Mercedes-benz C Class Reviews

Mercedes-Benz C Class - CLASS CEILING

Will It Suit Me?
I'm not sure whether it's just me but Mercedes saloon cars have always had a very masculine air to them. It's something I've long felt about BMWs but not Audis. That's why I'd never been hugely drawn to the Mercedes C-Class in the past. It looked tidy, functional but never seemed possessed of much in the way of flair. The latest car is undeniably handsome but I fully expected that trend to continue. Our test car was a C220 CDI diesel and I began to harbour images of those cream-coloured taxis you walk out of German airports into but when it arrived it was finished in a very attractive garnet red colour with a decent set of alloy wheels that looked anything but utilitarian. I began to see why Janis Joplin wanted a Mercedes-Benz quite so badly.

Practicalities
Although I had been secretly hoping for the extremely naughty C63 AMG model, the C220 CDI would, in truth, be more than enough car to satisfy my needs on a daily basis. I recall the previous generation car feeling far less solid than this model. The dashboard materials all feel exactly as you'd expect from Mercedes-Benz and that half-hearted flip-up info screen has been replaced by one that's neatly integrated into the fascia panel. The Achilles heel of the C-Class has always been the amount of rear seat space and while this generation car is cut from more generous cloth, there's still not a huge amount of knee-room once you lever some taller front seat occupants in. Better news comes in the form of a huge 475-litre boot and a generous 66-litre fuel tank which means that the C220 CDI has a range of over 900 miles.