AutoWeek 12/23/2010 Latest C Class Updates
12-23-2010, 12:56 PM
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AutoWeek 12/23/2010 Latest C Class Updates
** No mention of the AMG, but here's the latest on the C Class :
Mercedes-Benz has revealed a facelifted version of the C-class ahead of its planned North American introduction next July.
Boasting a series of detailed changes aimed at holding over the current third-generation C-class until a replacement model arrives in 2013, the new sedan and wagon pairing has received more than 2,000 individual updates, including the adoption of a 3.5-liter V6 engine that brings a claimed 31 percent improvement in fuel economy to the C350, Mercedes claims. The car lands in North America next summer.
More than a million C-classes have been sold around the world since 2007. The new C-class is visually distinguished from its predecessor by a series of subtle styling changes, including reprofiled bumpers, a more integrated grille, curvy new headlamps, a reworked aluminum hood, revised tail lamps with LED graphics and a new selection of alloy wheels.
The styling changes combine with better aerodynamics, including new sealing at the front end and alterations to the cladding used underneath the engine bay that help boost the new car's drag co-efficient to 0.26 in base trim.
Inside, there's a new angular instrument panel mirroring the one used in the larger E-class, a newly designed steering wheel, updated switchgear and high-quality trim materials. Mercedes-Benz has also given the C-class the latest generation of its navigation and entertainment systems to bring it into line with other recent upgrades in its lineup.
The base engine will be a twin-turbocharged 1.8-liter four-cylinder producing 201 hp and 229 lb-ft of torque in the C250. The mid-range option is the four-wheel-drive C300 4Matic with a 3.5-liter V6 developing 228 hp and 221 lb-ft. Heading the lineup will be the C350 running Mercedes' new M276 engine. With 302 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque, it is claimed to be significantly more economical than today's model.
Further development has been focused on the C-class's safety. It now offers buyers the same array of optional systems available on the larger E-class, including Mercedes-Benz's sleep-detecting Attention Assist, radar-controlled Distronic Plus cruise control and automatic Pre-Safe brakes that prematurely begin to pull the car to a stop when an imminent collision is detected.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2010...#ixzz18xTtGLDu
Mercedes-Benz has revealed a facelifted version of the C-class ahead of its planned North American introduction next July.
Boasting a series of detailed changes aimed at holding over the current third-generation C-class until a replacement model arrives in 2013, the new sedan and wagon pairing has received more than 2,000 individual updates, including the adoption of a 3.5-liter V6 engine that brings a claimed 31 percent improvement in fuel economy to the C350, Mercedes claims. The car lands in North America next summer.
More than a million C-classes have been sold around the world since 2007. The new C-class is visually distinguished from its predecessor by a series of subtle styling changes, including reprofiled bumpers, a more integrated grille, curvy new headlamps, a reworked aluminum hood, revised tail lamps with LED graphics and a new selection of alloy wheels.
The styling changes combine with better aerodynamics, including new sealing at the front end and alterations to the cladding used underneath the engine bay that help boost the new car's drag co-efficient to 0.26 in base trim.
Inside, there's a new angular instrument panel mirroring the one used in the larger E-class, a newly designed steering wheel, updated switchgear and high-quality trim materials. Mercedes-Benz has also given the C-class the latest generation of its navigation and entertainment systems to bring it into line with other recent upgrades in its lineup.
The base engine will be a twin-turbocharged 1.8-liter four-cylinder producing 201 hp and 229 lb-ft of torque in the C250. The mid-range option is the four-wheel-drive C300 4Matic with a 3.5-liter V6 developing 228 hp and 221 lb-ft. Heading the lineup will be the C350 running Mercedes' new M276 engine. With 302 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque, it is claimed to be significantly more economical than today's model.
Further development has been focused on the C-class's safety. It now offers buyers the same array of optional systems available on the larger E-class, including Mercedes-Benz's sleep-detecting Attention Assist, radar-controlled Distronic Plus cruise control and automatic Pre-Safe brakes that prematurely begin to pull the car to a stop when an imminent collision is detected.
Read more: http://www.autoweek.com/article/2010...#ixzz18xTtGLDu
