dpb

I wonder how reliable the 1.6 petrol C class Mercedes from around 2010 is.

If I get another estate......Seems very good economy to power, no turbo to blow up / engine to soot up . Nice look and comfy

Littleted

Prob very,

Dingdongler

Few quick pics. I couldn't get the best angles because I was trying to avoid getting the license plate number (not sure why I do that as it's hardly confidential info)

And yes it does look like a hearse

daviee

Stunning looking car , but was having cold sweats looking at the rear right wheel and how close it was to the kerb.

joz8968

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"The all-new AMG Estate range.

"We aim to get you into your grave über fast and with ruthless efficiency."

Dingdongler

You're right, I'll take more care!

TonyBurns

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I see the PSA group 1.6 petrol came top of its group again (its about 8 years running), not many engines do that (all the faults are down to bmw though for using cheap parts )

ALi-B

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Had a timing chain issue yet?

Lots of non-turbo version of the prince engine are now cropping up with rattling chains. I'm not complaining....Like the K-series, it repairable, so good for business.


Unlike the 1.6 PSA diesel which just generally completely gunks itself up to the point that its just not worth messing with and cheaper to replace the whole engine. Very few turbo companies will "properly" warranty a new turbo fitted to an old engine. I've noted Dave at APi has a rather nice pdf presentation in the public domain of how these die (presumably for a court/claims case against a warranty company)....that was "engine of the year 2007".


Thinking about it, there are quite a few engines that get this award and then later prove to be problematic: Off the top of my head with the mainstream stuff we have the PSA DV6, PSA Prince, Mazda Renesis, Subaru EJ25, BMW N47. Then we have the Prius units which is a huge question mark issues posed when the batteries expire and the complaints about excessive fuel consumption on the Ford Ecoboosts.

thenewgalaxy

Daft question but a serious one, what's it like on fuel?

Dingdongler

Really bad, but given my annual mileage is very low I'm hoping I can cope with it.

Brun

Really bad =

1-5mpg
6-10mpg
11-15mpg
16-20mpg??????????

thenewgalaxy

I know these things have clever fuel saving modes where some of the engine "shuts down" but I suspect mid to high teens.

TonyBurns

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Ali, the Prince engine is actually pretty good, the timing chain issue is an easy fix (note my prince engined car doesnt have a timing chain ) but you can blame that issue on bmw

Tony

Matteeboy

Oooh my engine won the 2.5-3.0 litre award

Dingdongler

I've only had the car a few days so difficult to be sure but I'm getting the feeling it will be about 14-18mpg

Littleted

does it have auto parking Ding, and have u dared to use it.

P.S 11 days and counting

dpb

What's the 0-30mph time.

ALi-B

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Its ok, I wouldn't say its any better than anything else out these though.

Chains are simple. Which is good, as we see plenty of them. As I said, nice little earner

jameswrx

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The AMG is lovely Ding. They sound soooo good when they start up, my neighbour had a saloon couple of months.

Dingdongler

Thanks James. Yes it lets out a loud bark when you start it up, my kids love it:

Matteeboy

Why on Earth does that link use a UKIP URL?!!

dpb

Like a jet fighter

urban

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Probably about that.
My CLK55 averages about 18 mpg, provoke it though and it rewards around 7!

Fabioso

18 mpg...?....7 mpg....? thumbs up you guys are serious petrolheads!!