This time, we will do a full range of competition between lincoln Z and Mercedes-Benz C-class to find out their advantages and highlights.
Appearance comparison
As the users of luxury brand medium-sized cars become younger, major brands provide dual appearance styles for their products, and Lincoln Z and Mercedes-Benz C-Class are no exception, providing two appearance styles to meet the needs of users of different ages for appearance tastes. The exterior styling of the Lincoln Z retains the design of the previous ZEPHYR concept car to a considerable extent, showing a very avant-garde and eye-catching coupe style. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class adopts the latest "sensual and pure" design language of Mercedes-Benz sedan, which looks like a big brother S-class, so it is also given the title of "Small S-Class".
The Lincoln Z enjoys more elegance than the i-cool model, which is more aggressive in the front/rear bars, more powerful wheels, red calipers, etc., revealing a stronger aggressiveness.
The Mercedes-Benz C-class long-wheelbase sedan, which is exclusive to the Chinese market, meets the needs of users for the standard Mercedes-Benz. The difference from the long-wheelbase sports sedan is mainly the difference in the front and rear bumper styles.
Lincoln Z's welcome/farewell lamp is a rare configuration of this level, the effect is eye-catching, full of ceremonial sense: when the owner approaches the vehicle at 5-7 meters (Lincoln PAAK mobile phone smart key)/3 meters (key), the headlights/taillights turn on the welcome light (the taillight welcome light language has three animation effects to choose from), and the Lincoln Starlight is marked and extended to both sides (Zunya version and ZunYao version). After the owner gets out of the car and closes the door, the headlights/taillights start the farewell light, and the lights gradually fade from the sides. Mercedes-Benz C-Class offers an optional smart digital headlight assembly with an optional price of 16,000 yuan.
In terms of body size, the Lincoln Z has certain advantages over the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and in theory, it will also have a better interior space performance.
The sense of ceremony is also "injected" into the hidden door handle of Lincoln Z, when the owner approaches, it will be inducted to pop up, and the 1.8-meter huge welcome light blanket is synchronously projected, combined with the welcome/farewell lamp language of the front and rear headlight groups, lincoln Z surpasses the same level of luxury brand opponents in the creation of the sense of ceremony.
In addition to the standard Super Red Ultra Red through-the-taillights, the Premium edition and Premium Edition models are also equipped with a luminous Lincoln alphabet.
The appearance of the Lincoln Z and Mercedes-Benz C-Class is not short of design highlights, aura and trends. For the appearance of each person's aesthetic preferences are different, it can be said that "turnip cabbage has its own love". In the details, lincoln Z's refinement and sense of ceremony will appear more attentive.
Interior contrast
In terms of perception, Mercedes-Benz's interior has never disappointed, and so has the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which has the same interior design as the S-Class. The interior of lincoln Z is stunning enough, and the standard 12.3-inch LCD instrument + 27-inch panoramic through-screen is unparalleled in the same level, while the carriage still exudes a unique American luxury atmosphere.
In terms of vehicle NVH, Lincoln Z continues Lincoln's "quiet journey" DNA, using optimized aerodynamic design, front acoustic noise reduction glass and 24 acoustic packages, with ANC active noise reduction system, to provide a quiet driving experience.
The 27-inch display on the Lincoln Z center control is eye-catching. With a high level of screen hardware, Lincoln Z has the basis to make a big fuss at the software level. Its "Lincoln Nebula" human-computer interface design is inspired by the vast universe, presenting the mystery, depth and unpredictable quality of the universe's interstellar on the screen, so that the oversized size and ultra-high definition characteristics of the through-view panoramic screen can be fully utilized. The screen operation mode supports full-screen, collaboration, and split-screen, and realizes the interconnection between screens through flexible operation between one finger and five fingers.
The new Lincoln SYNC+ Connected System built into the Lincoln Z screen has evolved to the fourth generation, with a very rich set of in-vehicle interconnection functions and localization applications. The new smart digital assistant wakes up with a single "Hello Lincoln." In the resident interactive interface, the intelligent digital assistant supports common functions such as navigation/music/telephone without wake-up, which is very convenient. The intelligent digital assistant also provides powerful intelligent AI voice interaction functions, covering 70+ semantic vertical classes, and the recognition rate is extremely high.
At the same price, lincoln Z i premium edition has great advantages in comfort configuration, including remote start, keyless entry, 360-degree panoramic reversing image, mobile phone wireless charging, reversing dynamic reminder system, steering wheel heating, car air purifier, active noise reduction system, multi-layer soundproof glass, rear makeup mirror + lighting and other configurations are Mercedes-Benz 2022 C 260 L Sport edition does not have or need to add money to the optional configuration.
Ride space comparison
Thanks to the larger body size, in theory, Lincoln Z will have certain advantages in the performance of the interior space, and in actual experience, the advantages of lincoln Z in the actual interior space are more significant than the data.
Driver assistance comparison
Lincoln Z in the driver assistance configuration of the Lincoln Z to work hard, as the middle of the car series, Lincoln Z Zunya edition equipped with a set of Lincoln Co-pilot360 2.0 intelligent driver assistance system, covering PCA anti-collision assistance, iACC intelligent adaptive cruise, lane departure warning, lane in the middle of the leading driver assistance configuration, to achieve L2 level intelligent auxiliary driving, the prestigious version of the model also standard with L2 + Features such as active Glide active driver assistance (higher equipped with Lincoln Z) and one-touch parking. High intelligence has become one of the labels of Lincoln Z.
Power comparison
On the books, lincoln Z is more powerful, according to the official announcement of 6.8s 100 km acceleration results, compared to Mercedes-Benz C-Class 9s (C 200L) and 7.7s (C 260L) more advantages, but because Lincoln Z has not yet been officially listed, there is no opportunity for test driving experience. The specific performance needs to be further examined.
summary
Compared with the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the Lincoln Z does have its advantages, at the same price, the Lincoln Z can provide more comfort in the case of the luxury of the carriage and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, while the body shape of the sneaky back also shows a different design style from the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and the more powerful power also adds a lot to it. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the brand effect and the creation of a luxurious atmosphere in the car will be the main reason for people to pay. If you want to get a more sporty look and richer comfort configuration at a more affordable price, you can choose the Lincoln Z, if you need a stronger brand appeal, then the Mercedes-Benz C-Class will be your choice. (Photo/Text/Photo: Yang Gaoyu, Pacific Auto Network)