I tested for the first time both the C300 and C400 yesterday.
The C400 flies... but I found the C300 weak even compared to my '09 C350.

Does anyone have any idea what 0-60 mph (or 0-100kph) are? I can't find any info for the C300 at all

 

According to car and driver the 0-60 for the new c300 is 5.0 to 6.6 seconds,

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t-drive-review

 

So it's 6.6 then. 5.0 is for c400

 

6.6+ in my opinion after testing, feels like 7.0.

 

Your c350 has a decent amount of more HP and torque compared to the c300, so that would make sense.

 

No, the 2009 model had the old 3.5 engine, so it makes 268 hp and 250 something lb ft torque. This turbo 2.0 makes more torque but less horsepower. They should actually be pretty evenly matched

The real question is why does the lighter and more powerful C300 get to 60 slower than the 328i...could be the 4matic system

 

That's exactly what I thought: they should be pretty evenly matched, but they're not. The new C300 feels really weak in comparison. I tried it today again in another dealership, it's ok, but definitely slower than expected.
I don't have a lot of experience with 4matic but that could be the reason, yep.

 

The C250 petrol is specced at 6.6 for 0-60 in Europe, I don't see how the C300 which has an additional 30 HP, can be at 6.6 or slower?

 

I drove the C400 and a cls550 back to back and I dare say that they felt the same.

 

Not quite.... Its actually a bit below 5 seconds.....

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...ml#post6236070

 

If you stomp and go both cars expect 6.5 from the 300 and low fives from the 400. With a little torque braking the 300 will drop to 6 and the 400 to the upper 4's. The 300 actually gets a little more improvement from torque braking since it uses only one turbo. I drove the 300 on all modes, the difference in acceleration from comfort to sport plus is quite significant. Sport plus mode really livens up the 2.0l engine. In comfort its exactly what you would expect, comfortable aka not fast.
I don't think however that anyone would drive the car in sport plus routinely it keeps the revs up (loud) and makes the overall driving experience noticeably edgy, great for a romp but fatiguing as a default mode. If like, me a much sportier car is your default (s2000) sport is fantastic for daily driving since it tightens up steering very nicely and the transmission shifts with nice authority. Another thing to consider, sport and sport plus (of course) will increase fuel consumption significantly. In comfort the car takes off in second gear (unless you bury the accelerator) and uses all its gears. Sport and sport plus essentially lock out seventh gear.

 

The fastest time I've seen published was 5.75 seconds; the slowest around 6.6 seconds.

The Audi A4 Quattro has reported times of 6.3 to 7.0 seconds, and the BMW 320xi 7.3 seconds. I couldn't find test numbers for the 328xi, but the C300 seems to be right in there as far as other AWD 4 cylinder cars.

 

My buttdyno pins the C300 4Matic around 6 seconds. The Torque is very pushy.

My next car I'm looking at is an F Type AWD, can't live without AWD here, both for traction and all terrain/all weather usability.

 

The 328 is high 5's. Its a little faster than the 300.

 

Isn't it hard on the transmission to be pulling off of start in second gear regularly?

 

Absolutely not. Most high powered, high torque cars start in 2nd gear in their normal mode. When you have many cogs first is a little lower than it needs to be and the tallest gear is just for economy.

 

Just noticed this thread.

In our testing the quickest C300 stock run was 5.7s, quickest tuned run (so far) 5.3s. Both runs brake torquing up to around 2000rpm.