C-Class New C-Class Premiers in Mühldorf (56K Warning)

cawimmer430 · Mar 31, 2007

Well the new C-Class Premiered in Mühldorf today and I was up there checking them out. I didn't bother taking that many pictures since the place was crowded with visitors.

I finally got to try the rear seats of the C-Class. This was really perfect today because people would sit infront and try the drivers seat and I would quickly sneak into the back and see how I fitted. Well, I am 6'4" tall and I am sorry to report that the rear passenger compartment of the W204 C-Class is still pretty small. The rear of my head bumps against the ceiling and my legs barely fit - and the front seat wasn't even positioned all the way back too! If you're tall, forget it. Other than that, the rest of the car seemed perfectly fine. I am really diggin the Avantgarde version. Just sexy.

Classic: Not much to say here. This is the basic trim car designed for taxi, police and business fleet usage. What the car lacks on the outside, it somewhat makes up for on the inside. The interior is just as good as the Elegance or Avantgarde models, but less visually appealing (different steering wheel etc.). I didn't spend too much time in the base version.

Elegance: I'll skip the exterior (since it is nice) and go right to the interior. The wood trim adds a nice touch, but I felt that the Avantgarde version looked much better with the use of aluminum. By the way, I think the Elegance version can look really hot with the proper rims for example. Like this one:

Avantgarde: My favorite trim level. Visually, this version is just stunning. Sleek, dynamic, classy and conservative looking. I love it. The interior looks even better than the Elegance version with wood. I feel that the brushed aluminum has a nice sporty presence inside the W204 cockpit.

Here are the pictures. Feel free to ask questions! :t-cheers:

PS: TESTDRIVES START NEXT WEEK (NOT THIS COMING WEEK)!!! :eusa_danc

THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. I STOPPED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE PREPARING THE SHOWROOM FOR TODAY. SAW MY FIRST ELEGANCE W204 C-CLASS!

AVANTGARDE INTERIOR IN DETAIL

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2007!!!

C220 CDI Avantgarde

C220 CDI Elegance with interior shots!

C200 Kompressor CLASSIC with me and a crazy mime the dealership hired to apparently piss people off!

Another C220 CDI Avantgarde...

New Smart

Outside the dealership, they had this...

...and this! Bavarian Roast Chicken!!!

Hope you liked the pics! :t-cheers:

ree · Mar 31, 2007

I've just wanted to ask, how the presentation of the new C-Class was...

Thanks for posting all these interesting stuff... :bowdown:

Can't wait to visit the dealer on Monday... :eusa_danc

I will contribute some pictures then.
edit: I want to give you some karma - but I am not allowed to do... :eusa_thin

ree · Mar 31, 2007

I hope our dealer will have some C-Classes with leather interior...

Mr. M · Mar 31, 2007

Thanks for the report bro. Love the exterior of the C-Class, Mercedes has gotten conservative + sporty figured out.

mrkc77 · Mar 31, 2007

Nice write up again, Christian, thanks for that :usa7uh:

.

Surprise to see though, that was no AMG kitted W204's there!!

Kowalski · Mar 31, 2007

Bloody hell! Christian...you are on tall bugger!

How tall are you?

Thank you very much for the pics. :usa7uh:

EnI · Mar 31, 2007

Christian, have you spoken to other people there? What are their opinions on W204? Do Opas & Omas like die neue C-Klasse?

:t-cheers:

MB-JIM · Mar 31, 2007

Great photos.
If possible, please post a photo of a PALLADIUM colored car.

Monster · Mar 31, 2007

The AVANTGARDE interior looks really boring, dont' really like the black on black colour combination. How is the interior quality, does the silver trim feels like metal at all, and does all the interior buttons and nobs feel solid to use ?

tony · Mar 31, 2007

So this is the new re-designed C-class. How many years did the prior generation C-class last? What year did that prior one start?

thanks

Mr. Mercedes · Mar 31, 2007

Once again making a huge contribution to the forum. Thank you Christian. :usa7uh:

I still find the elegance with a good set of alloys more visually appealing than the avantgarde (it's just so elegant lol :t-crazy2:

), though the avantgarde with the AMG package takes the cake.

One dissapointing aspect is that choosing the elegance means you miss out on the awesome new interior colour combinations being offered on the avantgarde.

Also, it seems like a lot of the electronic features will only be made available later on (distronic plus being a major one, Nightvision and also no word on a rear view camera just yet?). Obviously MB is scared shitless about poor reliability reports and is delaying these for the time being.

Mr. M · Mar 31, 2007

monster said:
The AVANTGARDE interior looks really boring, dont' really like the black on black colour combination. How is the interior quality, does the silver trim feels like metal at all, and does all the interior buttons and nobs feel solid to use ?

I am also interested to know - though Christian's previous comment was that the quality was really good, but not class-leading. I'm still quite sceptical.

Tarek · Mar 31, 2007

The Avantgarde one is really hot from outside but the inside is not that great especially with absence of leather.

Centurion · Mar 31, 2007

Great report Wimmer. Judging my the people in the pictures you seem to have been the youngest person at the dealer. Bad sign

ree · Apr 1, 2007

Luwalira said:
Great report Wimmer. Judging my the people in the pictures you seem to have been the youngest person at the dealer. Bad sign

This is not completely correct.

cawimmer said:

Nevertheless people at the age of 20 - 30 are very rare at Mercedes dealer. Maybe you can find them at the next Audi or BMW dealer... :eusa_thin

cawimmer430 · Apr 1, 2007

ree said:
I've just wanted to ask, how the presentation of the new C-Class was... Thanks for posting all these interesting stuff... Can't wait to visit the dealer on Monday...
I will contribute some pictures then.
edit: I want to give you some karma - but I am not allowed to do...

The presentation started at 9:00 AM, I came around 10:00 AM because my mom's dishwasher broke down and she wanted me to try and fix it (as if I know how to fix that thing!?). The salesmen were always around to answer questions and try to make a sale. I talked to one of them, a Mr. Preuss, and asked him how the car drove. This guy, along with the other salesmen went to Spain and drove all versions of the new W204 C-Class: Classic, Elegance and Avantgarde and all current engine choices. This guy loved the Avantgarde version, naturally and praised the C220 CDI for spirited performance. It's got 170-hp now so it is pretty quick indeed. Overall, I just tended to walk around, take pics, check out the cars, and later have a beer with some Bavarian roast chicken.

You already Thanked me, so the karma won't work if you thanked a person and then want to give them karma. You need to spread some karma before it will work again on the person you thanked before. :t-cheers:

cawimmer430 · Apr 1, 2007

mrkc77 said:
Nice write up again, Christian, thanks for that .

Surprise to see though, that was no AMG kitted W204's there!!

Anytime.

I am also surprised that there was no C-Class with an AMG kit, especially when they had two Avantgarde C-Classes there. One of them could have at least been equipped with an AMG body kit. Either way, the regular Avantgarde looks really good. Wait until you see this thing in real life. :t-cheers:

cawimmer430 · Apr 1, 2007

Kowalski said:
Bloody hell! Christian...you are on tall bugger!

How tall are you?

Thank you very much for the pics.

Anytime.

6'4" in height or 192 cm. Yep, I am a big son of a *****.

cawimmer430 · Apr 1, 2007

EnI said:
Christian, have you spoken to other people there? What are their opinions on W204? Do Opas & Omas like die neue C-Klasse?

Hey Eni,

Yep, I spoke to a couple of people there. While I was checking out the dark grey C220 CDI Avantgarde, an elderly couple slid into the rear seats and they soon began talking to me. They own an 1998 E230 (W210) E-Class with almost every option and they said they'd never trade in that car for this current C-Class. I asked them why and they stated that it was roomy, comfortable and it has leather seats. I told them that the C-Class could be ordered with leather but they still kept insisting that their W210 E-Class was better. I think they were kind of senile. :banana:

An old man I met told me he owns a W203 C180 Kompressor and he likes the car, but he wants to upgrade to a W204 C-Class with a V6, probably C280. I told him that there will probably be a C230 (2.5 V6) and this sparked his interest even more. His reasons for the change from a 4-cylinder to a V6 was the fact that he found the C180 Kompressor to be a bit loud at higher speeds on the Autobahn. I've driven a C200 Kompressor (W203) on the Autobahn and it is pretty loud at 200 km/h+, even at 160-180 km/h.

Most people liked the Elegance version, from what I saw and heard. The local driving school boss was at hand to check out the Classic C200 Kompressor W204. He probably wants to replace the C200 CDI 6-speed Fahrschulwagen he currently has.

Most of the visitors were older people, but there were also many people in their late 20s and 30s, especially couples with children. A lot of people also stopped by for the "free food and beer" (you paid 0.50 cents for a beer and 2.00 Euros for half a chicken!) and were hardly interested in the C-Class.

Most people I overheard talking loved the exterior. I generally heard zero criticisms about this aspect of the car. What people didn't like was the small space at the rear and the " spartan interior". I heard a lot of people think the interior was lacking a little something. Most people compared the interior to that of the BMW 3-Series: both very spartan, according to them.

Got to go eat now. BRB ASAP. :t-cheers:

cawimmer430 · Apr 1, 2007

MB-JIM said:
Great photos.
If possible, please post a photo of a PALLADIUM colored car.

No problem. If I find one, I will. :t-cheers:

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