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Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2,1L 2015

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Posted: 29.01.2025 08:29 Ad ID: 5627369
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Mercedes-Benz C300 BlueTEC Hybrid AMG: car review

The Mercedes-Benz C300 is compact and frugal, yet also smart and luxurious – perfect for the undercover boss

Top speed 152mph

This week, as Meridian Dan raps in his hit song, “I’ve been driving a German whip.” It’s a new word on me, but then I’m always playing catch- up with these grime artistes. A “whip” is any buff car, and specifically a Benz. Dan’s lyrics are genius: “Dem man wanna mess with my aura / Someone said that’s bang out of order…” Anyway, with its tinted windows, imposing spoilers and multi-spoke alloys, I think Dan may, in fact, have had the C300 BlueTEC Hybrid AMG in mind when he wrote the song. Clearly he was referencing the car’s 30-year corrosion warranty when he rapped: “Who told you that I got rusty / draw for the WD40.”

Such is the impact Mercedes-Benz has on our culture that it comes pre-loaded with lifestyle references. It’s a synonym for aspiration and affluence; the car of choice for street swanks. I once heard that Mercedes-Benz owners reverse park so as to dazzle passersby with that famous three-pointed star on the grille.

The C in C300 stands for compact. This is a compact executive saloon. Compact and executive aren’t words that often share the same sentence, but small-scale up-scale motors are now a thing. Just look at BMW’s 3-Series or Audi’s A4 – two other small and snooty German whips.

Inside story: the plush and well-appointed cabin does everything to make the driver feel like they are playing the part of the CEO.

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Inside story: the plush and well-appointed cabin does everything to make the driver feel like they are playing the part of the CEO.

Mercedes isn’t joking about the C300 being compact. It really is cosy. Its big face and dramatic styling mean it looks large in the picture, but in real life it’s surprisingly small – like a film star. But for metropolitan motoring and coping with the barbarities of parking, the reduced scale makes it very easy to live with. Besides, on the open road it still drives like a big ’un. It’s powered by a 2,143cc biturbo diesel that works hand-in-glove with an electric engine to drive the rear wheels through a seven-speed automatic gearbox. Despite the 152mph performance, the car emits less than 100g km/CO2 and does an austere 78.5 miles to the gallon. Today’s executives are all about that bottom line.

The car is as smooth as a shaved shin and has virtually no wind drag. This means there’s little buffeting and road noise is minimal. It’s incredibly quiet on the road. An executive doesn’t want to be troubled with background chatter.

Delegation is also important, and Mercedes helps the budding CEO offload the more tedious/dangerous aspects of controlling a car. The “Intelligent Drive” package will automatically brake and accelerate in response to what the vehicle in front is doing. It will also detect a car in your blind spot and, by means of one-sided braking, change your direction if there is a risk of collision. The truly toffee-nosed don’t care about such trifling matters – they have chauffeurs. But if you don’t have a man in a cap, the C300 will park itself for you.

Inside, it’s a riot of soft-touch rubbers and lacquered plastics. The model I had was polar white with a blood-red leathery interior, so it felt like I was hiding inside a corpse. I’d rather have a red exterior with a cream interior. The sound system, satnav and media interface are all controlled with a touchpad where the gear shift normally sits. It’s like a little smartphone screen, but I never got the hang of it.

The car’s jammed with clever stuff, but in the manner of brainy things a lot of them are pretty stupid. Would you really pay £350 for a fragrance Air-Balance package or sign up for the world’s first aircon system controlled from space – where a GPS trace starts air recirculation automatically when you enter a tunnel? And your passengers can watch a “Drive Show” with an on-screen graphic showing where you are, like those you get on a plane. Anything to make the executive feel like they’ve made it

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