The subtle difference

Light, spot on: Early June 2011 the new shines first Mercedes c-class Coup? (right). AUTO BILD has the fresh Zweit?rer to the first matching with the E-class Coup? asked. The ?hnlichkeit of the Markenbr?der confused ? not only at the first glance. Gepfeilter bug, the front cover is flat...
By Joachim State of Coup?s k?nnen it at Mercedes: CL, CLS, E Coup? ? no German marque, is so good best?ckt and geschm?ckt as the Stuttgart. Nevertheless, they have discovered a dark L?cke under the stars. The zweit?rige GTI f?r Schlipstr?ger that Gegenst?ck to the BMW 3 series Coup? ? which was missing so far. Light, spot on: Early June 2011 the more elegant brother of sedan and wagon is the new c-class Coup?, proud for the first time 4.59 meters long and undoubtedly. But moment times, the newcomer not to confusing N?he to the E Coup? flashes? Just eleven inches L?nge separate the two asterisk, we leave. Their ?hnlichkeit confused ? not only at the first glance. Gepfeilter bug, flat windshield and this souver?n-l?ssige roof downturn ? with so much common ground is surprise no one if sp?ter in the branch of some customer of the E schw?rmt and the c! We look closer. The small Coup? is k?rzer, sehniger, in the design more excited as the serene E, which is rather the rounder, graumelierte line. Small tip to avoid the embarrassing confusion: the E has no B S?ule, the frameless side Windows r?cken at the T?r?ffnen down. This reminds of a beflissenem Hotel Porter. As the C Coup? is country: the T?rs?ule is ? from the inside ? greatly regarded in the field of view, makes the Interior at least gef?hlt more closely. Also the three round offers in deep H?hlen emphasize the sporty, modern touch of novice.

Elegant glides: Unlike the C Coup? E Coup? without B-S?ule comes from. In the gro?en Coup? the cockpit must demonstrate the Standesunterschied, because who creates a few thousand euros more, overlooking the watches landscape from the E-class in daf?r. And in the T?r four instead of only two buttons waiting to ?ffnen all Windows to a gro?en, calm breeze from convertible. Both require some fitness, because the rider sits two inches lower than in the C sedan and discovered verr?terische equal parts: the electric seat adjustment forward, the inevitable turning Dr?ck multipurpose lumps left of the steering wheel or the two Einzelpl?tze rear with the impractical firmly standing Kopfst?tzen, which the driver constantly the view block, even though in the rear but only very rarely ?berhaupt someone zusteigt. And for good reason: shows the tight space of knee osteoarthritis can be as painful. The C 250 CGI starts with a Growl, a more free exhaust system also acoustically with the sportsmanship. The 1, 8-litre petrol engine has the, the Turbo pushes the Coup? according to work in 7.2 seconds to 100 km/h and 240 top ? enough, to avoid on the highway of Minderwertigkeitsgef?hle before dr?ngelnden diesels. Or the K?ufer w?hlt is one of the two CDI with 170 or 204 HP. Mercedes expects diesel share of third at the C Coup? two! Our test car Mercedes has pointed nachtr?glich with tools: the 18-inch R?der by AMG (1845 euro extra charge) can be paid the Coup? firmer, without that it forgets the Mercedes manners. The sports suspension (458 euros) lowers the focus to 15 mm, ?bersetzung works the parameter steering with more direct and h?heren Lenkkr?ften.

Likelihood of confusion: E-class and c-class Coup? are visually very ?hnlich. And schlie?lich the advanced automatic converts faster gas commands than before (the 7G-tronic plus get the E-class after the factory closures). Result of Nachw?rzens: the star gets sch?rfere points, behind the wheel of the fighting spirit wakes up, take a curve and to meet at the vertex. This is quite new not for Mercedes, but the C Coup? provides a new Qualit?t. M?glich what the bottom line is, shows the C 63 AMG. With the st?rksten star Stuttgart heading to the BMW M3. But slowly: From such extremes of the C 250 is a half Galaxy away. "We have interpreted rather untersteuernd chassis and steering the boundary", best?tigt Michael Kr?mer, head of the development of the c-class. That is essentially a Mercedes: less agile, pointed less than a BMW 3 series. But leichtf??iger as the gr??ere E Coup?, which mitf?hrt comparison as E 500.
Its V8 brings deep air, before he losst?rmt, the engine is hard on the front axle, and in nifty corners it raises the glider st?rker from the springs. There are small, subtle differences, even though ? but wheelbase, axles and track gauges are almost identical both run in Bremen by the same band. Therefore Mercedes reaches into the bag of tricks to dizygotic twins auseinanderzur?cken. F?r the E Coup? there are three instead of a six-cylinder, and in the C ?berlebt it exclusively to hochdrehende 6, 2-liter V8 ? almost a relic and turbo-free counterpoint to the n?chsten BMW M3, which has "only" six cylinder. Where we just z?hlen: the C 250 Coup? costs 4968 euros less than the same strong E Coup? (see below), but only 600 euros more than the comparable C sedan. These are times all new Zodiac at Mercedes.
Technical data Mercedes C 250 Coup?: Four-cylinder, Turbo, front l?ngs ? displacement of 1796 cm? ? power of 150 kW (204 PS) at 5500 RPM torque ? 310 NM at 2000 RPM ? seven-speed automatic of ? L/W/H 4590/1770/1406 mm ? trunk 450 l ? unladen weight 1550 kg ? top 240 km/h ? 0?100 km/h of 7.2 s ? EU mix 6.5 l Super/100 km ? CO2 152 g / km ? price: from 41.174 euro
Technical data Mercedes E 250 Coup?: Four-cylinder, Turbo, front l?ngs ? displacement of 1796 cm? ? power of 150 kW (204 PS) at 5500 RPM torque ? 310 NM at 2000 RPM ? seven-speed automatic of ? L/W/H 4698/1786/1393 mm ? trunk 450 l ? unladen weight 1575 kg ? tip 247 km/h ? 0?100 km/h of 7.4 s ? EU mix 6.4 l Super/100 km ? CO2 149 g / km ? price: from 46.142 euro