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Big Knobs Make You Feel Powerful
Koenigsegg CC
Performance
Acceleration: 0-100 km/h (0–62 mph) under 3.5 seconds
Top speed: 390 km/h (240 mph)
Standing quartermile: 10 seconds, end speed 217 km/h (135 mph)
Braking distance: 32 m (100–0 km/h)
2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C300
2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C300
Mercedes-Benz really needs to alter its C-Class image. Until now, you drove the small Benz on the strength of its engineering, the three-pointed star’s prestige and—in earlier models, at least—excellent quality. It was, and remains, a safe choice. But let’s be honest: Enthusiasts usually went with the BMW 3 Series. That was then. Don’t be so quick to dismiss this new C-Class. It is a makeover of such magnitude that it has required a major shift in the way Mercedes-Benz develops its new models.
The interior is impressive, too. Criticism of the old interior inspired a lot of effort on the new one. The goal was to be on the same level as BMW, Audi and Lexus. At the car’s launch in Spain, Mercedes repeatedly emphasized the lengths it went to in improving perceived quality through new virtual development techniques. The company succeeded. While you instantly recognize the interior as a Mercedes-Benz, quality levels are way up, with soft-touch plastics helping to lift the appeal enormously. There are classy new instruments, a four-spoke multifunction steering wheel and excellent new front seats, among other detail changes. It looks and feels expensive, as a Mercedes should.
Mercedes-Benz really needs to alter its C-Class image. Until now, you drove the small Benz on the strength of its engineering, the three-pointed star’s prestige and—in earlier models, at least—excellent quality. It was, and remains, a safe choice. But let’s be honest: Enthusiasts usually went with the BMW 3 Series. That was then. Don’t be so quick to dismiss this new C-Class. It is a makeover of such magnitude that it has required a major shift in the way Mercedes-Benz develops its new models.
The interior is impressive, too. Criticism of the old interior inspired a lot of effort on the new one. The goal was to be on the same level as BMW, Audi and Lexus. At the car’s launch in Spain, Mercedes repeatedly emphasized the lengths it went to in improving perceived quality through new virtual development techniques. The company succeeded. While you instantly recognize the interior as a Mercedes-Benz, quality levels are way up, with soft-touch plastics helping to lift the appeal enormously. There are classy new instruments, a four-spoke multifunction steering wheel and excellent new front seats, among other detail changes. It looks and feels expensive, as a Mercedes should.
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