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Old 09-23-2002, 01:07 PM
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2003 1.8 fender badge

I noticed in the new MB print ads for the 2003 C-Coupe that the car is sporting a "1.8" badge on the fender behind the front wheel. It's not on the pewter coupe that CME4BENZ posted pictures of, anyone's 2003 have this?

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Old 09-23-2002, 02:28 PM
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I have seen several '03's at the local dealers and none of them had such a badge.
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It's not on mine (thank God!) Talk about confusing, its bad enough with a 1.8L engine in a car called a C230. Would be worse if they advertised it on the side of the car!
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Originally posted by whitecar2003
It's not on mine (thank God!) Talk about confusing, its bad enough with a 1.8L engine in a car called a C230. Would be worse if they advertised it on the side of the car!
Lol

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Originally posted by whitecar2003
It's not on mine (thank God!) Talk about confusing, its bad enough with a 1.8L engine in a car called a C230. Would be worse if they advertised it on the side of the car!
woudl this make the new C coupes posers.... have 1.8L's but calling them C230;s???
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This is so stupid what they did...just rename the fricken thing a C180K and call it even, eh?
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There is no factory 1.8 badges on the 2003 C230, get over it already.
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I heard that Mercedes-Benz might be changing the C-Coupe from a C230k to a C180...they want to put in a 1.8L Turbocharged engine in it, to compete more with the A4 and GTI...a friend of mine who used to work for a Mercedes-Benz dealer told me this a few months ago. Anyone else heard about that?
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Originally posted by Faheem Daddy
I heard that Mercedes-Benz might be changing the C-Coupe from a C230k to a C180...they want to put in a 1.8L Turbocharged engine in it, to compete more with the A4 and GTI...a friend of mine who used to work for a Mercedes-Benz dealer told me this a few months ago. Anyone else heard about that?
Do you mean as opposed to the 1.8L Supercharged currently in the '03's? They just put a lot of work into this engine, I doubt they'll be changing the engine every model year.
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Originally posted by grn300m
There is no factory 1.8 badges on the 2003 C230, get over it already.
Although no one mentioned having one, I saw the aforementioned badge plain as day in a MBUSA photo advertisement featuring an orion blue coupe in a recent magazine. Maybe this badge is only on the Euro versions (I'm sure the photo came from corporate).

Originally posted by Faheem Daddy
I heard that Mercedes-Benz might be changing the C-Coupe from a C230k to a C180...they want to put in a 1.8L Turbocharged engine in it, to compete more with the A4 and GTI...a friend of mine who used to work for a Mercedes-Benz dealer told me this a few months ago. Anyone else heard about that?
My guess is your friend confused the new supercharged 1.8 with a turbocharged 1.8.

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Either supercharged or turbocharged, I think they'll be changing it to a 1.8L..but I may be wrong...
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its already a 1.8L????? what are you talking about faheem?
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Originally posted by Faheem Daddy
I heard that Mercedes-Benz might be changing the C-Coupe from a C230k to a C180...they want to put in a 1.8L Turbocharged engine in it, to compete more with the A4 and GTI...a friend of mine who used to work for a Mercedes-Benz dealer told me this a few months ago. Anyone else heard about that?
They are going to wait until they have used up all their C230K badges before they introduce the new C180K badge.

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