Teen TV Star Ariel Winter Picks Up A New C-Class As A First Car - Could She Have Done Better?

Sixteen year old, Ariel Winter, who plays Alex Dunphy on ABC's Modern Family, bought herself a brand new Mercedes-Benz C-Class recently and she paid in full. Not many kids out there can walk up to a dealership and throw down that kind of money (their own money) at the age of sixteen but when you're Ariel Winter and you've been working on a hit TV show since you were ten or eleven years old it's no big deal.



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Car4Life - 3/26/2014 12:07:22 PM

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Good to see the oldest in its segment still attracts the youngest of affluent buyers!

Next time wait a month for the ALL NEW C Though!

reaganeatbrains - 3/26/2014 8:23:10 PM

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sooo...go without a car for a month? great advice.

how about trade in the W204 in a month for the W205?

Car4Life - 3/27/2014 9:55:07 AM

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LOL, she's 16, on one of the hottest shows, apart of one of the biggest networks ABC- It's called a car service, how most of Hollywood gets around when they don't feel like driving that day

Agent009 - 3/26/2014 1:58:38 PM

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Evidently you just did!

cidflekken - 3/26/2014 1:24:05 PM

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Yes, she should have waited for the new C to be released. But, if this is the car that meets her needs and wants, then good for her.

xjug1987a - 3/26/2014 3:16:04 PM

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Car4Life - is right the current car is a really nice car. Though its ancient, and not even competitive in the segment, its a Mercedes and a solid buy. Its built like a tank and the prestige of a Mercedes is magnetic....she should have waited for the new one, but she'll probably get rid of this in a year anyhow....

cidflekken - 3/26/2014 4:31:36 PM

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Not competitive? The C350 Sport just recently bested the new 335i in a comparison (but lost to the ATS)

xjug1987a - 3/27/2014 11:19:51 AM

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Which comparison was that? I don't doubt it lost to the ATS. I looked at getting a C350 but the ATS was definitely better. The 335 was not competitively priced to either....much more but no clear advantage.... just cost.

cidflekken - 3/27/2014 1:54:39 PM

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OK, not quite as recent as i thought, but these models haven't been updated significantly since the comparison.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedans/1302_2012_bmw_335i_2013_cadillac_ats_mercedes_benz_c350_comparison/

supermoto - 3/27/2014 9:41:37 AM

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She probably got it for free. Anyway, should have gotten a 2015 C400 instead of the outgoing model.

curriescorner - 3/27/2014 1:36:09 PM

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Who????

Spongebob > Everything on the Disney Channel.

leej - 3/28/2014 6:16:01 PM

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This is chump change for her. It's just a C class.