What is it?
The Mercedes-Benz C220d is the biggest-selling version of Britain’s biggest-selling compact executive saloon, tested here in recently facelifted form, out to show its mettle on British roads. Better pay attention in the office canteen, in which case.
The C-Class’s recent facelift brought with it a number of new engines, all hooked up to nine-speed automatic transmissions – and we’ve already sampled the very newest: a 1.5-litre 48V turbo petrol which powers the new C200. But it’s the upper-middle-range diesel, 192bhp C220d that Mercedes expects to continue to dominate the sales mix.
The car’s also now got optional digital instruments, some new active safety systems, new ‘multibeam’ LED headlights and redesigned bumpers front and rear: the usual midcycle update fare. For now at least, prices on the wider C-Class range start from just north of £33,000 with CO2 emissions from 117g/km.
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Very fast.very smooth and very quiet. Sublime. The engine is only clakity at low revs but on the move quiet and smooth. Push it it sounds like a sports car. Use Sport+ and it is a rocket. A great and beautiful car.
Those wheels are hideous!
I know base spec cars all have the smallest wheels but why do they have to be so ugly. Imo the wheels (size and design) make or break the look of a car and these make the C-Class look dated.
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Another monumentally messy dashboard layout from Mercedes. Nothing coherent about it. I don’t think I could live with this day to day, especially compared with Audi or Jaguar.