#PRICE OF MERCEDES BENZ KOMPRESSOR MANUAL#
Better blastoffs – never a priority for German cars – could be had with a manual transmission, but all C-Class cars come only with a (superb) 5-speed automatic. That’s impressive output for a tidy little engine, capable of propelling the car from 0-60 in a little over 8 seconds, according to the factory, a claim that seems plausible, given the 3,250 pounds of mass. The air pump and premium fuel conspire to produce 185 hp and 200 foot-pounds of torque.
#PRICE OF MERCEDES BENZ KOMPRESSOR SERIES#
The deduced 2.3 liters is distributed among four cylinders – now hold on a sec – which take abnormally large gulps of gas thanks to a supercharger, whence the series derives its formal designation: C230 Kompressor. The base model (starts at $31,750) is the C230. What remain are two series differentiated less by what they do than how they do it. The hotrodded C43 AMG variant, with its fire-breathing 8-cylinder engine, has been dropped from the books. Remarkable advances in engineering and manufacturing have occurred since the last major revision, however, and I’m eager to see how M-B engineers have embraced them. And there’s room for updating the chassis, too, although even in its senescence, it’s better than most. The current crop of Cs, while not so wannabe-looking as the prior generation of “Baby Benzes,” do look a bit like a cheaped-down version of the real thing. following a seven-year run, a revamped version will be out this fall, and I’m betting it will be more than incrementally better – it certainly LOOKS better. It’s a true Mercedes, with all the favorable connotations that implies, but the C-Class is coming to the end of the line. The bottom line on the sticker of the one I tested was $38,195, about 50 percent more than the current average transaction price of all new cars and trucks sold in the U.S. This humblest of Benzes, with just a smattering of options, still costs what 10 serviceable clunkers would, or perhaps one and a half very nice new compact cars. But it still must be held to a very high standard, considering not only the historic associations of the three-pointed star it wears, but also the price. It’s not in the same league as the midsize E-Class sedan, and wouldn’t get the time of day from its snooty cousin, the magnificent S-Class. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is the smallest of the esteemed marque’s U.S.
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