MB Gives the C-Class a New Look

Press Release

The C-Class facelift at a glance

• New front-end design with modified bumper, clear-lens headlamps and radiator grille with three transverse slats
• Wider 205/55 R 16 tyres and wider track
• Upgraded waistline trim strips (ELEGANCE and AVANTGARDE)
• Newly designed wheel trims (CLASSIC) and light-alloy wheels
• Sporty side skirts
• Clear-lens indicator repeaters
• Sporty rear bumper
• High-brilliance rear lights
• EVOLUTION/EVOLUTION AMG* (Sports Coup??????????????????) with perforated radiator grille, sporty engine sound (petrol engines) and new wheel sizes*
• Special chrome package* (Sports Coup??????????????????)

• Seats with improved comfort and individual design according to line
• Up-to-the-minute cockpit design with new, white-light instrument cluster in a high-quality chronometer design
• Centre console with chrome trim strips
• New switches
• New trim in the dashboard and door linings
• Redesigned controls for THERMATIC and THERMOTRONIC*
• Ergonomically formed shift lever
• Interior components with new, high-quality grain
• Sports Coup?????????????????? with new three-spoke steering wheel
• Single-tone fabric on the door lining centre panels
• Four new upholstery colours

• THERMATIC automatic climate control as standard
• DIRECT CONTROL package with sporty, dynamic suspension configuration, more direct steering and gearshifting
• 205/55 R 16 wide-base tyres as standard
• More scratch-resistant paintwork based on nano-technology as standard
• Bi-xenon headlamps with cornering light function*
• C 220 CDI with 110 kW/150 hp*
• New four-cylinder with 141 kW/ 192 hp for Saloon and Estate*
• New radio generation Audio 20 CD, Audio 50 APS and COMAND APS*
• Automatic transmission on request with steering-wheel shift buttons*
• Newly configured sports suspension*
• Run-flat tyres*
• Sound system with surround sound*
• LINGUATRONIC voice control also for the navigation system*
• Estate with dark-tinted windows in the rear*
• Electrically folding exterior mirrors*