The 2014 Mercedes-Benz C-Class can as standard automatically brake at up to 200km/h to avoid a collision, use just 3.9L/100km of fuel, and even show Google StreetView on its main display.
These features headline the fourth-generation premium medium car from Mercedes-Benz, which has just been revealed and is due to arrive in Australian showrooms mid next year.
Compared with the outgoing model, the new C-Class is 95mm longer (at 4686mm), 40 millimeters wider (1810mm) and scores a wheelbase extended by 80mm (2840mm).
Its slinky new body achieves an aerodynamic score of 0.24 Cd, and is constructed of around 50 per cent aluminium (compared with 10 per cent for the old 2007-13 model) that contributes to a body-in-white saving of 70kg and up to 100kg overall.
Mercedes-Benz claims fuel consumption reductions of 20 per cent across the range with no loss in performance. All cars get a seven-speed torque converter automatic transmission, and a six-speed manual on select models.
Engines from launch will include a C180 with a 1.6-litre turbocharged direct injection four-cylinder petrol delivering 115kW of power, 250Nm of torque, and 8.2 second 0-100km/h and 5.0L/100km claims.
A C200 with 2.0-litre turbo direct injection four-cylinder petrol makes 135kW, 300Nm, and posts 7.5 second 0-100km/h and 5.3L/100km claims.
The C220 BlueTEC, meanwhile, gets in addition to AdBlue treatment that dramatically reduces harmful air pollutants and denotes the latter part of the badge, a 2.2-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder with 125kW, 400Nm, and 8.1 second 0-100km/h and 4.1L/100km claims.
Following the launch trio will be an entry-level 1.6-litre diesel with either 85-100 kW and 280-320Nm of torque depending on the state of tune. Mercedes-Benz claims this engine will give the C-Class “a leading position within its segment in terms of CO2 emissions,” although figures aren’t yet revealed.
An “advanced” version of the carry-over launch 2.2-litre diesel will also soon be revealed, in addition to a C300 Bluetec Hybrid that uses that engine and an electric motor to provide 150kW and a claimed 3.9L/100km.
A new turbo petrol engine, likely 2.0-litre in a higher state of tune, is confimred to join the range packing a BMW 328i-rivalling 175kW, while a flagship (until C63 AMG) 245kW model is also a definite, eclipsing the 225kW of the BMW 335i.
It will use either an uprated 3.5-litre V6 from the CLS-Class, which currently produces 225kW and 370Nm, or a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 from the E400 that produces the same power but a hefty, 335i-bashing 480Nm of torque.
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