German Car Zone

Now, if I could only get a C350 Luxury model. My 06 C350 is a really great car and I don't want anything less. I would get the C350 Sport but I had a CLK430 and E430 with low profile tires and didn't care for the harsh ride. Today, I want comfort, perfomance and low road noise.

I hope the new one is a bit more macho. Here in SoCal it is the ultimate sweet 16 sedan. Every little spoiled tennage girl around here drive around in either a Jetta or a white c-class with AMG-kit.

This one gave me a chuckle!

I hope its as good as they're saying it is....

Wow, I think I'm falling for this littlest of Benzes. It manages to look like a baby S-Class, but still be sportier at the same time. I can't wait until the new engines arrive with the even more aggressive suspension setup. My one and only problem with the interior is the ugly steering wheel:



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One thing is for sure. MB did really give its best to create the new C-Class and make it a more appealing car and with better performance.

I believe Mercedes-Benz did an outstanding job with the new C-class. I know alot of people have been saying its a baby S, but except for the front grill and position of the headlights I see no similaities like the old S and C. The rear lights are completely different. The interior may have some buttons like the S-class, but the interior is completely designed different from the navigation to the shifter.

My one and only problem is power. I was really expecting over 300hp plus for the C350. Especially considering the IS, G35 and 3 series numbers.

Is Benz laying off the horse power games? If the S-class can jump 302 to 380 plus then why can't the C-class numbers get a boost?

I think they will get back up to steam within the coming year HOH. It will be mostly the V6's first though, since the V8's are fairly new.

Not bad. I'd still take an A4 S line over either the 3er sedan or this new car. Great effort by MB though.

This is true, but rarely does MB introduce a new engine with a totally new model at the same time. The only cases in which they did were with the 1990 500SL (32V V8), 2005 SLK350 (3.5L V6) and of course the new S550 with its new 5.5L V8. Do you remember any others? I fully expect MB to leapfrog the 6-cylinder 300hp barrier thrown up by competitors BMW/Lexus/Infiniti/Cadillac. I'm betting on about 320hp, if not 340hp. Turbo, direct-injection and one or two new tricks. Mercedes probably didn't expect the class to shoot to 300hp so soon. The new DOHC V6s just came out in 2004 (?) and usually MB takes anywhere from 5-7 years to update engines. They're hand is being more or less forced this time around.

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When do u expect that they will update their engines??? From what i understood if Mercedes doesnt like to introduce new models with new engines then they will update their engines by mid 2008 before the introduction of the 2009 E-Class.