SPY PICS: Benign Benz B-Class Buds

The Carparazzi people are nothing if not assiduous. 

Currently labouring under a fascination with all things Benz, the master spy photographers have snapped a mildly facelifted version of the mid-life refresh for the Mercedes-Benz B-Class, spotted on test through semi-industrial German backstreets.

The pix show little other than a hint that external changes will be limited to a minimally revised rear bumper and maybe a slightly more swoopy approach to the front end plastics, where indentations under the masking suggest new, upswept crease lines below the headlights to give the B-Class a happier face.

The car is reportedly due to be shown for the first time at the Paris motor show in October 2008.

-- with Carparazzi