motoring
Island Life - April/May 2011
New
Mercedes
just oozes
Class!
TEST DRIVEN
ON THE ISLAND
By Peter White
Mercedes have given their C Class
Automatic just like a book from a
which of course I didn’t – then that lady
range a makeover, and although I
threatened Island library – I didn’t
with the ‘sat nav’ voice reminds you of
understand the C in C Class stands for
want to give it back. I was given jus t
the speed restrictions.
‘Compact’ as far as I am concerned it
24 hours to put it through its paces –
should mean Complete!
surely they could have loaned it me for
known, comes with metallic paintwork
24 months!
and has all the interior refinements
The Mercedes C180 Sport, one of
the range of C Class models that have
The 1.8 automatic, with paddle
The C180 BlueEFFICINCY, as it is
you could wish for, from heated seats
had the 2011 facelift, simply oozes
shift has a 7 g-tronic gearbox and its
to body-hugging leather upholstery, sat
complete class. It’s all you would expect
156bhp output gives you all the power
nav, Bluetooth, cruise control – the list
of an executive car from the German
you need. Perhaps just as well that on
is endless.
manufacturers – and more!
Island roads the speedo dial can be
Test driven from the showrooms of
But peel away all the gadgets and
complemented at the flick of a switch
gismos that are very much a part of
Esplanade Mercedes, Medina Avenue,
by a digital read-out. And if you do
modern day motoring, and you have
Newport I found the C180 Sport
happen to exceed the speed limit –
a car that roars into life with a dab of
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