MERCEDES-BENZ C-klasse · C 280 Elegance · Sedan · 2007 ‐ 2009

Mercedes-Benz began manufacture from 2007 of automobiles type C-klasse, modification of C 280 Elegance and finished it in 2009. This auto has four doors, the body chassis is in the form a sedan, weight 1.5 tons and length 4.6 meters, which allows a seat 5 person total.

«C-klasse C 280 Elegance» is a rear wheel drive car with a 6-speed manual gear shift. The 6-cylinders petrol motor engine with «multipoint injection fuel system» can generate output 231 horsepower at 6000 rmp, allowing you to speed up the car for 7.3 seconds to 100 km/h and reach max speed of 250 km/h.

Fuel rate is 13.4 liters in the urban driving mode, on the track 6.8 liters, and the medium fuel rate is 9.2 l per 100 km. Fuel tank capacity is 66 l of petrol, what lets to go roughly 718 km without refueling.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Rearward wheels have disks brakes and attached to the body chassis using suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/55R16.

According to the data of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Mercedes-Benz C-klasse gained the maximal number of stars - 5, indicating that it is a highly safe automobile. In addition to dynamic safety (EBD, Traction control, Brake assistant, ABS, ESP), it is also equipped with passive safety features (driver, head/curtain, passenger, side airbags).