Auto Nation Group (ANG), the official distributor of Mercedes-Benz in the Philippines, launches the new C-Class during an exclusive luncheon held at its Bonifacio Global City showroom.
The fifth generation C-Class has been thoroughly redesigned and steps up the game of luxury compact sedans. It carries the latest innovations and modernizations that give the styling elements, substance and technologies from the flagship S-Class.
“The C-Class has raised the bar of the luxury compact executive sedans. It’s where Modern Luxury meets driving dynamics, human-centered innovations, and all that in a good looking form that you would fall in love with, once again.’’ Says Mr. Frankie Ang, Chief Operating Officer at Auto Nation Group, Inc.
True to its commitment to build the world’s most desirable cars, Mercedes-Benz continues to press ahead with its sustainablestrategy. The brand continually improves the quality of its productsand services, and keeps on adapting and diversifying.
The new C-Class carries the new design language that was firstintroduced back with the S-Class – from the exterior designcharacteristics, headlamp and taillamp design, all the way to the flowing, seamless, and extensively digitized interior. These were all carried over to the compact sedan segment, wherein the new C-Class can bring all these luxurious touches to a wider market. As such, the C-Class deserves to be dubbed as the “Baby S”.
SENSUAL PURITY WITH A SPORTY ELEGANT TOUCH
The new C-Class blends sportiness and luxury in a contemporary form. Reduced lines meet extensively sculpted surfaces and dynamic body proportions with sporty design elements.
The car has grown a lot comapred to its predecessor – with a wheelbase longer by 25mm, overall length by 65mm, width by 45mm, and 7mm more ground clearance. These contribute to the overall space inside the cabin, and further improves driving dynamics. The AVANTGARDE exterior features a newly redesigned front bumper with a single louvre radiator grille that accentuates the prominent Mercedes-Benz star. Its LED High Performance headlamps with daytime running lights redesigned to be are made sleeker and modern. Pronounced powerdomes on the bonnet also give a sporty and masculine character of the new C-Class.
TAKING DIGITIZATION EVEN FURTHER
Getting inside the cabin of the C-Class feels like you are stepping in the world of S-Class. Its flowing forms and refined materials raise the modern luxury of its interior to a new level.
The refreshed operating and display concept, which relies on digitization, also contributes to this. The 11.9” floating central display touchscreen is loaded with features and is also slightly inclined towards the driver to make it easier to read and operate. The 10.25” free-standing full digital instrument display is already part of the standard equipment. You can customize the display style to suit your preference, such as Classic, Sport, and Understated. It can also show you driver assistance menus.
The new C-Class is also equipped with the latest generation NTG7 MBUX multimedia system that now gets more connectivityfeatures and a “Hey Mercedes“ voice command system. The driver can also operate the MBUX in the multifunction steering wheel via touch control buttons.
Now that the C-Class is more digital than ever – you can easily connect your mobile wirelessly via Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto. It gives convenient access to the most important applications on your smartphone (Messages, Spotify, Waze, etc.).
YOUR PERSONAL FEEL GOOD SPACE
The new C-Class has everything to help you relax. It offers generous space with larger legroom and more headroom. Once set, the seats are electrically adjustable for the driver and passenger with capacitive switches. This reacts to the touch input. The front seats have memory function settings for up to three people. The profiles can be selected easily, and changed at any time. It also has a 4-way lumbar support to adjust the seat contour to your lumbar area and it improves seating comfort and ergonomics.
The new C-Class steps up the game of progressive comfort with its 64-color ambient lighting that helps create the right ambience for you. It is also equipped with THERMATIC dual-zone automatic climate control, where it can be set easily with the convenient temperature and ventilation controls found on the central display. This also have an activated charcoal filter to filter dust and reduces harmful chemicals and substances – The balanced interior climate will always give optimal comfort for both the driver and passengers.
The new C-Class is designed to be your personal space for relaxation and well-being, and that’s what you can call a true Mercedes-Benz experience.
COMFORT STARTS WHEN YOU FEEL SAFE
Mercedes-Benz sets the standards on making every journey safe for the drivers and passengers. The new C-Class is a monument in engineering, not just for its performance and luxurious interior, but also for its adavanced safety features.
The new C-Class comes with a standard seven airbags to reduce risk of injury. It is inclusive of a two-stage deployment airbag for driver and passenger, side bags, window bags, and knee bag for the driver. The car is also equipped with Blind Spot assist to keep the driver well-informed of the surroundings. The system alerts you when a vehicle enters a blind spot zone, and sends a signal to avoid a possible collision. The C-Class has a lot of driver assistancesystems such as the Active Brake Assist, Active Parking Assist, 12 ultrasonic sensors in the front and rear, Reversing Camera, and ATTENTION ASSIST.
EXCEPTIONALLY DYNAMIC, FUN AND ENGAGINGDRIVING EXPERIENCE
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