C43 0-100 KPH (62 MPH) in 4.2 Sec.
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I would take this YouTube video with a huge grain of salt. I'm constantly on the lookout for C43 reviews to see how it pegs against upcoming releases like the new S5. I noticed that the Web had been flooded with reviews coming out of India over the past few weeks. Mercedes recently launched the C43 in India and hosted a huge event for local automotive journalists to come try the car on the Buddh circuit in India. The result is honestly some of the poorest automotive journalism I have ever seen - flooded with subjective statements and apparently blatantly false claims. Even autobytel who are well known for 0 to 60 times have been showing strange numbers on their YouTube videos. Mainly that a 340i xDrive will do 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds, as opposed to the 4.4 to 4.6 that 1000 other sources have tested. I wonder if at this point automotive journalism is relying on clickbait like most vloggers do.
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It has been reported from magazines such as Road&Track and Car&Driver that it'll do it in 4.4-4.5 seconds. Keep in mind they do a 5 foot roll out on all of their 0-60mph tests.
Real world absolute 0 to 60mph would probably be 4.7 seconds in perfect conditions. The lack of launch control really kills it. Probably be 4.4ish if we had it.
I wish I could give a good go myself and report my findings but being at 4500' of elevation I'm probably at about 5.0 seconds or a bit slower even. Elevation sucks.
Real world absolute 0 to 60mph would probably be 4.7 seconds in perfect conditions. The lack of launch control really kills it. Probably be 4.4ish if we had it.
I wish I could give a good go myself and report my findings but being at 4500' of elevation I'm probably at about 5.0 seconds or a bit slower even. Elevation sucks.
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Definitely seems unrealistic.
There was a camaro SS vs Audi S5 vs C43 and it performed as expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxr0CY5-J0A
There was a camaro SS vs Audi S5 vs C43 and it performed as expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxr0CY5-J0A
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Or they could be tuning the press cars differently.
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MB is usually close to right number as apposed to someone like Audi that is conservative and can always be beat.
Take the 3-5 most reputable magazines numbers and average them out and you have your 0-60 number.
You are far too concerned with it - a few tenths is not even recognizable.
Conditions and fuel quality will have a greater impact. And automatics are usually fairly replicable in terms of getting consistent numbers - so I wouldn't say the driver has much to do with how a AWD automatic gets of the line.
And they usually do it enough times to get accurate representation of the best case scenario.
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Look, all I know is my C43 winds up to that redline so fast in 1st and 2nd, that I almost can't shift fast enough... I don't think any more power would be practical with the closely spaced 9G-Tronic.... and I refuse to let it shift itself.
0-60 times?.... we are better off labeling a car by half second increments... the C43 is a 4.5 second car, the C63 is a 4.0 second car.... etc... the variables are too many... besides, it is how fast a car "feels" in the real world that matters.... and the great thing about the 4-Matic, is the C43 feels fast in most conditions.
0-60 times?.... we are better off labeling a car by half second increments... the C43 is a 4.5 second car, the C63 is a 4.0 second car.... etc... the variables are too many... besides, it is how fast a car "feels" in the real world that matters.... and the great thing about the 4-Matic, is the C43 feels fast in most conditions.
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Look, all I know is my C43 winds up to that redline so fast in 1st and 2nd, that I almost can't shift fast enough... I don't think any more power would be practical with the closely spaced 9G-Tronic.... and I refuse to let it shift itself.
0-60 times?.... we are better off labeling a car by half second increments... the C43 is a 4.5 second car, the C63 is a 4.0 second car.... etc... the variables are too many... besides, it is how fast a car "feels" in the real world that matters.... and the great thing about the 4-Matic, is the C43 feels fast in most conditions.
0-60 times?.... we are better off labeling a car by half second increments... the C43 is a 4.5 second car, the C63 is a 4.0 second car.... etc... the variables are too many... besides, it is how fast a car "feels" in the real world that matters.... and the great thing about the 4-Matic, is the C43 feels fast in most conditions.
Regardless, agree with your conclusion. It's a 4.5 second car, vs a 4 second car in the c63. Not much of a difference. The c63 really pulls away at higher speeds, when traction is no longer an issue. So it feels much faster than the c43 when you hammer the accelerator at 60 mph.
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Yes!!... slow response on the up-shifts, yet instantaneous on the downshifts (I wonder if it is a programming thing or limitations on the Transmission itself)
I'd definitely let it do the shifting in a drag race.
"The c63 really pulls away at higher speeds, when traction is no longer an issue. So it feels much faster than the c43 when you hammer the accelerator at 60 mph.".... I have nowhere that I could even do this, damn city congestion... and cops... the C63 would be wasted on me.
I'd definitely let it do the shifting in a drag race.
"The c63 really pulls away at higher speeds, when traction is no longer an issue. So it feels much faster than the c43 when you hammer the accelerator at 60 mph.".... I have nowhere that I could even do this, damn city congestion... and cops... the C63 would be wasted on me.
