The brand with the three-pointed star will have a busy first half of this year with the arrival of five models. First out of the gate is the drop-top version of the SLS AMG flagship in Janaury.
The SLS AMG Roadster eschews the Gullwing's unique top-hinged doors for conventional items and a canvas roof and is powered by the same 420kW/650Nm 6.2-litre V8. Despite carrying a 40kg weight penalty, the Roadster matches the Gullwing's claimed 0-100 km/h time of 3.8 seconds.
Priced from $487,500 (plus on-road and dealer costs), the SLS Roadster is $18,680 more expensive than the Gullwing.
More AMG models will follow with the SLK55 AMG Roadster (March) and the exclusive C63 AMG Black Series Coupe (from $245,000), which has already sold out before it arrives in April.
Mercedes-Benz's "fastest-ever C-Class" dashes from 0-100km/h in 4.2 seconds (0.3 seconds faster than the 'standard' C63 Coupe) courtesy of a 380kW/620Nm 6.2-litre V8 - up by 44kW and 20Nm.
April will also see the arrival of the all-new B-Class hatch and ML-Class SUV.
Said to be priced from around $40,000, the longer, wider and roomier B-Class will be offered with the choice of petrol and diesel engines. It will also come standard with an anti-collision warning system typically seen in far more expensive vehicles.
The redesigned ML-Class is bigger and more efficient than its predecessor and will come with four-cylinder power for the first time in Australia.
The new ML250 BlueTec is powered by a 150kW/500Nm 2.1-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine that uses just 6.0L/100km (on the European cycle), which makes it as fuel efficient as a Toyota Hybrid Camry.
An ML63 AMG performance variant will arrive featuring the performance arm's latest 386kW/700Nm 5.5-litre twin-turbo V8, which is claimed to be almost 30 per cent more efficient than the current model's naturally aspirated 6.2-litre V8.
At the other end of the economy scale, the production version of the diminutive A-Class will make its global debut at September's Paris motor show before arriving in local showrooms sometime between late this year and early 2013.
The A-Class will be a dramatic departure from the tall, one-box design of its predecessors and feature low, sleek styling and a more upmarket cabin.
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