The car arrived with a bad scratch inside the door at the rear.
The switch to drop the rear head rests broke.
A cam sensor failed resulting in a lack of power.
The heated seats both stopped functioning correctly.
Whilst the cam sensor was being replaced the dealer scratched the car resulting in a further two days off the road for correction.
All these faults happened in the first five months and Mercedes do not seem to thin this worthy of an apology.
The car is not as well built as the old C-Class.
Although it is faster it is noisy and raucous under acceleration.
The extra equipment added as standard seem to have detracted from the overall build quality.
Here is the deal. For the entry level class today's consumer has about three "real" choices. The BMW3251, the Jaguar X Type, and the Mercedes C Class. My opinion after tons of researching is simple. Anyone concerned with not getting ripped off has to get the Mercedes C320. The BMW design
is going back in time to 1991. The unfortunate "baby jag" was Ford's attempt to slap a Jaguar hood ornament on an already designed Ford model.(This way they saved money because it's easy to put AWD, leather, wood, and a Jaguar ornament on an already designed Ford, which as a Ford, failed. With the C Class, you know you have a genuine design, not just the luxury division car of another company.
Look pal, hear it from someone who has owned Mercs since young, the best model was the 190e, which was a tank build and ultra quick. Mercedes are now cheap as chips in the way they build their cars; the handling is rubbish and the dealers are very poor. Mercedes should be doing something about this, or else the company will go very very wrong.
The end.
The old Merc's were good. The newer the cheaper build process and a cheaper car. I own a 2003 Merc ans was very disappointed. Probably would have been better off with a Lada.
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