Mercedes-Benz C Class News

There is something oddly appealing about high-performance station wagons. It must have something to do with the fundamental contradictions they embody. Station wagons, after all, are kid-and-dog haulers, right? Yet here we are, with a 556-hp Cadillac wagon with a manual transmission, and it may...

Whether it's a real threat to the sport-focused and highly capable BMW M3 or not, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe stands as a serious performance coupe in its own right. These videos give us a closer look at the car, in action on the road. Packing at least 451 horsepower and up to 481...

There seems to be an AMG version of just about everything north of a B-Class in the Mercedes-Benz lineup these days, but among them the C63 is the hottest seller. Credit the relatively low price, the style or simply the sheer awesomeness of its V-8 engine. When the C-Class Coupe was unveiled...

While the interest in hydrogen powered fuel cell vehicles has waned lately, due mostly to the recent proliferation of battery powered electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the media, some automakers including industry giant Daimler are still backing their cause. In fact, Daimler has just announced...

The BMW M3 and Audi RS5 better look out as their rival from Stuttgart has just unveiled a sledgehammer of a two-door in the form of the all-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe. Based on the sultry C-Class Coupe revealed for the first time last month, the latest AMG-prepped variant features not...

This week's 2011 Geneva motor show turned the Swiss town's Palexpo hall into a virtual exotic-car warehouse, stuffed with Aventadors and Ferrari FFs and the usual microbrew blend of Rinspeeds, Gumperts and Paganis. At the Mercedes-Benz stand, rubbing elbows with its frenemies next door at BMW...

We brought you some of the first photos and details to hit the Web on the 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe, and now Mercedes has followed the first volley with an official video detailing the new two-door. Unfortunately you'll have to translate from European, as everything is described in standard...

Two-doors are in vogue again, it seems, with every almost every major luxury manufacturer showing off a new coupe in recent months. Mercedes-Benz joins the rolls today with the 2012 C-Class Coupe ahead of its Geneva Motor Show debut. Replacing the last-gen CLC Coupe, the new C-Class Coupe rides on...

Joining the recently revealed 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sedan in showrooms later this year will be a brand new C-Class Coupe, which has been leaked once again ahead of its debut next month at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. The 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe exudes a certain exuberance and design...

Mercedes-Benz hasn’t done a very good job of keep its upcoming C-Class Coupe a secret, with official images of the stylish two-door leaking onto the Internet last month and now the first shots of a prototype for the high-performance AMG variant being revealed. This latest AMG model is likely...

The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG has once again leaked onto the Web, and this time in more detail--though still without key information--than before. Fortunately we've got you covered--on power, at least. Though rumors early on held that the next C63 AMG could get power from a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8 in...

Mercedes has been talking about a diesel GLK and C-Class in the U.S. since at least 2008. There's even the possibility they'll be built in the company's Alabama plant. The timeline has largely been aimed at 2012-2013 for U.S. construction and sale, though before the market crash of 2008, there were...

Stronger residuals—for automakers, the key to offering attractive leasing options, especially for entry-luxury models like the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Mercedes-Benz's residuals haven't been as good in recent years as those of other luxury automakers, but it's a trend it hopes to reverse with...

The 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sedan is making its world debut this week at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, but one version of this car won’t be appearing in local showrooms anytime soon. We’re talking about the svelte new Estate version of the latest C-Class, which despite being on display...

Joining the recently revealed 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sedan in showrooms later this year will be a brand new C-Class Coupe, which has been spied previously testing around Germany and now has been captured for the first time on U.S. soil. Mercedes-Benz's last two-door C-Class, the CLC, wasn't a...

Are you a Twitter junkie? Love the Super Bowl? Want a new luxury coupe? Mercedes-Benz has your answer with their new "Tweet Race to the Big Game" announced today on Twitter and Facebook. Four teams of two will run from New York, L.A., Chicago, and Tampa to Dallas, Texas at the wheel of a Mercedes...

Facelifts. Whether done to people or cars, they can give new life to a pleasing but less-than-fresh look, or they can stretch something old into something hideous. By the looks of these spy photos, the C-Class AMG Estate's mid-life lift is one of the good ones. We've already seen the standard...

Mercedes-Benz's last C-Class coupe, the CLC, wasn't a great success, particularly here in the U.S., in part because of its awkward styling and in part--towards the end--because it was actually based on the previous-generation car, with only minor styling tweaks to update its look. Now Mercedes is...

Being the reigning Formula 1 World Champion has its perks. Like getting your hands on a one-of-twenty limited edition 520-wheel-horsepower Mercedes uber wagon, for example. Jenson Button today took delivery of his special edition Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG DR 520 Estate. The special-edition car...

The latest generation W204 Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been on sale since 2007 and is due for its mid-cycle facelift in the first half of next year. As these latest spy shots and computer generated rendering of the facelifted 2011 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate suggest, the car’s designers...