For the first time ever, every C-Class engine option became a four-cylinder — this generation quietly dropped the six-cylinder choice entirely, pairing a 48-volt system with each one.
Lead trim: C300 · up to 255 hp
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FactFor the first time ever, every C-Class engine option became a four-cylinder — this generation quietly dropped the six-cylinder choice entirely, pairing a 48-volt system with each one.
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VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERMercedes built the W204 AMG's 6.2 litre M156 with no turbo at all, a naturally aspirated V8 already going against the grain by 2008.
7 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C 300 4MATIC | 2022–present | — | 255 hp | 295 lb-ft | 5.9 s | AWD | automatic | $48,000 |
| C300 | 2022–2027 | 2.0 L 4-cyl | 254 hp | 295 lb-ft | — | RWD | Automatic 9-spd | — |
| C300 4matic | 2022–2027 | 2.0 L 4-cyl | 254 hp | 295 lb-ft | — | AWD | Automatic 9-spd | — |
| C300 4matic Convertible | 2022–2023 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 255 hp | 273 lb-ft | — | AWD | Automatic 9-spd | — |
| C300 4matic Coupe | 2022–2023 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 255 hp | 273 lb-ft | — | AWD | Automatic 9-spd | — |
| C300 Convertible | 2022–2023 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 255 hp | 273 lb-ft | — | RWD | Automatic 9-spd | — |
| C300 Coupe | 2022–2023 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 255 hp | 273 lb-ft | — | RWD | Automatic 9-spd | — |
An estimate, for the C300 4matic Convertible trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
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The new C63's tiny turbo-four is a giant on paper: 469 hp from 2.0 litres makes it the most powerful four-cylinder engine in series production.
Every single W206 C-Class, even the AMG-badged C43, now makes do with four cylinders — Mercedes dropped the six-cylinder entirely from this generation.
For the first time ever, every C-Class engine option became a four-cylinder — this generation quietly dropped the six-cylinder choice entirely, pairing a 48-volt system with each one.
Early W205 C43s let you flip the exhaust flaps open from a cabin button for pops and burbles on demand — a trick later models lost to noise rules.
The C450 AMG borrowed more than a badge from its big brother — the front axle, steering system and suspension all came straight from the C63.
Mercedes-Benz built the W205's body structure from a mix of steel and aluminum, making it the first C-Class with an aluminum-intensive hybrid shell, cutting up to 100 kg versus its predecessor.
Despite the jump to twin-turbo power, Mercedes says this C63 actually sips less fuel than the naturally aspirated car it replaced — 32 percent less.
It inspired a boat: Cigarette Racing built a 50-foot Black Series Marauder powerboat after it, unveiled at the 2012 Miami Boat Show.
Years before a single physical prototype existed, Mercedes crash-tested the W204 C-Class entirely in software — a 2.1-terabyte 'digital prototype' driven a virtual 15 million miles, an industry first.
Mercedes built the W204 AMG's 6.2 litre M156 with no turbo at all, a naturally aspirated V8 already going against the grain by 2008.
Squeezing in the 5.4-litre V8 meant AMG had to stretch this C-Class's nose by about 80mm, borrowing the longer engine bay and front end from the CLK55 AMG.
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The W203 was the first C-Class offered with a factory sunroof panel made of a single curved piece of glass spanning nearly the full roof, marketed as the Panorama roof.
This C43 AMG was the first AMG model ever assembled complete at Mercedes' own factory — after Daimler-Benz bought AMG in 1998 — rather than finished off at AMG's shop like the C36 before it.
No two C36 AMGs were quite the same — AMG admitted its hand-built engines could vary by over ten horsepower from car to car.
By 1999 the W202 had quietly become the first compact sedan on the market to offer electronic stability control as standard equipment across its entire lineup.
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Tesla eliminated the Model 3's stalk-mounted turn signal switch and moved the function to buttons on the steering wheel for the Highland redesign.
BMW tried charging G20 owners an annual subscription just to use Apple CarPlay — hardware already built into the car that cost BMW nothing to keep running. The backlash killed the fee within months.
Dodge's wildest factory option: the 2022 'Jailbreak Edition' let buyers customize an 807-hp Hellcat Redeye Charger straight from the factory, as if breaking it free of a standard build sheet.
The VA-generation WRX STI kept the previous generation's 2.5-liter EJ257 engine rather than adopting the new FA20 used in the standard WRX.
BMW had the M340i on sale within months of unveiling the all-new G20 3 Series — one of the very first variants in the lineup to reach showrooms.
After nine generations sold at home, Toyota finally built a Camry that Japan itself can't buy — the XV80 is assembled there purely for export.
One of the world's best-selling mid-size sedans skipped a market entirely for this generation: the 11th-gen Accord was never sold in Malaysia, after sales of the previous generation there kept declining.
The 11th-generation Civic is the first since the late-1970s second generation not to offer any two-door body style.
