The document provides a review of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class. It summarizes that the interior of the C250 AMG Line model is luxurious and the best the reviewer has seen in a modern car. The reviewer was impressed after driving the car for 500 miles over two days, finding the cabin ergonomically designed and the ride comfortable. The document also states that the C-Class offers competitive fuel efficiency and pricing for businesses.

1. Mercedes-Benz of Truro has what
must be the best showroom in
Cornwall with fantastic facilities.
They even have a meeting room
where customers can work or
entertain their clients.
I’ve typically been quite pessimistic
and critical when looking at this type
of executive car, under the assumption
that there are a lot of cheaper alterna-
tives that tick much of the same boxes
on paper.
But that’s the thing, this is no longer
the case, the new C-Class range starts
from only a relatively small amount more
than the Ford Mondeo! Is this something
that needs to be dispelled, are there too
many business people assuming that
Mercedes-Benz is out of their price range
or an unjustified extra spend?
The car I test drove was the C250
BlueTECH AMG Line which was very
nicely finished and looked striking in
white sat on the 19” multi-spoke alloys.
The softer, cleaner lines make for a
slightly less aggressive looking car when
compared to the predecessor C-Class,
but it now feels more apt and looks more
modern, as you’d expect.
For some it may be a little ostenta-
tious, however by the time I arrived at
home on the farm the car was lagged
in mud which I thought created a good
image and harped back to the day where
people were buying spray-on mud for
their Chelsea Tractor.
The cockpit of this car was what really
did it for me, I’m often very disappointed
by modern uninspiring car interiors. The
luxurious interior is the best I’ve seen in a
modern car for a long time and I gave it a
thorough test travelling around 500 miles
in two days.
It just makes long journeys so much
less daunting and labourious; in fact
on the way back from Bath heading to
Exeter Racecourse Conference Centre
I was actually looking forward to the
journey.
Everything is just exactly where you
want it, down to the cup holders, seat-
ing position arm rests and cubby holes
etc. I’m 6ft4” and I had plenty of room
in every respect. This model came with
black ash wood finishing on the dash and
door cards together with red leather and
ambient lighting.
Many of the functions, including radio
and navigationn are controlled through
a tablet-style screen using a touch pad
or rotary control situated on the cen-
tre consol. They do take a little bit of
familiarisation to work efficiently but it’s
like anything, practice makes perfect.
It’s extremely rare that I say this about a
modern car but this has heart and soul,
something which is devoid in most com-
parable. Most of this is how the interior
and drive makes you feel.
More generally the equipment is
also brilliant including LED lights with
cornering function and high-beam assist
A Touch of C-ClassMorveth Ward is spoiled this month and tries out the new C-Class courtesy of
Mercedes-Benz of Truro
“It just makes long journeys so much less
daunting and labourious; in fact on the way
back from Bath heading to Exeter Racecourse
Conference Centre I was actually looking
forward to the journey”
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class
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2. so you’re not blinding fellow drivers on
Cornish B roads or constantly flicking
between main beam and dip.
The handling and performance is
strong, too. The power delivery isn’t
aggressive and I wouldn’t say it’s par-
ticularly fun to drive (I will have to wait
for the C63 V8 AMG next year for that)
but it’s quick enough and the delivery is,
most importantly, effortless. The han-
dling is flat and there are very good levels
of grip. However, there was nothing that
particularly enticed me into driving this
car hard, I actually found myself having
the agility mode set to ‘comfort’ most of
the time, despite all intentions to exploit
‘Sport+’ mode.
In this mode the luxurious feel is fur-
thered by the drive where the air suspen-
sion works wonders in ironing out any
uneven ground and
the smooth 7-speed
automatic gearbox
changes gear so
seamlessly that you
barely hear a change
in engine note.
The Fuel consumption is decent, not
when compared to unrealistic claimed
figures which are invariably optimistic no
matter what the manufacturer (they’re all
doing it), but this is a 153 mph (claimed)
car that was returning 50 mpg for me in
ordinary driving. That’s good and with
low C02 emissions you can expect lower
company car tax too.
If you spend a lot of time travelling in
a car then there are few better cockpits
than a new C-Class and with competi-
tive offers for business this indulgence
can come at an affordable price. If you’re
from west Cornwall like me it will make
London no longer feel like a cross-conti-
nent Top Gear style expedition, but more
like a saunter across the Tamar.
Why not check it out for yourself? Call
business development manager, Drew
Thacker, on 07880 389335.
“If you’re from west Cornwall like
me it will make London no longer
feel like a cross-continent Top Gear
style expedition, but more like a
saunter across the Tamar”
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news to feature on this page, email
morveth@businesscornwall.co.uk
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