2016 Mercedes-AMG C43 Cabriolet driven: rain doesn't stop play - Telegraph.co.uk

This isn’t how Italy in June should be. this categorically isn’t cabriolet weather. he C-class Cabriolet completes the C-class line-up , Mercedes-Benz’s determination to offer a differing variant of its already extensive model line-up never ceasing. It joins a saloon, coupe, estate and pair of SUVs, and, if you’re being creative even the SLC - which since adding C at the end of its name (instead of K) is bundled in the C-class “family”. There’s a pair of four-cylinder diesels badged 220d and 250d respectively, that more powerful 250d offered with four-wheel drive - 4MATIC in Mercedes-speak. he petrol choice starts with a 2. 0-litre four-cylinder C200 with 184bhp, then a 245bhp version badged C300, both of which come in either Sport or AMG Line trims. If you want an AMG proper you’ve now got two core choices, the bonkers V8-powered C63 - with either 476bhp or 510bhp depending on your choice of standard or S models - or the new Mercedes-AMG C43. Think of the C43 as AMG-lite, even if the 3.... It trails those C63 models to 62mph by 0. 6 seconds, with a time of 4. 8 seconds, though it’ll strain at the same 155mph electronic speed limiter as them if you happen to be running through its German homeland. sefully, today in the rain, the C43 comes as standard with 4MATIC four-wheel. Source: www.telegraph.co.uk