Comments on: Mercedes builds last 203 series C-Class sedan

By: Egbert Souse

Egbert Souse — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:47:27 +0000

It’s about damn time, ever since this car came out I’ve hated it!!

By: gsh

gsh — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:48:59 +0000

never considered it and never will. this car is part of the definition of “POS” and the C220 CDI ive been using proves it.

By: Saud

Saud — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:56:25 +0000

Finally.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:40:40 +0000

Kill it

By: Veda

Veda — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:37:05 +0000

From what I’ve seen the upcoming model seems blander than this outgoing one. We’ll just wait for the rags and complains when they release the official pics in the near future.

By: The Stig

The Stig — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:52:05 +0000

@A4,

Do not worry, they will “screw the quality” as you suggest. The big question is how much worse it will be than what you can buy now.

By: Jazz

Jazz — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:20:36 +0000

lol- the GL and R have attributed to substantial sales for Mercedes. They overtook BMW in the units sold tally this year. Those two models were a big part of that.
Although I agreee that too many models dilutes the prestige of the marquee at the end oof the day the company is trying to increase units sold. With the influx of more units sold the company can do more blah blah blah stuff.

The C-Class definitely has to come back with some fire under the hood, stupendous quality and a reasonable price. There is too much competition to the C for Mercedes to be conservative here. I hope they get it right

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:34:12 +0000

i agree with asher – the GL is unneccessary, as is the disgusting R-class, although it is growing on me as a weird niche segment and a ballsy move usually not explored by a company as conservative as mercedes. The only thing i disagree with is the “quality” of the SL… which has been famously poor for this generation, although it is getting slightly better.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:54:47 +0000

they r probably gonna rebadge it as chrysler now. haha

By: Asher

Asher — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:40:05 +0000

Thank god, this C-class series, as opposed to its predecessor, was a complete donkey-looking POS and was a huge component to why Mercs rep has been seriously downgraded. Same with the current E-class and CLK vs its predecessor. Now it appears Merc is back on the right track with no sharing of platforms with Chrysler, high-quality S, SL, CL and CLS models and now hopefully some well-styled and well-built new C/CLK and E-classes. Now they just need to dump some of their SUV models like the hideous R-class and stop making their GL 450 a clone of Lexus’ LX450/470…and they will truly be BACK to what they once were…

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:35:44 +0000

screw the quality lets hope it looks anywhere near as aggressive as the A4, G35, or 3-series. This generation C-class has always been the buick of compact sport sedans.

By: wawy

wawy — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:58:24 +0000

I’ve owned a w203 C230, C320 and currently a C32 AMG..I just hope the W204 has a bit better quality….

By: Syrax

Syrax — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:46:32 +0000

about time they put the plain old c class away…waiting for the new one now

By: chevy490

chevy490 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:10:21 +0000

i think mercedes is ganna do good for chrsyler!

By: chevy490

chevy490 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:10:18 +0000

i think mercedes is ganna do good for chrsyler!

By: chevy490

chevy490 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:09:41 +0000

yea first one