2014/2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Thread
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From your other posts I don't see any circumstance where you would consider purchasing a C Class...so what do you care? Is only having AWD to start going to slow down C Class sales? No. It'll sell very well. You're not going to be one of those buyers, so why all the anger?
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The competition has stepped up. This is a new realm where 320-340hp is the new norm and torque has risen to just as lofty numbers.
MBZ C400 3.0L Turbo 329hp 354lbft
Audi S4 3.0L Supercharged 333hp 325lbft
BMW 335i 3.0L Turbo 300hp 300lbft
BMW 335is 3.0L Turbo 320hp 332lbft
Jaguar 3.0L Sueprcharged 340hp 332lbft
Lexus IS350 3.5L NA 306hp 277lbft
Sadly the Lexus DI 3.5 must give way to a Turbo 6 that can't come soon enough. Parity must be made to be considered any real threat. The hp wars are alive and kicking
The U.S. market launches with two C-Class models: C300 4MATIC with a 2.0L turbocharged direct-injection in-line fourcylinder engine with preliminary power figures of 235 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque and a C400 4MATIC with a 3.0L turbocharged direct-injection V6 at 329 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque.
Audi S4 3.0L Supercharged 333hp 325lbft
BMW 335i 3.0L Turbo 300hp 300lbft
BMW 335is 3.0L Turbo 320hp 332lbft
Jaguar 3.0L Sueprcharged 340hp 332lbft
Lexus IS350 3.5L NA 306hp 277lbft
Sadly the Lexus DI 3.5 must give way to a Turbo 6 that can't come soon enough. Parity must be made to be considered any real threat. The hp wars are alive and kicking
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I disagree. The shape of lights MBZ chose is a style that has come and gone in the last ten years. The current trend now is horizontal taillights (Audi, BMW, Lexus, Hyundai, VW, Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, Chevy, and most others). While new things start somewhere and no one has to follow others, picking up an old shape that was recently retired and used on some dumpy-looking cars/trucks (Tundra stepside) is not a wise move in my opinion. Even the refreshed E-class has the more in vogue horizontal taillights.
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I disagree. The shape of lights MBZ chose is a style that has come and gone in the last ten years. The current trend now is horizontal taillights (Audi, BMW, Lexus, Hyundai, VW, Honda, Nissan, Infiniti, Chevy, and most others). While new things start somewhere and no one has to follow others, picking up an old shape that was recently retired and used on some dumpy-looking cars/trucks (Tundra stepside) is not a wise move in my opinion. Even the refreshed E-class has the more in vogue horizontal taillights.
I'm not sure I follow you with the Tundra example anyways. You act as if dumpy-looking cars and trucks haven't used a horizontal tail light design either.
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The refreshed E-class has the exact same tail light dimensions as the 2010 model, so there's no change there. I agree the trend is certainly horizontal tail lights, but they don't lend themselves to the "regal" look Mercedes was trying to give the C-class (or the S-class, for that matter).
I'm not sure I follow you with the Tundra example anyways. You act as if dumpy-looking cars and trucks haven't used a horizontal tail light design either.
I'm not sure I follow you with the Tundra example anyways. You act as if dumpy-looking cars and trucks haven't used a horizontal tail light design either.
