Mercedes C-Class

The new Mercedes C-Class today celebrated its world premiere at the Mercedes-Benz World in Stuttgart. With outstanding features for safety, comfort and agility, and the optically clearly delineated from one another model variants is the new C-Class sedan with its diverse product concept, the variety of customer expectations.



Mercedes C-Class

The sedan is equipped with 4581 mm 55 mm longer than the previous model. The width of the body increases by 42 to 1770 mm in the wheelbase by 45 to 2760 mm. These dimensions create the conditions for a large space and hence still more room for comfort. The front shoulder room, for example, 40 millimeters higher than in the past.


Mercedes C-Class

The striking design of the new Mercedes C-Class, at the end of March in Europe and a few weeks later in the USA to the merchants, based on the modern design language of Mercedes-Benz. First do the design lines with a Mercedes sedan through independent vehicle faces. Sun shows the equipment AVANTGARDE line with the grille centered in the Mercedes star arranged an extremely agile Mercedes C-Class sporting design. Customers, the more comfortable and elegant on his wish, offers Mercedes with the equipment and CLASSIC ELEGANCE lines and the traditional Mercedes grille a genuine classic.

Mercedes C-Class

To Dr. Klaus Maier, in the business field management of the Mercedes Car Group, responsible for sales and marketing: "With this design variance, the new Mercedes C-Class still focused on this segment very heterogeneous customer requirements. Depending on the equipment line, the new Mercedes C-Class accents to the individual comfort or the agility. "


Mercedes C-Class

Among the technical innovations of the new Mercedes C-Class is the AGILITY CONTROL package with appropriate shock absorber control and even more direct steering. With ADAPTIVE BRAKE, another innovation in the field of suspension technology, the Mercedes C-Class additional assistance functions. For maximum safety, the Mercedes C-Class equipped with seven airbags, seatbelt and retractors.

Mercedes C-Class Interior


Mercedes C-Class

Also on the standard equipment includes NECK-PRO head restraints, rear impact millisecond when the heads of driver and passenger protection. It also equips the Mercedes C-Class fitted with blinking stop lamps, rear to be avoided. The first time in this segment are in the Mercedes C-Class is also the innovative Intelligent Light System with five different light functions, and the occupant protection system PRE-SAFE available before an impending accident reflexively protective measures for the driver and front passenger activated.

Mercedes C-Class Engine


Mercedes C-Class

To launch stand for the new Mercedes C-Class revised four engines, three petrol (C 200, C 280 and C 350) and a four-cylinder diesel variant (C 220 CDI) for selection. During the year, Mercedes-Benz extended the offer to, inter alia, the V6 diesel C 320 CDI and the two four-cylinder C 180 and C 200 CDI. With a remarkable performance increase of up to 13 percent influence on the motors the character of the new Mercedes C-Class.

Mercedes C-Class

Special attention was devoted Mercedes development of the four-cylinder engines. The petrol engines increases the performance of the base model C 180 Compressor of previously 105 kW / 143 hp to 115 kW / 156 PS, the maximum torque is improved by 4.5 percent, from 220 to 230 Newton metres. The C 200 Compressor goes with a 15 kW / 20 hp more powerful engine at the starting line. It makes 135 kW / 184 hp and reaches from 2800/min a maximum torque of 250 Newton metres.

Mercedes C-Class

With these modified engines improve the driving performance and consumption values of the four-cylinder models. The acceleration from zero to 100 km / h is the C 200 COMPRESSOR 0.5 seconds faster than the previous model. Equally noteworthy are the results when fuel consumption: The C 180 Compressor consumes over 100 kilometres 0.3 litre petrol Super fewer than in the past, the C 200 Compressor decreases the combined fuel consumption of 0.5 litres per 100 kilometres.

Mercedes C-Class

Even with the diesel engines, the development of the four-cylinder in the center. Engine, turbo chargers and common rail direct-injection, the Stuttgart engineers further improved and modified over 90 components. This package of measures is the new C 200 CDI eleven percent more than the previous model: 100 kW / 136 hp instead of 90 kW / 122 hp. The C 220 CDI develops a peak power of 125 kW / 170 hp (previously: 110 kW / 150 hp) and unfolds from 2000/min a torque of 400 Newton meters - about 18 percent more than in the past. The fuel consumption decreases by up to 0.3 litres per 100 kilometres: C 200 and C 220 CDI CDI ride in the European Driving Cycle (NEDC), with only 6.1 litres of fuel 100 kilometres.

Mercedes C-Class

Is a choice of three petrol with 150 kW / 204 hp, 170 kW / 231 PS and 200 kW / 272 hp. The new six-cylinder C 320 CDI provides 165 kW / 224 hp. With the exception of the C 350 will receive all models of the new Mercedes C-Class standard a six-speed gearbox with AGILITY CONTROL circuit. 7G-TRONIC, the unique seven-speed automatic gearbox, from the assembly line. It is also available on request for the other six-cylinder models of the Mercedes C-Class available.

Mercedes C-Class
 

Since the launch of Series 190, the so-called "Baby Benz", 25 years ago, the models of the Mercedes C-Class to the most popular vehicles in the product portfolio of the brand with the star. With the current model changes, the fourth generations of the Mercedes C-Class the success story of its predecessor model, the 203 series, continue. With about 30 percent of worldwide sales, Germany is the most important market for the Mercedes C-Class. The new Mercedes C-Class is in the German plants Sindelfingen and Bremen, and the South African East London produced.