09 C180 BlueEFFICIENCY is it any good and what sort of MPG

[cejsmith]

I saw a nice second hand c180 BlueEFFICIENCY auto estate in the garage and I was wondering if they where any good. I think the car is really a 1.6 turbo ( but could be wrong) and as my wife only does 12K a year and alot of it's around town I thought it might be the better option. Are there any problems with the engine and what sort of mpg do people get out of them????

 

[alan350CDI]

So far as I'm aware the C180 BlueEFFICIENCY is a 1.8 turbo. One of my good friends has one and is quite happy with it. He gets just shy of 40 to the gallon, but he drives like an old lady so I wouldn't take that as gospel.

 

[Meldrew2]

IIRC, the manual is a 1.6 but the auto is a 1.8 (Mine is certainly a 1.8)

On stop/start town journeys and short runs on country lanes I get about 33-35 mpg. Gentle motorway use on a long run gives me 39-41 mpg but a heavy right foot brings it back down.

Either way it's better than the 18-20 mpg I get from the ML350.

 

[jaymanek]

They did them in 1.6 and 1.8.

 

[Red C220]

I had a "59" C180K sport Estate Auto, it was a 1.6 Kompressor.

It averaged 30mpg almost all the time.

The best I had was driving from Surrey to Glasgow and got into the low/mid 40's.

It actually made a good traffic/city but it lacked midrange push.

 

[jonnymerc]

Mine is a 180 auto petrol blue efficiency, i think the petrol are supercharged and diesel are turbo charged thats what i was told correct me if i am wrong please

Mine is a 1.8 litre the blue efficiency like it or not gives me about 35-39 on general driving and about 42-45 on long motorway journeys thats with a light right foot those figures will come down with a heavy right foot