Mercedes has already released official details and picture so the new B-Class interior. And now here we have the first official shot of the exterior.

To be unveiled at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, the 2012 Mercedes B-Class is about 110 percent different than the car it replaces. It’s larger, nicer, better-equipped, and as we featured in a story before, much more technologically advanced.

The new platform upon which the 2012 B-Class is built, will also underpin the new A-Class and a range of small, efficient and practical new models. Don’t let its slightly minivanish look fool you! Mercedes engineers have gone to enormous length to make sure the car is also satisfying dynamically.

Here’s the interior pictures to recap, as we’re waiting for more official materials to arrive from Mercedes: