Faults:

Cd player swallowed a disk and wouldn't let go.

No other problems.

General Comments:

The leather seats despite being firm are very comfortable on a journey.

They are very easy to keep clean.

The engine is superb above 1500 revs, but can be a touch sluggish before that.

It pulls effortlessly and requires very little throttle for a boost of acceleration.

The gearbox is smooth and positive.

Economy is near to 50 Mpg on a run, 35 - 40 Mpg around town.

The difficulty is keeping the speed down, it is too easy to reach 100 Mph without any sensation of speed.

This is superb for a car with such comfort.

No rattles or squeaks.

The air conditioning works well.

With the seats folded down, the luggage capacity is adequate.

The car is deceptively wide however and can be tricky to reverse up a tight drive.

Faults:

The car arrived with a bad scratch inside the door at the rear.

The switch to drop the rear head rests broke.

A cam sensor failed resulting in a lack of power.

The heated seats both stopped functioning correctly.

Whilst the cam sensor was being replaced the dealer scratched the car resulting in a further two days off the road for correction.

All these faults happened in the first five months and Mercedes do not seem to thin this worthy of an apology.

General Comments:

The car is not as well built as the old C-Class.

Although it is faster it is noisy and raucous under acceleration.

The extra equipment added as standard seem to have detracted from the overall build quality.

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

Manual wing mirrors cannot be retracted - specify 'electric wing mirrors'.

Manual seat adjustment is very awkward to access.

Seat belt 'rest' position is too far back, making it difficult to put them on.

The manual override feature on the automatic gearbox is very effective - and a pleasure to use (when you get used to it!).

If you are bored with silver cars, check out the Heliodor Green - it was just made for this car!

Faults:

New Clutch and new gear box required at 5,000 miles. After that the engine never did sound the same.

General Comments:

Push down hard and see 0 to 60 in 5 seconds without effort, or just take a smooth and silky drive in your own time. A superb four door saloon car.

A pocket rocket of a car without looking like one. Pick off any BMW when ever you like.

A wolf in sheep's clothing.

Faults:

So far, absolutely nothing and I have a feeling its going to stay that way for a long time yet!

General Comments:

Have never been a Mercedes fan up to now, but saw a new C class and I was a convert after a dealer arranged 24 hour test drive.

This is one hell of a motor car, much more rapid than my previous BMW 528i, and it handles better too.

I don't feel that this car is as solidly built as previous Mercedes, the doors shut with a bit of a clang instead of the solid thunk you would expect.

Faults:

Nothing as of now.

General Comments:

The car is fast and fun to drive.

The performance is more than adequate with the 2.6 liter V6; I don't know why anyone would spend the extra cash for the C320 when you can get the same basic car and features for less.

My only complaints with the car is that it is less practical than my Saab. The Saab's five-door design could swallow more luggage than the Benz and the rear-seat legroom is also poorer than the Saab.