That's enough to take a C 43 Coupe from rest to 62mph in just 4.7s. The V6-engined C 43 4MATIC now puts out 390hp, 23hp more than before. At the top of the range lie the fearsome Mercedes-AMG models, offered with V6 or V8 power. There's also a C300d variant with the same engine tuned out to 245hp. Many C-Class Cabriolet customers still want a diesel, usually the 2.0-litre 194hp powerplant fitted to the C220d variant, which can be had in rear-driven or 4MATIC form. There's also a 258hp 2.0-litre petrol variant, the C300. This powerplant features clever 'EQ Boost' technology which uses a 48volt on-board network with a belt-driven starter/alternator. The range kicks off with the 156hp 1.6-litre petrol engine used in the base C180, but ideally, you'd begin your perusal of the line-up with a more modern unit, the 1.5-litre 184hp petrol unit fitted to the base C200, a model available in rear-driven or 4MATIC form. This attribute continues with the revised range but here, perhaps the most important news is the introduction of fresh mainstream petrol and diesel engines beneath the bonnet. When we first tested the original version of this second generation C-Class coupe, we were particularly impressed by its surprisingly sharp handling dynamics. Well, with this revised second generation C-Class Coupe design, that's just what the Stuttgart brand has brought us. If Mercedes could produce something better in this area, you felt, then it really would have a very complete contender on its hands. The only fly in the ointment were the carry-over base petrol and diesel engines that most customers had to be content with. In fact, it was a good match against an equivalent 4 Series or A5 Coupe model. Here was a car that handled considerably more sharply than its four-door C-Class showroom stablemate. Only with the introduction of the second generation C-Class Coupe in 2015 was the Three-Pointed Star finally able to take on its Teutonic rivals at their own game.
Mercedes introduced a C-Class Coupe model in 2011 to try and face up to these competitors, but it didn't make much headway. Backgroundįor some time, BMW and Audi had the mid-sized executive coupe sector to themselves BMW with the 3 Series Coupe model that became the 4 Series Coupe: Audi with its A5. This improved second generation C-Class Coupe targets two-door versions of BMW's 4 Series and Audi's A5 more effectively than the Three-Pointed Star has ever managed to do before. The smallest coupe that Mercedes-Benz makes could also arguably be said to be the best, at least from the point of view of an enthusiastic driver.
This improved Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe is better placed than ever before to put one over on its domestic rivals.
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