Mercedes - C Class Euro NCAP - 5 STAR
Executive chic - with attitude!
This handsome, classy looking car mixes a very comfortable ride with superb handling to provide a rewarding and sporty drive. Mercedes offer a truly massive line-up of models in the C Class,
incorporating nine engines, saloon, estate and the stunning sports coupe body styles, and six trim lines!
Every C-Class model has climate control, four electric windows, cruise control, a CD player, air conditioning, electric door mirrors, electronic stability control and remote locking as standard. The slick seven-speed auto gearbox, is standard with the 2.5, 3.5 and 3.0D engines. The optional Sports pack adds low-profile tyres, five spoke 17-inch alloy wheels, lowered suspension and sports seats.
Engines on offer include two supercharged 1.8 petrols of 143- and 163bhp, 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 litres V6s and two 2.1-litres, and a very quick 3.0-litre diesel.
The diesels are exceptionally frugal as highlighted by the C200 CDI with an extra urban mpg of 55.4 and a E rating on the VED banding scale.
As you'd expect from the winner of the prestigious Whatcar? 2007
Safety Award, the safety spec on all C class models is excellent
with front, side and curtain airbags, alarm system and immobiliser,
ABS, ESP (electronic stability programme), acceleration skid
control, active head restraints and clever seatbelts as standard. Not
surprisingly NCAP gave the Mercedes Benz C Class a top 5 star
safety rating..
All models come with a 3 year unlimited mileage warranty. In
addition you also get a 3 year paint and 12 year anti-corrosion
warranty.
About the manufacturer
DaimlerChrysler is committed to at spectrum of pioneering technologies designed to cut fuel consumption and emissions in cars and commercial vehicles. Their 'Energy For The Future' initiative includes; Optimisation of Petrol and Diesel Technology;
Improvement in Conventional Fuels; Production Related Environmental Protection; Development of Regenerative and Synthetic Fuels; Development of alternatives such as Hybrid echnology, Smart ev (zero emissions and up to 72 mpg) and Fuel Cells (water is the only tailpipe emission).
The new Mercedes S class received the world's first environmental certificate for a car when it received certification by TUV. The new C class was the second car ever to be awarded certification.
A true leader in fuel cell transportation, DaimlerChrysler has spent more than U.S $1 billion in fuel cell vehicle research and development. As at Sept 2006, no other manufacturer had accumulated more vehicles or data or driven more zero-emission miles - 1.3 million miles (approx. 2.1 million kilometres).
The DaimlerChrysler fuel cell vehicle fleet is diverse - in addition to several research vehicles it includes more than 30 Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses, which are in operation in Europe, United States, Western Australia, Japan, China and Singapore. As part of the world's largest fleet of fuel cell vehicles, DaimlerChrysler has more than 100 fuel cell vehicles with customers around the world.
DaimlerChrysler pioneered fuel cell vehicle technology more than a decade ago. Fuel cells release energy from the reaction of hydrogen with a catalyst and oxygen. This clean technology operates at a high level of efficiency and is true zero-emissions. Hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles emit only pure water vapour as exhaust. DaimlerChrysler works closely with Ballard Power Systems to develop the fuel cell stack.
Daimler is also looking into biofuels and synthetic fuels and have a project manufacturing Biodiesel made from wild Jatropha shrubs which thrive in poor soil conditions in India. Sundiesel is an advanced 2nd generation biofuel project manufacturing a high quality fuel from Biomass such as wood chippings, with no engine modifications needed.