2020 Mercedes-Benz C Class Review, Ratings, Specs, Prices, And Photos - The Car Connection

Also new on the options list is something called the Multicontour Seat package, which features individually adjustable side bolsters and lumbar supports, plus air chambers under the fabric that provide a massaging effect. In front, a touchscreen hovers above a sleek center stack that hosts three circular air vents. At these prices, the C-Class sits above most competitors. Update 7/6/2017: The facelifted Mercedes C-Class has found its way onto public roads again, this time wearing a near-production pair of fascias and a new grille. Granted, Michigan roads are not the best, but in a non-AMG Mercedes, you should be able to sip coffee while driving down the expressway and through the occasional construction zone (and if that's not an SAE testing benchmark, it ought to be). The AMG C43? It's not just on par with the mid-range BMW and Audi offerings, it's crisp and clean and delightfully unfiltered when it ditches the autobahn for the back roads.

But the BMW 330i makes more torque, packing 295 lb-ft (400 Nm) to the C300’s 272 lb-ft (370 Nm). The changes and updates are rather minor overall, but perfectly in line with what we’d expect - slightly tweaked aesthetics, extra tech, and a little more juice under the hood. Meanwhile, look for a few extra electric-only miles on the hybrid model (the current EV-mode range for the C350e is 10 miles). Meanwhile, the AMG Line gets a diamond radiator grille as standard. The AMG Line also gets saddle brown for the upholstery. Blind spot monitoring is standard for 2020, and the entry-level sedan model gets a standard 10.25-inch infotainment screen. The Premium 3 package really starts loading in the tech, with an electronic trunk closer, voice controls, ambient interior lighting, an upgraded 8.4-inch screen with navigation, and a touchpad infotainment controller. The Premium package costs $1,500 and includes ambient cabin lighting, satellite radio, and a 13-speaker Burmester surround-sound stereo. • Leather Seating Package - The Leather Seating package for the 2017 Mercedes-Benz C300 adds leather upholstery, and passenger's seat memory. Read our full review on the 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Read more Geneva Motor Show news.

And if the C300's 255-hp inline-four sometimes left me craving a little more power -- if not the AMG C63's 469 hp, then maybe the AMG C43's 385 horses -- I can recognize that this is a want, not a need. Here at Advance Auto Parts, we work with only top reliable Engine Oil product and part brands so you can shop with complete confidence. Some of our top Engine Oil product brands are Pentosin, and Valvoline SynPower. Some of the biggest changes to the C-Class are what’s going on with the infotainment system, which Merc says now sports a new electronic architecture and a variety of features taken from higher up in the range, including the top-dollar S-Class and the E-Class. The adaptive cruise control system now uses map data to adjust speed to certain road conditions, and there's also an automatic lane change feature too. My pet theory is this: Precision-engineered, precision-welded unibody construction has yielded cars of incredible rigidity; we take it for granted that modern vehicles won't flex and shimmy their way down the road.

In those cars with a newer infotainment setup, the main screen shares its rectangular housing with a large digital instrument cluster. The probability of a repair being a severe or major issue is 9% for the Mercedes-Benz C300, compared to an average of 12% for luxury midsize cars and 12% for all vehicle models. Chief among them is the 3 Series, Bimmer’s iconic luxury sedan lineup. The powerplant puts the C-class sedan on par with the Alfa Romeo Giulia 2.0T in quickness and a tad behind the Audi A4. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is 15.4 to 15.6 feet long. Read more Mercedes-Benz news. Thanks to all the tinier dimensions, you actually could express it is really a whole lot more purposeful. Thanks to a series of cameras and radar systems, Merc says the C-Class can drive semi-autonomously “in certain situations.” Features include Active Distance Assist (which is basically active cruise control), Active Lane Change Assist, Active Emergency Stop Assist, and Active Steering Assist. TheCarConnection.com's editors haven't experienced the manual-transmission C-Class; the far more common seven-speed automatic shifts cleanly and offers a manual-shift mode for more engaged drivers, but it can feel slow to respond.

Update 02/27/2017: Another prototype of the 2018 Mercedes C-Class has been spotted doing more real world testing. Read our full review on the 2018 Acura TLX. Read our full review on the 2016 BMW 3 Series. Read our full review on the 2019 Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Where Is the 2020 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Built? The C300 4MATIC offers drivers the advantage of the Mercedes-Benz 4MATIC all-wheel drive system. With the 2016 C300 and C300 4MATIC the main difference is the drive configuration. Along with the 4MATIC system also comes Mercedes-Benz’s 4-wheel Electronic Traction System. Unfortunately, the new C-Class uses the older Comand Online navigation system rather than the newer MBUX infotainment system. The primary infotainment screen is mounted high in the center. The standard gauge display is an analog unit, and it comes with a small 5.5-inch color screen in between two rounded dials. Further to the left, there’s a standard 7.0-inch display in the dash, which can be replaced by a 10.25-inch screen if desired.