Official press release: December 16, 2013
http://www.mbusa.com/vcm/MB/DigitalAssets/AboutUs/PressRelease/2015-C-Class.pdf
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December 1, 2013
The 2015 C-Class arrives in showrooms by fall 2014, a turbo-four gas engine should serve as the base engine, along with a possible twin-turbo V-6, a four-cylinder turbodiesel, and a hybrid system. Transmission choices could include Benz?s new nine-speed automatic, though an eight-speed is also a possibility.
This hybrid model will likely pair a four-cylinder gasoline engine with an electric motor sandwiched between the engine and gearbox. Further down the track a high-performance AMG model will be launched, complete with a twin-turbocharged V-8 engine developing around 450 horsepower. This engine is said to be a new 4.0-liter unit destined to appear in a handful of AMG models. Its first application will be in the upcoming AMG GT sports car, which replaces the SLS AMG next year.
The new C-Class will hit showrooms next fall, as a 2015 model, and will for the first time be manufactured at Mercedes plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for NA Market.
(Motor-trend & Motor Authority, auto-blog)