Mercedes-Benz C-class

Can our perennial runner-up in this class finally reach the top spot?

MODEL TESTED C220 Bluetec AMG Line • Price £34,355 • Power 168bhp • Torque 295lb ft • 0-60mph 8.1sec • Fuel economy 41.0mpg • CO2 emissions 113g/km • 70-0mph 46.1m • Skidpan 1.07g Typically, car manufacturer model codenames mean little to anyone but car manufacturers – but not always. German car aficionados aren’t alone, for example, in nodding sagely at the casual mention of a W124, a W140, an R107 or, super-keenly, a W198. Some Mercedes-Benzes, it seems, are so legendary that to refer to them by their proper names seems almost to do them an injustice. How Stuttgart would love it if the new W205 C-class comes to earn that kind of reverence. Assuming that significance gives any clue to overall stature, it certainly should. This is the first…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, 23/07/2014

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