Mercedes-Benz C-Class Saloon Mild Hybrid

I owned a C200 for a year and below are a list of repairs; 1) cracked windscreen 2) cracked rims after going through a pothole 3) damaged valvetronic at 30months point 4) damaged airbag canister 5) plastic cover coming off, protecting car bottom Other issues of concern; 1) scrapping car bottom at 30-40% of Singapore carpark 2) fuel tank is made of plastics 3) ADAS is hopeless, it will emergency brake on highway when a car speeding from filter lane, very dangerous as instead of protecting you, it tries to kill you. There you go! You decide if it's a good car. I suspect more will come if I own the car beyond 3yrs mark.... Read More

C Class review Hi - After watching all kinds of car reviews and test driving about a dozen vehicles, I finally settled on the C Class. We traded in a Toyota Corolla. Overall, it's a very good car, but not the perfect car. Perhaps there is nothing called a perfect car, but this one comes very close. There are several things that I like, but there are a few things I am disappointed with in the car. For the price you pay for this car, I think these issues should have been ironed out. The drive is silky smooth, but the transmission is jerky. You will feel every gear change.. Coming from a Corolla CVT to this, i found that a big surprise. But once you cruise, it's like hot knife over butter. The finish of the car, the appearance of the car are all excellent, to me. Looks great interior and exterior. But the fit quality (this car is made in South Africa, not Germany as your website says) leaves a lot to be desired. Push the wooden panel or the side panel, you feel as if you are cracking a biscuit. Seriously, not what one expects of a $300,000 car. The engine is adequately powered and the mild hybrid is very nice. Four adults and a child should be comfortable in the car. Three adults in the back will be a challenge/uncomfortable. More bad things: The audio system is basically crap, for the money you pay for the car. Worse still, Mercedes wont fit you Burmester or any other system for you. Resorting to third party will void the warranty. Not nice and you are stuck. The car has very good outside noise insulation, so that helps a bit. I dont find any issue with the run-flat tires. Air conditioning is also not great. In the corolla, I used to set the temperature at 26 and it would cool the car well. Anything above 24 is not going to help in the C Class. The Fan speeds 1-4 are pretty much useless. Five is the bare minimum and sidx and seven can be noisy.... Read More