With the New York Auto Show opening its doors to the press today, the 2008 Mercedes C-Class has officially made its U.S. debut.  To celebrate the inaugural event, Mercedes-Benz USA as taken a moment to publish an in-depth press release highlighting the new model, with select topics including its engine variants, transmissions, design and safety features.  In addition, they've also published a photo collection showcasing both the C-Class Sport and Luxury models, demonstrating well the differences between the two...

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In financial news, Mercedes-Benz USA announced yesterday that for the month of March, sales of passenger cars rose 0.9 percent to 21,612 new vehicles, the highest ever March sales on record.  The figure brings MBUSA's year-to-date sales to 55,985 new units, an increase of 9.3 percent when compared to the first quarter of last year and also the highest first quarter on record for the U.S. division...

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Over the weekend, we received a number of tips from you, our beloved readers, pointing us to several Mercedes reviews we missed while we were on our usual two-day hiatus.  This, of course, means it's time for another installment of our now famous "Review Roundup" segment, and in this episode, the 2008 C-Class, the E63 AMG Wagon and the CL63 AMG are all put to the test to see if each of the models truly does live up to its namesake.

As with all our Review Roundup features, you can find each review, along with a brief description of each, immediately after the jump...

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First there was BRABUS; now, Carlsson has thrown their hat into the W204 ring, debuting their new CK35 tuning program for the 2008 Mercedes C-Class. Described by Carlsson as a vehicle that's "not a dazzler but a car with race-track engineering that meets the promise of looks and paper form," the CK35 features a wealth of enhancements implemented to accomplish this very purpose...

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Welcome back ladies and gentlemen; I hope you all had a marvelous weekend.  As you all know, there's been some speculation about what the new model will be making it's debut at the New York Auto Show, premiering alongside its CL65 AMG sibling.  Going through our inbox this morning, however, the question has been answered, thanks to our friend Vincent over at Autoblog.nl.  On his site, Vincent has uncovered the first pics of the new model, and it is indeed a CLK63 AMG Black Series (at least we assume that's the new model's moniker)...

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