Review: Mercedes-Benz C 320 CDI

Big ones, little ones, fast ones, slow ones. I don’t really care what a car’s like so long as it does the job it has been designed for better than anything that has gone before. I still get genuinely excited every time I think I’m about to drive a ground-breaking car and really cheesed off if it then lets me down.
But of all the different cars I drive each year, and it’s a three-figure sum, there will never be more than a handful I would actually want to own. Yet staggeringly, two of this year’s cars have been Mercedes.

I’m surprised because a) no car company has ever got two onto my list of personal favourites before; and b) because the same company

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Matthew1 - 11/13/2005 9:11:02 PM

+1 Boost

This is a perfect example. A Diesel-powered small saloon that can hit 60MPH in under 7 seconds.

Couple that with 'real-world' depth of ability, especially as most modern diesels have huge over-taking ability, and you have a frugal yet refined car.

And forget Diesel clatter and noise, modern European diesels are often hard to distinguish from petrol equivalents. When you put your foot down, you get a large surge of torque, and a soundtrack that sounds quite meaty and powerful.

For someone who travels long distances in a month, with a mix of motorway driving, country backroad driving, and inner-city commutes, Diesel is a more economic alternative to a Hybrid. That is fact.