The new Mercedes Concept Style Coupe is certainly gorgeous, to judge by the pictures released in advance of its debut at the Beijing Auto Show 2012, and it seems it will bring a distinctly sci-fi verve to the company's generally stodgy design sensibility.

Mercedes-Benz is pitching the sporty four-door concept coupe as a rebel when it comes to style: nonconformist, provocative and masculine, and seen against the current lineup from the German automaker, it is refreshing. Also, the fact that the headlights glow red when it's in standby mode is pretty sweet.

The all-wheel drive concept sports a seven-gear transmission and is powered by a new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine that produces 211 horsepower. Between the engine development and the fact that Mercedes design head Gorden Wagener refers to it as being almost production-standard, it doesn't seem unreasonable to say that at least some of these features will make it into a production model sooner rather than later.

The interior continues the off-the-wall feeling of the car; trimmed in green and grey with loads of chrome and black aluminum, the cabin of the Mercedes Concept Style Coupe looks like the cockpit of a spaceship, as imagined in the 1950s.

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From the front, the new Mercedes Benze Concept Coupe looks like one of the Finding Nemo sharks.
From the front, the new Mercedes Benze Concept Coupe looks like one of the 'Finding Nemo' sharks. Mercedes
The interior of the Mercedes Concept Style Coupe looks like a spaceship in grey and green.
The interior of the Mercedes Concept Style Coupe looks like a spaceship in grey and green. Mercedes
The new Mercedes Concept Style Coupe makes angry red eyes in standby mode.
The new Mercedes Concept Style Coupe makes angry red eyes in standby mode. Mercedes
The new Mercedes Concept Style Coupe seems less intimidating in drive mode. Should they have kept the red all the time
The new Mercedes Concept Style Coupe seems less intimidating in drive mode. Should they have kept the red all the time? Mercedes
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupe has a 211 horsepower engine, but will that really make it move as fast as it looks in this picture
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupe has a 211 horsepower engine, but will that really make it move as fast as it looks in this picture? Mercedes
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupe parked on some enormous tiles.
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupe parked on some enormous tiles. Mercedes
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupe looks like it could be a sleek ride waiting to pick up Darth Vader in this picture.
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupe looks like it could be a sleek ride waiting to pick up Darth Vader in this picture. Mercedes
Swoosh go the wheels on the new Mercedes Concept Style Coupe.
'Swoosh!' go the wheels on the new Mercedes Concept Style Coupe. Mercedes
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupes interior seems taken straight from the pages of a comic book.
The Mercedes Concept Style Coupe's interior seems taken straight from the pages of a comic book. Mercedes