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This is the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Except it's not actually ‘new'.
Mercedes has painted its volume-selling saloon with the ‘comprehensive modernisation' brush, which is a rather fancy way of saying, ‘it's got a new suit'.
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The Merc's little black dress comes courtesy of new front and rear bumpers, a new, erm, headlamp case design, some contours and the ‘characteristic surface meander' now residing on the inside of the light. Whatever that means.
The dash gets worked over with an integrated screen and new surface grain, the control panel gets high-gloss surface inserts and the new C is available with a high-res colour display.
All models come as standard with stop/start and Merc claims an improvement of 31 per cent fuel consumption over the current model. Handy, with current fuel prices sitting at One Human Limb Per Litre.
A new 3.5-litre V6 with 306bhp makes its debut, offering a 0-62mph time of six seconds and a limited top speed of 155mph.
The new C also comes with ten driving assistance systems, including Blind Spot Assist, Lane Keeping Assist, Attention Assist and Highbeam Assist. Think of them as tiny helper monkeys trapped under the bonnet of your Merc. You know you want them.
It'll debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March and go on sale in the UK shortly after.
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SMProx commented on this article
at 12:24 pm on 05 January 2011
The slight styling change does make it look better....
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5T1G_Jr commented on this article
at 01:03 pm on 05 January 2011
looks EXACTLY the same...
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cap_scarlet commented on this article
at 01:12 pm on 05 January 2011
As the owner of a current "C" (C63 AMG), I can't say that it has really made any difference other than it now looks slightly softer and less aggressive. However, it is nice to see on the inside that they now have an integrated screen rather than the stupid pop up items which I always hated. Oh and while we are at it - can we please have a four wheel drive high performance version - mine has sat in the garage the last three weeks as it is completely undrivable if there is even a whiff of snow.
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Kwokie commented on this article
at 01:13 pm on 05 January 2011
bloody hell IT LOOKS THE SAME~
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solvent1 commented on this article
at 02:57 pm on 05 January 2011
Ag no man, they can facelift that c class as much as they want.,.E class still the most beautifull off all,..:)
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