![]() ![]() Inside there's a sporty three-nacelle instrument binnacle, a unique three-spoke steering wheel, and genuine aluminum trim. Claar's friends in the budget office helped him nab the four-door's optional Sport-package suspension as standard equipment and scored all-new exterior sheetmetal, bent into a much more raffish shape. Yes, the seats of the base car are cloth-upholstered and manually adjusted, but the 318ti used a cheaper outdated rear suspension and different and cheaper switchgear, and shared the sedan's front-end sheetmetal unaltered. And the base price of $25,595 - $5000 less than a C240 - indicates deep de-contenting, as with the BMW, which sold at a similar discount.īut maybe Claar had allies deep in the organization that helped him to make lemonade of this lemon assignment, because the cost cutting seems less obvious. The sports coupe gets a four-banger, while the rest of the C-class (and 3-series) lineup has graduated to sixes. The Benz's hatch surgery slices off 7.3 inches of length (the BMW lost 8.8 inches), trading the sedan's 12 cubic feet of enclosed trunk space for 10, to 38 cubes of hatch versatility. Yikes.Ĭomparisons of the new C230 sports coupe with the ill-fated BMW 318ti are inevitable. How else could he have been stuck with developing a C-class hatchback for the United States of Sedan-dom - the very nation that rejected a version of the wildly popular BMW 3-series that had been given a Gremlin chop? Talk about setting someone up for the big career crash. Had a few too many Maß beers at the Cannstatter Volksfest and spilled bubespitzle down the boss's wife's blouse. Start your search with Kijiji Autos today.Maybe Klaus-Peter Claar got crosswise with DaimlerChrysler's board of management. Kijiji Autos has all the tools to help you find your next ride, a suite of search filters that allow you to refine by location, price, engine size, drivetrain, paint colour and more. Whether you're looking for everyday luxury or a serious performance sedan, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class range has got you covered. Kijiji Autos has a huge range of new and used Mercedes-Benz C-Class for sale in markets across Canada, as well as the cars it competes most closely with like the BMW 3 Series and Audi A4. Mercedes-Benz C-Class for sale at Kijiji Autos The performance continued with the fourth generation's debut in 2015 featuring more rounded, aerodynamic styling, while the redesigned fifth-generation features hybrid powertrains across the entire C-Class range for the first time. ![]() Featuring more angular, aggressive styling, the C-class was powered by a pair of V6 engines, while the AMG C-Class's output rose to a staggering 510 horsepower in its highest "Black Series" configuration with a 6.2-litre V8. The second-generation C-Class arrived in 2000 and introduced a hatchback body style to the range before the third generation debuted in 2008. Mercedes-Benz has made AMG-tuned performance versions of the C-Class since its first generation by fitting large engines to the compact sedan. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class comes as standard with rear-wheel drive, while the brand's trademark 4Matic all-wheel drive is an optional extra available on all C-Classes since 2003. First launched in 1993, the C-Class has been offered in sedan, wagon, coupe, convertible and hatchback forms, taking styling cues from the larger Mercedes-Benz E-Class and S-Class. Over the course of its near 30-year production run, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class has come to epitomize style and luxury in the compact sedan market. ![]()
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