Test drive Mercedes Benz C-class W204 since 2007 sedan

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You can do with less power, and ... and the new C-class will still remain a genuine object of luxury
Lesson 1. STEP 1
So, white Mercedes. The task is not easy. And, most likely, not on knowledge, but on logic. First of all, you notice its insolent color (and only then dirt). Then you appreciate the visual advantages of the Avantgarde version over Elegance. Then you find the nameplate 350 and do not find the 4Matic nameplate. Then you press the gas first in Comfort, then in Sport. And you think for a long time. The capricious spine, however, is about to burst out the relief of the seat to him, you see, does not fit. And this prevents you from thinking. Men, who are falling right from behind their blue BMW at full speed, also interfere with the right speed to invite to dinner, and men crawling out the windows of their black S-classes to invite for breakfast. Restrictions on speeds are even more difficult, and radar cameras are especially upset: the pictures never come out clear, and there is often problems with a white balance.
There are gaps. For example, the control of a cruise control, the lever of which comes into a hot hand each time instead of a turnover. Another gap of the gray design of the interior, similar to the twists of the German frau, trying to refresh the black business suit with a gray neck. Perhaps these are not all the shortcomings, but after all in a week and in a month you can’t open all the advantages of this machine. I really liked that I never found out about her. And I want it. It was interesting to me. I did not play enough. She did not reveal everything at once, but made it clear that everything is ahead. The problem for logic is solved: at the moment when we, with pleasure, close our eyes to the shortcomings, we take our love.
 
Mercedes-Benz C350
Engine
Basin type V6
Working volume, cm3 3498
Max. Power, l.? p. at about./min. 272/6000
Max. moment, NM at about./min. 350/2400-5000
Transmission 7-st., Auth.
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km/h 250
Acceleration 0100 km/h, from 6.4
Total information
Fuel consumption (funny cycle EU), l/100 km 9.7
Length/width/height, mm 4581/1770/1447
Mass equipment., Kg 1610
Trunk volume, l 475
price, rub. from 1,768,000
 
Perfection in retail
The MB C-class is presented in many settings options, and an exhaustive list of options is offered for it. The easiest C-class rear-wheel drive car C180K with a two-liter engine with a capacity of 156 hp. For the price of 1,128,000 rubles. The younger Mercedes is supplied in three lines of performance: Classic, Elegance and Avantgarde, which is outwardly easy to distinguish by the radiator grate with a large star. The 4Matic all -wheel drive transmission is available for versions C280 (231 hp; from 1,579,900 rubles) and C350 (272 hp.; From 1,953,600 rubles). It is generally accepted that the backs of the rear seats in Mercedes are not folded, but for the new C-class there is such an option. Technical horse of the machine Active suspension included in the Advanced Agility Control complex. It is she who provides Mercedes by unconditional championship in comparison of running properties. Today, a machine with a wagon body is also available.

 
1. A panoramic roof, but not covered with leather the steering wheel: curioses are even in Mercedes. 2. The car is focused on the driver, and in the back seat, although spacious, but less interesting. 3. The dashboard is the most stylish interior detail that is not as flawless as the body design. 4. The machine operates impeccably. 5. When the engine is stopped, the display is securely hidden
 
His output did not come out too much: too many discouraged the Kiraza of interior decoration. What is there, one plastic steering wheel in the expensive Mercedes when it was grown to the skin and Fiesta, it was enough to need such people, as if in the restaurant of the metropolis to serve on disposable plates. However, what is this: fingertinity? rationalism? Well, let's say, a piece of skin on the steering wheel is the main thing where the driver eats I would not regret in any case, but in all other respects their position is convincing.
The current C-class is not only a new wave Mercedes. This is generally a new generation car. Only the accounting department knows what the technologies that it is made to cost, and the developments of which it consists. Only engineers can understand what kind of torment they cost that insight, which is often called inspiration. And only at the cash desk they know how the inspiration of people of this level is paid. But the result is impressive. They were lucky to choose the right direction, and they brought brilliant ideas to worthy performance. They saved the luxury, but returned the shaky reputation of the quality of Mercedes to the height of impeccability.
His chassis is the best today. It not only allows you to combine comfort with controllability at an unattainable height, but also perfectly adapted to Russia: for the first time I see how the tire of the 45th profile copes with everything that our roads are famous for, with such ease at any speed.
V6 272 l. With. And 7G-Tronic luxury items: you can do with less power, and the new C-class will still remain a genuine object of luxury: a living masterpiece, and not mediocrity with a good genealogy.
 

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