[TrackDay]

Originally Posted by sgm

Video reviews of the new W206 C-class are out. Too much tech and lack of physical buttons is a worrying trend

Well everyone needs to do what Tesla is doing these days so as to stay relevant in the upcoming electric future. That being said, wonder how much more would it have costed to give some physical buttons. Maybe they expect the customer will get used to it after a period of time and wont be a concern.

Originally Posted by sgm

https://www.Youtube.com/watch?v=02yxl06J4Uw

This is indeed epic ! Having to sit back in style and know someone is looking at you the whole time ! Really have to wonder who designed and approved it !

[Arnav612]

The scaling down of the S Class was something we all appreciated so highly back in the day when the W205 launched. The simple reason being that there were still points of distinction and the C Class yet had an identity of its own with a few borrowed materials and designs from the W222. It's always good to see more expensive traits being scaled down, until this.

In the W223, there is no interior. It's just a screen. Scaling down the W223 into the W206 meant just giving the same screen. I find so much slack in real design elements like flared lines and cuts and materials in this generation. It's good to have the screen as part of the interior, but here, it's the entire interior. There's barely any distinguishability between the S and C, and that's most certainly not in a good way IMO

[rag_nfs]

Looks like the dealer preview / training has started and the car will be launched in the first week of May

[Arnav612]

The new W206 C-Class for the Indian Market has been finally unveiled and is all set for prices to be released on the 10th of May. First look exhibits a scale down of the S-Class like it always has been, and is to be broadly sold in 3 variants- the C200, C220d (in Avant Garde line) and C300d (in AMG Line). A 48V integrated starter generator is offered as standard across all variants for better fuel efficiency to the tunes of 23 kmpl (Tested out on the C220d), 16.9 kmpl (Tested out on the C200), and 20.3 kmpl (Tested out on the C300d).

Speaking of interiors, it's the same story as the S-Class with the latest edition of the fantastically acclaimed MBUX Infotainment System and everything else scaled down from the S-Class. Folks, this is where I see myself a little disappointed. While I completely am in favour of similar levels of technology and aesthetic as the S-Class, this is where the C-Class (and models to come) will lose out on individuality and all of the pleasing design textures, elements, materials and shapes we liked to see in innovation ends right here. It's probably change being the only constant, but let's add Mercedes interiors to the list of constants too now.

Overall, this car was once what used to be the entry point to the luxury automotive world for many (and still is under filtered circumstances) and it's now a great iteration to deliver technology levels of cars higher up in stables at a relatively affordable price. Speaking of which, is rumoured to begin at around 55 Lakhs Ex-Showroom (avg India)

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