C300 Cab

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st13phil

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Just driven home from the dealer's in a W205 C300 Cabriolet loaner while my W177 A220 is in for service.

I know the W205 platform is near the end of its production cycle, but I was surprised at how gruff the engine sounds by comparison to the 2L 4-pot in the current A-Class. I hadn't looked at the badging before I drove off, so the only way I could be sure it wasn't a diesel was by checking the redline on the tacho.

The advance in NVH performance between the two successive models is much greater than I would have expected, especially with respect to their relative market positioning.
 
The C300 Cab AMG Line (and C200 same) has a sports exhaust as standard so is deliberately noisier. Sounds quite nice from outside the car, but the ‘speaker electronic enhancement’ inside doesn’t in imho, and does have more than a hint of Diesel to it.
 

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