roadkillrob

While my c63 was getting a blown speaker replaced.

Sticker on the car was $54k and I really disliked it in almost every way, really glad I have a W204 - I am sure the new C63 is awesome power wise with the new engine, but the new interior is just wrong in every way and exterior styling is less than the W204 in my book.

Overall, the little turbo 4 had decent power but felt very unrefined and the noises it made where not good noises. Car makes lots of bing and bonging noises and some of them are unpleasant sounds as stupid as that sounds.

Hate the new controller with the touch part and the knob and the stupid gearshift on the steering column. No memory presets for the radio that I could find which would make me crazy, lots of up down toggle switches including for temp which is much worse than having a knob to rotate. Chassis overly firmly over bumps while also feeling a bit floaty and steering was very light with little feel unless you had it in sport+ which was a little better (it had the Sport Package)

Overall, just a letdown in my book over the previous chassis and a steep price tag for something that wasn't much better than a 30k honda accord.

Adi-Benz

IMO:

C300
W204 > W205 exterior
W205 > W204 interior furnishings
W204 > W205 Sound (Eng/Exh)
W204 > W205 Noise interior
W204 > W205 Engine Size
W205 > W204 'HP after turbo' & Fuel Efficiency
W204 > W205 Tranny

IK I might look biased, but I definitely prefer w204.

Was the c300 2015 or 2016? 2015 is worse in terms of quality too than 2016.

Also, some of those things are in all new gen Benz's.

gogoquadzilla

I feel the same way. I have had a c300 loaner a couple times now. I'd just as soon have a Honda Civic.

BLKROKT

I just wanted to say I'm sorry, I feel your pain. I rented one for a week in CA a few months ago. Horrific car.

roadkillrob

I honestly disagree on the interior, I do like the new leather options like the diamond stitch and the wood is nice, but in terms of functionality I think it is all wrong, much harder to navigate and get to stuff as there are less functional buttons and I think half drunk with a role of duct tape, I could stick an android tablet to the dash and it would look better than what Mercedes have done, the Nav screen just looks so not thought out, like 10 minutes before they finalized the design someone said, hey you guys forgot the nav screen and 5 minutes later this was the solution. The center stack is much taller and basically wasting space and it removed real estate for controls. And transmission gear change is basically on a signal light lever on the right side - that is totally ridiculous!

Overall W204 > W205 for sure - it will be a good generation to skip!

Bigtickets

Amen. The CLA 250 feels the same way. Was a recent loaner. The fancy tranny twig has got to be the worst part. Unfortunately, that's the future of cars.

roadkillrob

Going to keep my W204 until one of us is dead!

ZephyrAMG

Keeping my W204 too....love it to death.