According to Mercedes-Benz, 95 percent of its C-Class buyers prefer an automatic transmission. Because so few Americans going for the three-pedal models, you would naturally assume that Stuttgart would save some money and discontinue the manual gearbox option all together, but they won’t even think of it. BMW makes the rules in the entry-luxury sport sedan class. The 3 Series is far and away the top seller, and about a third of those Bimmer buyers choose a manual. That means everyone else better offer one, too.
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It’s no surprise to us that the new Mercedes c-class is going to be arriving in the United States later this year. But apparently we won’t be looking for the same old looking Mercedes that we have grown accustomed to. According to an article that was published in Automotive News the CEO and president of the Mercedes-Benz USA branch, Ernst Lieb stated that the new vehicle will be donning a different look.
The brand new Mercedes-Benz C-Class is the first car in its market segment to be awarded an Environmental Certificate. The certification body of TÜV Süd Management Service GmbH has confirmed the car’s environmentally focused development, highlighting advances over the entire vehicle lifecycle in areas such as fuel consumption, exhaust emissions and selection of materials.
Mercedes-Benz is the only automotive brand worldwide to have an Environmental Certificate meeting ISO standards. The new C-Class is the second Mercedes-Benz model since the introduction of the S-Class in 2005 to have its development process reviewed and confirmed by independent environmental experts.