C-Class (W206) [Official] Mercedes Benz C-Class (W206)

[klier]

The all terrain looks stupid AF, station wagon all the way. Those ugly plastic bits and stupid ride height totally ruin it for me. The wagon on the other hand looks superb.

 

[leylandi]

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

round pipes = C43/53? Will it use a detuned version of the C63's powertrain?

 

[leylandi]

round pipes = C43/53? Will it use a detuned version of the C63's powertrain?

C53 M254
C63 M139

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Handsome car.

 

[Merc1]

It’s the best looking C ever but that 4-cylinder kills it for me.

M

 

[Antti]

Guys, opinions on this: due to the CO2-specific showroom tax in my location, the C200 4Matic (petrol) costs the same as the C300d 4Matic (diesel). The diesel seems to have a lot more power than the petrol, but is it a no-brainer to go for the diesel? What is refinement like? I guess the 300d is still the 4 cylinder engine and has mild-hybrid features? I do low miles so the cost of fuel is not a deciding factor here

 

[MPertz]

Maintenance cost.
I own a bmw 520d, one of my friends had a 428i. Oil change, filters, consumables, for some reason I always paid double price for this. And we were doing the service at the same BMW rep.

Guys, opinions on this: due to the CO2-specific showroom tax in my location, the C200 4Matic (petrol) costs the same as the C300d 4Matic (diesel). The diesel seems to have a lot more power than the petrol, but is it a no-brainer to go for the diesel? What is refinement like? I guess the 300d is still the 4 cylinder engine and has mild-hybrid features? I do low miles so the cost of fuel is not a deciding factor here

 

[J.E]

Guys, opinions on this: due to the CO2-specific showroom tax in my location, the C200 4Matic (petrol) costs the same as the C300d 4Matic (diesel). The diesel seems to have a lot more power than the petrol, but is it a no-brainer to go for the diesel? What is refinement like? I guess the 300d is still the 4 cylinder engine and has mild-hybrid features? I do low miles so the cost of fuel is not a deciding factor here

If petrol is cheaper than diesel where you live, then go for the C200.

 

[hovabongZA]

Quite a brutal review of the C300.

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[Mick Briesgau]

Quite a brutal review of the C300.

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Refreshingly different, non-main stream review; real criticism. I like it.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Lack of adaptive dampers on big wheels is a big tell of this review when the vast majority of reviews have praised the chassis tuning when fitted with these.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

The standard set up (suspension and dampers) is focused on comfort. Besides of that, the comfort mode of the adaptive dampers is rather limited. His main issue with the car on this matter is, that it uses old technology (W205) on a new car. Little progression and modernization on this classic engineering aspects of a car.

 

[klier]

This car is all but forgotten. In its first year. Never see one. Never hear anyone about it. No word of mouth and no hype.

Little progression and modernization on this classic engineering aspects of a car.

Made quickly in between their mess of an EQ strategy and development... I hope MB themselves don't forget about it.

 

[martinbo]

I've seen one new W206 C-class. That's all. Insane, taking into account that it's made here in SA. What a pity.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

This car is all but forgotten. In its first year. Never see one. Never hear anyone about it. No word of mouth and no hype.



Made quickly in between their mess of an EQ strategy and development... I hope MB themselves don't forget about it.

The reasons you don’t see much are many. It’s availability (COVID-19 effect) and it’s price (overpriced in my opinion) being the two most important ones.

MB seams to invest only in EV and useless technical gadgets (hyperscreen, 3D driver screen etc.) indeed.

 

[klier]

MB seams to invest only in EV and useless technical gadgets (hyperscreen, 3D driver screen etc.) indeed.

Investing in EV is good because if they don't MB will end up as a subsidiary of some Chinese conglomerate no-one has ever heard of and which is fully in the pockets of the CCP..
Investing in useless crap is not so good lol

 

[leylandi]

This car is all but forgotten. In its first year. Never see one. Never hear anyone about it. No word of mouth and no hype.



Made quickly in between their mess of an EQ strategy and development... I hope MB themselves don't forget about it.

Small numbers were produced due to the lack of chips.

 

[klier]

Small numbers were produced due to the lack of chips.

Probably the chips are going to S-class and G-class and Maybach models, the high margin vehicles.

 

[Merc1]

^^^ Correct. Mercedes' ATP has sky rocketed in the USA because they are focusing on the E, S, GLS, GLE, and EQS.

M