Mercedes A35 or A45 AMG

[Bigun37]

The C180 Sport was a car I owned back in 1994. The manual gearbox was terrible, clutch hindged on the floor . I traded that car in for an Audi Cabriolet 2.6 V6 in Kingfisher blue after 10 months of Merc ownership. The A35 is my second Merc , it's much better than my last experience. Keep on top of the timing chain case leaking near the head. I remember several visits to my local dealer to tighten the head bolts , its a design fault.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I wonder who they pinched that idea from then

Pinched which idea?

 

[Bigun37]

Pinched which idea?

Evolution of design

 

[ALFAitalia]

There was no Kingfisher Blue....its official factory name was Pelican Blue after factory mistake confusing one fish eating bird with another... Pelicans of course being white. The UK dealers adopted the Kingfisher name to avoid the obvious "pelicans are white" comments from customers!