New Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate premiered at Bremen Plant

The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate has made its premiere at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen, Germany. Emotional-sporty design, innovative technology, variability and a cargo volume larger than its predecessor, the new C-Class Estate adapts to a wide variety of requirements. With the sale set to start from September 2014, the C-Class Estate will be made available in from two fronts - with the sports grille having the Mercedes star on the grille or the luxury grille with the Mercedes star on the bonnet.

On comparison with the outgoing car, the new C-Class Estate is 80 mm longer in wheelbase, 96 mm longer in length and 40 mm wider. The increase in length has resulted in 45 mm more legroom in the rear with more shoulder room, elbow room and headroom than in the previous model. The boot space has also increased by 5 litres to 490 litres and 1510 litres when the rear seats are folded. The rear seats have a 40:20:40 split instead of the 60:40 split in the predecessor and thus the seating arrangement can be put in as a five-seater, four-seater, three-seater or two-seater.

Prof Dr Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG responsible for Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development: "The new C-Class Estate is not only extremely practical thanks to its large, variable load compartment. With its state-of-the-art technical features it also strikes out in new directions in its segment with regard to safety, efficiency and comfort. And both men and women drivers enjoy noticeably more driving pleasure".

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate comes with a wide range of powerful and efficient petrol and diesel engines with ECO start/stop function. These engines are Euro VI compliant and are 20% less fuel efficient. The diesel engine range includes advanced four-cylinder engines, covering an output range from 115 hp to 204 hp. There is also the C 300 BlueTEC HYBRID with four-cylinder diesel engine and compact electric motor generates a power output of 204 hp + 27 hp and still consumes just 3.8 litres of diesel per 100 km/h.

Upon launch, there will be a total of four petrol engines - three BlueDIRECT four-cylinder petrol engines and one BlueDIRECT six‑cylinder petrol engine with power outputs ranging from 156 hp to 333 hp. The four-cylinder C 350 HYBRID with plug-
in technology will be introduced later.

The premiere happening at the Bremen plant is of significance as the plant plays a key role as a center of competence for the global production of the highest volume Mercedes-Benz model. Eight models are currently being produced in Bremen - C-Class estate, the C-Class sedan and coupe, the E-Class coupe and convertible, the GLK, and the SLK and SL roadsters. While the investment in the production of the new C-Class in 2014 and 2015 is amounting to 2 billion Euros, Daimler has is investing more than 1 billion Euros in the production plant in Bremen alone this year.

Andreas Kellermann, Head of the Mercedes-Benz production plant in Bremen, says, "After the successful production launch of the new C-Class sedan at the beginning of February, today we are celebrating the world premiere of the estate at the Bremen plant. We are proud to be the exclusive producers of the C-Class estate here at our plant. By comparison to the predecessor model, we've made a huge leap in terms of design, quality, and innovative technologies."

The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate comes with features such as touchpad, head-up display, AIRMATIC air suspension, 4MATIC all-wheel drive, attention assist, collision prevention assist plus, active parking assist, climate control and much more.