1996 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Esprit from UK and Ireland - Comments

2nd Jun 2005, 14:20

"Good looks, Poor performance"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Cataltic convertor has failed making the exhaust note very raspy and noisy.

Drivers window has bad scratch, apparently a common problem.

Handbrake ratchet failed.

General comments?

I quite like the look of these cars, Mine has lovely full leather interior, with privacy glass. She looks really nice, I just wish she went a lot better.

When I say this car is slow of the mark I mean it's really sloooooowww.

I wouldn't by another one after this, I would definatly go back to the japanese car's. This compared to my previous mitsibushi evo... the merc just dosent stand a chance in any department.

Why did the make it so slow.. Dissapointed.


4th Jun 2005, 01:43

I'm not a Mercedes fan (...not at all) but I find it pointless to compare a C180 to an Evo. I mean if you want a standard just turn the BMW and Audi's of this era, and start comparing...


20th Jul 2005, 17:04

Overall the Mercedes C-Class is going to be a much heavier car then majority of the Japanese imports that are 4 cylinder as well. If you need something very fast, I would recommend you test drive the new Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG which is a high performance supercharged V-8 5.5 liter or if it is pricey, then drive the new C230 Kompressor that has a 4 cylinder supercharged engine.

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