MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM

Ornate speaker grilles betray a C-class, like our test car, that’s fitted with Mercedes’ 590-watt Burmester surround-sound stereo — a £2270 option once you’ve paid for the necessary Comand Online multimedia set-up as well. Predictably, it sounds magnificent. But the car’s standard Audio 20 system probably sounds more than decent, benefiting from Merc’s unique FrontBass front bulkhead resonance chambers, as seen on the S-class and SL before it. You don’t have to splash out on Comand Online to get Merc’s new touchpad. It works fairly well when recognising letters for the sat-nav but can be hit and miss when skipping tracks on the audio set-up. Generally, it requires more precision and concentration to operate with your left hand than is advisable when driving. To us, the neighbouring scroll wheel controller is…

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

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