NEW MERCEDES CLK

The wraps are about to be taken off Mercedes’ new coupé – and here are the pictures to prove it. This is the new CLK – the much-anticipated rival for BMW’s 3-Series Coupé and Audi’s A5.

Spied outside the firm’s Stuttgart base, it uses underpinnings from the all-new C-Class. When it goes on sale in 2009, the coupé will debut a sleeker, chunkier and wider look, to replace the current car’s low-nose, high-tail stance.