Mercedes C180

Entry into the C-Class with the Mercedes-Benz C 180

The success of the first Mercedes mid-range model, the Mercedes-Benz 190 from the early 1980s, confirmed the Stuttgart premium car manufacturer in its strategy, with vehicles to address this larger class of buyers. The idea of transferring the excellent image of the upper class sedans on the middle class was in the 1993 newly launched C-Class implemented. While the audience had the first Mercedes-Benz 190 nor trivialized as Baby Benz, was even the entry level model of the new C-Class, the Mercedes-Benz C 180 immediately after launch already accepted as a worthy representative of its genus by the buyers.


Newly Developed Engines in the First Mercedes-Benz C 180

mercedes c180As the smallest model of the C-Class W202 in the first series, which was designed by Murat Günak, the Mercedes-Benz C 180 as a five-speed manual sedan with 90 kW (122 hp) engines and 1.8 liters was the first buyers presented. The engines with four cylinders and electronic fuel injection were 180 completely redesigned for the Mercedes-Benz C to the market in 1993. They drove the car to up to 193 km / h.


Combi Version and Equipment Variants of the Mercedes-Benz C180

From 2000, the Mercedes-Benz C 180 came as a combo (129 hp) out T-model with 95 kW. At launch, it was the Mercedes-Benz C 180 in the equipment variants Classic, Elegance and Esprit. As of 2000, the Esprit production version in the following series W203 was replaced by the term avant-garde. The equipment designation Classic accounted for in the W204 series from the year of 2007.


Sport Coupé CL based on the Best-Selling Mercedes-Benz C 180mercedes c18-

Not least because of the continuing sales success of the Mercedes-Benz C 180, Stuttgart modified this model as well as the other C-Class versions only at relatively long intervals. The first series W202 was built from 1993 to 2000, the second series W203 from 2000 to 2007. After that, the W204 series followed. With two million remote vehicles, the C-Class had become the best selling model of Mercedes-Benz until mid-2000. In the second series was the Mercedes-Benz C 180 to 2002 with 95 kW (129 hp) engines, which was followed by new compressor engines with 105 kW (143 hp). Also was introduced 2001/2 a two-door sports coupe based on the Mercedes CL-Benz C 180, which was equipped with the 105 kW (143 hp) engine of the sedan.


The Mercedes-Benz C 180 is Stronger, Bigger and Yet Economical

Since March 2007, the Mercedes-Benz C 180 is continued in the series W204, where the model grew slightly in length and width, but mainly got a larger trunk than its predecessor with 475 liters to 20 liters. The engines of the supercharged cars also rose to 115 kW (156 hp), which accelerate the car up to 230 km / h. Since 2008, the manufacturer of the Mercedes-Benz C 180 also provides with user-friendly BlueEfficiency technology, in which the capacity of the model was reduced to 1.6 liters. But also thanks to weight reduction and better aerodynamics, the consumption of the Mercedes-Benz C 180 at 6.7 to 7.7 liters (159 to 183 g / km CO2) was reduced.

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