2015 Mercedes Benz C 180

POWER: 115 KW

TORQUE: 250 N.M.

0 TO 100 KM/H: 8.5s

MOTOR: TURBO INLINE 4

GEARBOX: 9G TRONIC AUTOMATIC GEARBOX

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Well Ladies and Gents, I have a good one for you this week. I managed to get my hands on a Mercedes Benz C 180 (Okay, it was the base model).

Even for a base model, it was impressive. It comes with a 1,6 l inline 4 that produces some astounding figures for a 4 cylinder. It comes with some really nice tech such as dynamic select, paddle shift and dual-zone climate control in the front. The seats are electrically adjustable up and down and the recline function is also electric.

But the cabin is not all that great. It is rather plastic fantastic. All the finishes are in Piano - Black and quite honestly, it feels a bit tacky. The steering wheel is wrapped in leather and is very pleasant to hold with all the controls you need right at your fingertips.

Anyway, let's get into the Tech of the car. The most important piece of tech in the car is the Dynamic Select. Dynamic Select lets you the driver select the set up of the car with the following options:

• Eco (Ignore this entirely)
• Comfort (Good for road trips)
• Sport (Much fun to be had)
• Sport + (Not much different to Sport)
• Individual (Will get to this later)

One thing I did find that the suspension is relatively hard in whatever setting you select. Comfort mode is amazing for longer trips, but the real magic lies in Individual Select allowing you set up the car just so. On the base C 180 the options are limited, but even so, the options you have to play around with are numerous

The options you have to adjust are the following:

• Engine (Eco, Sport, Comfort)
• Steering (Sport, Comfort)
• Climate Control (Eco, Comfort)
• Auto Stop (On or Off)

My selections were the following and to me, made the car perfect in everyway (For me at least). Engine in Sport, Steering in Comfort, Climate in Comfort and Auto stop in off.

Now there is one small last thing to cover, the small matter of breaking traction on the rear wheels. It is so easy! Turn the wheel and floor it, hey presto, you have broken traction and are sliding into the corner you have just turned into. See? not just an old person car...

Rating time:

4.5 out of 5

TL;DR

Bad: Plastic Fantastic

Good: Lots of fun, Dynamic Select, powerful, comfortable.