 'Gull-wing' coupe.

Now, for the first time, we have captured the Black Edition without its face covered in camouflage, revealing the design changes and details such as the lip spoiler and the aerodynamic canards on the corners of the bumper.

This particular prototype was also fitted with a large fixed wing on the boot, something absent from the previous test models.

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Scoop: Mercedes-Benz Takes Out GLA 'Baby' SUV Test Car for a Walk

In July, Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche confirmed that Mercedes-Benz has green lighted the development of a new 'baby' SUV based on the new A-Class' MFA (Mercedes Front-Wheel Drive Architecture) hardware to slot right under the GLK, and now, we have the first photos of the German firm's prototype model.

While in some ways different from the A-Class in the sense that the car in these pictures rides higher and features much wider fenders and pronounced shoulders, it also sports a very similar body to the five-door hatchback, which point to a hybrid test mule and as such, the shape and styling is far from final.

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