Roger Bill

The Mercedes UK web site now has a configurator and prices for the new W205 C Class which, here in the UK, is due to be launched in June: http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/cont...figurator_w204
Details look good so I'm really looking forward to a test drive.

One question: Does anyone know if the seats included in the "Seat comfort package" are the same as those in the Premium packages except for the memory function? The descriptions are:
Seat Comfort Package – driver and front passenger seat, Electro-pneumatic four-way lumbar support, Manual seat cushion depth adjustment (6 cm)

Memory Package included in the Premium packages: Driver’s seat, front passenger seat, steering column and exterior mirrors – electrically adjustable with memory

Elsewhere the seat comfort package seats are described as "4-way partially electric seat adjustment" so I'm wondering if to get electric fore and aft adjustment you have to have one of the Premium packages which I don't really want because they both include the panoramic roof.

alsyli

Looks like the configurator is off-line....

djejglk

back online? I'm seeing it.....

alsyli

Indeed it is! Wonder if I was the browser I was using at work....

nyca

Boring color choices.

djejglk

I would probably prefer one of the colors actually offered, but I'm very suprised that they are all so "neutral".

I've always liked that dark brown they have, maybe a deep red even.

benzw205

Polar white <3

C230 Sport Coup

C250 diesel 205HP and gets 75 mpg on the highway...cool.
Of course I suppose that's Imperial gallons. Still....
35K pounds...that's like 50 grand though....

Ha, C220 CDI - 80+ mpg freeway and still 170HP. Wow. you could go to LA and back from the bay area on less than 1 tank of gas. If it has a 15 gallon tank like the 203 you could go 1200 on a tankful. Well less, because I"m too lazy to do the Imp to US gallon conversion.
Fuel consumption
Fuel consumption urban***:
57.6 mpg

Fuel consumption extra-urban***:
80.7 mpg

Fuel consumption combined***:
68.9 mpg

alsyli

We (in the US) normally get a discount compared to other countries. If they position the W205 diesel as they do the W212 diesel, it should be at the lower end of the price range for the line (hopefully!). Also very optimistic about the kind of EPA and real-world numbers the car will pull, given how well the E250 did in a R&T comparison....

tommy

While it's nice to see a manual still available in the smart countries, it is a bit odd to see how it's going to compete with the dumbass control stick in the center console. Seems like typical Mercedes overengineering to me.

And I agree about the colors; my God, lighten up, MB.

C230 Sport Coup

Well Tommy, I noticed they have blue. That doesn't make you happy?!
Of course I went straight for the blue. But honestly, not feelin' it with this model.

tommy

Even that's a dark blue, though at least it's something. Where are the yellows, oranges, greens, purples, and golds of prior gens? Depressing!

djejglk

i think there's a new link, the one at the top show a "problem with the website"

http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/cont...54g2:186s33hc1

C400Driver

Thanks for this..... was able to build and show the wife what our car will look like