Since the launch of the new generation of Mercedes-Benz C-Class, many consumers have been impressed by its fashionable, elegant shape and almost to the interior design of the Big Brother Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Unfortunately, born in the era of environmental protection, it abandoned the 2.0T engine and embraced the small row of 1.5T engines.
It is undeniable that this 1.5T engine is more excellent in terms of parameters, even comparable to the current mainstream 2.0T engine. It's just a pity that consumers don't buy it, after all, as a B-class luxury car priced at up to 300,000+, it is a little too stingy to use such a small displacement engine.
This is not, according to the latest issue of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology declaration information, the new generation of Mercedes-Benz C-class added a C 350 eL plug-in hybrid model, the power is equipped with a 2.0T engine + drive motor to form a plug-in mixing system, not only the displacement to the foot, but also with electricity, once to meet two wishes, it can be said that the sincerity to give enough!
In terms of appearance, the Mercedes-Benz C 350 eL plug-in hybrid version maintains the same basic height as the pure fuel version, still adopts a flat and rounded low wind resistance body design, equipped with the iconic star emblem mid-mesh, with high recognition.
Coming to the rear of the car, in addition to the tail markings will be different, the new car is also equipped with a teardrop rear taillight design, and the use of bilateral double exhaust layout, the overall has not changed much.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4882 *1820 * 1450mm, and the wheelbase is 2954mm, which has not changed much in terms of body size, but the body height has been reduced a lot.
Perhaps because of the addition of the battery, the weight of the vehicle has reached 2130kg, resulting in a lot of body height, and there is absolute reason to believe that its vibration damping system will also increase the damping to alleviate the roll, will become a lot harder.
In terms of options, the new car will provide a blackened sports kit option, and some of the trim strips and rearview mirrors will be blackened to highlight the sports atmosphere.
Pictured: Interior of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class
In terms of interior, Mercedes-Benz C 350 eL as a new plug-in model, in fact, the essence is only a major change in the power system, so even if its interior drawings have not been announced for the time being, but eight or nine will be highly consistent with the basic framework of the pure fuel version, perhaps there will be some changes in the details of the treatment to distinguish.
Pictured: 17 Mercedes-Benz C 350 eL
In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a plug-in and hybrid system composed of 2.0T+ drive motors, in which the maximum power of the engine is 150kW, equipped with a ternary lithium battery pack.
Although the basic parameters of the drive motor and battery pack have not yet been announced, you can refer to the power parameters of the 17 Mercedes-Benz C-class plug-in hybrid versions, which are equipped with a maximum power of 60kW and a battery energy density of 6.2kWh. It is estimated that the new car is also in this benchmark range, and it will not be too jumpy.
In fact, many consumers are puzzled by the wave of operations that Mercedes-Benz brought back to the mixed version of Mercedes-Benz C-class, after all, this car asked for nearly 600,000 yuan in that year, and at this price, they can buy a higher-level Mercedes-Benz E-class, which is not a volume of models. So why does Mercedes still insist on doing this?
According to the data given by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles in China reached 21.8% in February, an increase of 13 percentage points over the penetration rate of 8.1% in February 2021, of which the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in luxury vehicles reached 17.4%, while the penetration rate of new energy vehicles of mainstream joint venture brands was only 3.5%, which can be seen that the sales growth trend of high-end models is more obvious. Therefore, Mercedes-Benz wants to bring back the Mercedes-Benz C 350 eL, which is obviously a choice made by smelling the needs of the market.