2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Mercedes-Benz C-Class:

But this new Mercedes C-Class Coupe is a solid contender...with strong and smooth engines, terrific handling and superb fit and finish.

-- Edmunds.com

What reviewers liked least about the Mercedes-Benz C-Class:

Aesthetically, the C350 Sport looks exactly like those lesser 30-grand C-classes. That's a problem. If you just wrote a check for 45 grand, you don't want to look like you spent $15,000 less. Couldn't Mercedes have dressed up the C350 Sport a little? It's a remarkably good C-class that deserves its own identity. At a minimum Mercedes might have offered some different wheels.

-- Car and Driver

Mercedes-Benz C-Class Comparisons:

For 2012, the C350 finally joins the 300-horse club. Flooring the throttle...reveals a liveliness in the midrange that wasn't here before, along with a sweeter soundtrack. Mercedes is predicting a 5.9-second 0-60-mph time, but our 2012 C350 Sport feels a couple tenths quicker than that. This still won't be quite enough to keep pace with the 335i...or the G37...

-- Edmunds.com

Best one-liner about the Mercedes-Benz C-Class:

We have to think that the only people driving their C-Classes that hard are journalists and teenagers borrowing their parents' cars...

-- Motor Trend