Best Car Models & All About Cars: 2013 Mercedes Benz C Class

2013 Mercedes Benz C Class

Are you ready for a four-cylinder Mercedes-Benz? Well, we hope you say yes to that, as a result of it's already here. Last year the posh automaker brought its first four to the U.S. market in nearly a decade. Coinciding with an in depth refresh for the whole lineup, the result's a C Category model line that is a lot of fuel-efficient, fashionable in appear and feel, and full up to snuff in connectivity and safety-tech.

You'll notice the new details that the C Class sedans received last year, but it's not a stretch to mention that the former design was basically carried over. With a careful retouch, the C Class can still be had in Luxury or Sport guise, with the Sport treatment standing out for its emphatic, salad-plate-sized emblem over a barrel grille. An all-new Coupe lineup is the big news; with some of the same front-end details yet an abbreviated, more aggressive roofline, the Coupe takes its own tack yet undoubtedly looks like one amongst the family. Inside either model, the C Category encompasses a sporty, modern look with revised metallic trims; it's not appointed like an S Category, however the design is right for those cross-looking the A4 or three-Series.

With the base C 250 models you get a turbo-charged, direct-injected one.eight-liter four-cylinder engine, rated at 201 horsepower and 229 pound-feet of torque. This engine is fuel-economical and fun, and it actually feels quicker than the previous V-vi C three hundred (its official 7.1 seconds to sixty mph is the same). The C 250 is on the market only in rear-wheel drive, with a seven-speed automatic transmission changing gears. In the middle, the C 300 4Matic models get their motivation from a new 248-hp, 3.5-liter V-6 and are again offered with a seven-speed automatic. A 302-hp version of this same swish 3.5-liter engine, making 273 pound-feet of torque is installed in C 350 models. At 5.9-seconds to 60 mph, they are fast, however not shockingly so. Like its stablemates, the rear-drive C 350 is accessible solely with a seven-speed automatic transmission.

Up at the high of the lineup stands the C 63 AMG Coupe, that will get to 60 mph in a very terribly brisk 4.4 seconds because of a 451-horsepowe, 443-pound-foot 6.2-liter V-eight engine. It's not all concerning straight-line performance, but, with a highly tuned suspension that raises the C sixty three's performance to one thing on par with the category benchmark, the BMW M3.

The C Class models offer the utmost comfort for front occupants, however those in back, even if they'll get in, can be left wedging their legs against the rear of the front seats whether or not you are looking at the sedan or coupe. In all fairness, when looking at rival models like the Audi A4 or BMW 3-Series, that's just how it's during this category. You do tend to listen to the engine a bit, however road noise is hushed abundant higher within the C Category models than in other tiny sport sedans.

Mercedes-Benz continues to sell the C Class in two main trim lines, Luxury and Sport, that get a number of details that may give them a dramatically totally different look. If you are unsure between these 2 lines, select first by appearance, as at intervals the essential feature set of each you'll be able to otherwise pick and opt for options to create whatever you wish. Standard equipment even on the bottom C250 includes twin-zone automatic climate control; Bluetooth hands-free calling; Bluetooth audio streaming; cruise control, a HomeLink universal garage-door opener; and a power tilt/sliding sunroof.

New for 2013 is the subsequent-generation mbrace2 telematics and concierge system, which now includes a mobile app for remote horn and light operation and Valet Protect functionality, in addition to Speed Alert, Driving Journal, and Curfew Minder services. There also are apps for Google Local Search, Facebook, and Yelp, among others.

2013 Mercedes Benz C Class