04c230sport

*cough *cough RIPOFF

benze-ply

i prefer the 3-spoke steering wheel as well.
the front of the w204 is growing on me, the pic of the white w203 avantgarde is really nice. the back is still...bleh. the rear bumper sticks out too much and the trunk looks shrunken.

Boom vang

Doesn't the rear look a bit like the old A4? I am also thinking that the front (with the star in the grill) looks a bit like a Dodge Charger

Boom vang

Charger vs W204 front

slammer111

It's good that they made a whole whackload of options standard on the W204. The question now is... how much did the base price go up by?

ZAKON

Hyuindai Sonata...

Boom vang

looks like M-B hired the designers that got fired from Infiniti after they made a mess out of the 2003 M45. The timing would have been right

Evil Duffman

wtf are all you guys talking about the new W204 looks nothing like those represenations. You guys need your eyes checked. The front end was taken from the new CL and S class design. The rear was a compromise between the new CL lights and the new E class design. The side was stolen from the new BMW - 3 series. The only hondaish/toyotish design the rear lights. (most cars have lights like that anyway) Besides that if you look at the luxury package grille from the front looks alot like the old W202s just modernized. (which i love).

I think this is a HUGE improvement from the girly and bland w203s.

Boom vang

Ok I'll give you that, but then the CL was then taken from the above (Audi, Charger, M45) cars because they were out first

ctC230K

you should never have to justify a cars design, it either looks perfect right away or it looks awful

slammedcclass

livestrongONe

so whats the price going to be for the diffrent models.

ZAKON

Officially (in Germany):

Petrol engines:
C 180 K, 44 350 €
C 200 K, 47 800 €
C 230, 51 800 €
C 280, 53 700 €
C 280 4Matic, 60 250 €
C 350, 67 500 €
C 350 4Matic, 69 900 €
C 63 AMG, 104 000 €

Diesel engines:
C 200 CDI, 46 800 €
C 220 CDI, 51 500 €
C 320 CDI, 61 350 €
C 320 CDI 4Matic, 68 300 €

c230_04

I like the new look. How much will it be in the US ?

dalazernet

Sorry if this has already been posted, but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G25BybM2Cg

There's the new 08!

- Eric

Chi-Benz

A tid bit from autoweek:

http://autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...THISWEEKSISSUE

victorfjr

It's funny that you guys mentioned the CL, I went to my dealer on Saturday and when I walked in the first car that I saw was the new CL, but when I first saw it I thought it was the new C class !! Only when I saw the side profile did I realize that it was the new CL. From what I can tell the headlights look exactly the same as the new C class. Then yesterday I saw the new CL on the road !! Nice car !!

Kunal shah

So does anyone know what power/torque we looking at on the C300 and C350???? Are they the same from the W203 (assuming that the C300 is just a rebadged C280)

GDawgC220

As far as we know, C300 will be 231hp/221tq and the C350 will have 272hp.

budthegreat23

Rear is crap, headlights/ grill/ sides are alright. Gauge Cluster is nice, center console and steering wheel are crap, interior is more spacious. I'd rather have a w203, current clk, B6 S4, or a 335i coupe without question.

livestrongONe

ok after looking at the car for a while now and picking my colors I am officialy saying I like it. Here is the link below if you want to semi choose your colors for the outside and interior.

Ps I am sorry if I have reposed the link if it has already been posted

http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/.../360_view.html

360_iti

In Euro ? That can't be true.
That'd mean C180K = 44,350€ = 57,566 US$
C63 AMG = 104,000€ = 134,992 US$.

MB-JIM

I believe the German prices are more like:

C280 35,641 Euro

C350 44,328 Euro

360_iti

I'd believe it more if the prices were in DM instead of Euro.

That would price C350 = 67,500 DM = 44,796 US$
C63 = 104,000 DM = 69,017 US$

DamonAnthony

C63 will be at least $170,000 here