Vehicle type
- Four-door, five-passenger sedan
- Chassis Steel unibody
Internal Combustion Engine
90-degree V6
- Valve arrangement 4 valves per cylinder
- Valvetrain Double overhead camshaft per cylinder bank;duplex chain-driven; variable valve timing
- Displacement (cc) 213.5 / 3,498
- Bore (in./mm) 3.66 / 92.9
- Stroke (in./mm) 3.39 / 86.0
Compression ratio 10.7:1 - Horsepower @ rpm 268 @ 6,000
- Torque (lb-ft.) @ rpm 258 @ 2,400 – 5,000
- Intake system Magnesium two-stage resonance intake manifold
- Max. engine speed (rpm) 6,750
Transmission
Seven-speed automatic
- Shift controls Touch Shift manual shift control
1 4.38:1
2 2.86:1
3 / 1.92:1
4 1.37:1
5 1.00:1
6 0.82:1
7 0.73:1
R – 3.42:1 - R2 "comfort mode" – 2.23:1
- Final drive 2.82:1
Stability control
ESP stability control
- Suspension Four-wheel independent; coil springs, gas shocks, stabilizer bars
front Strut with two-piece control arm, antidive geometry
rear Five-arm multilink, anti-squat geometry
- Steering Rack-and-pinion, speed-sensitive hydraulic power assist with variable centering
- Turns, lock-to-lock 3
- Steering ratio 13.5
- Turning radius (ft.) 35.3
- Wheels (in.) front 7.5×17
front 7.5 x 17 rear 8.5 x 17
- Tires
front 225 / 45 R 17
rear 245 / 40 R 17
Brakes Power assisted 4-wheel vented discs with ABS anti-lock; Brake Assist
Performance
- 0-60 (seconds) 6.1
- Top speed (mph) 130
- Fuel mileage, city/hwy 17 / 25
Price
- 2011
$40,865
- 2010
$40,625
Fuel Mileage Estimates
- Drivetrain 7-spd Automatic
- City 17
- Highway 25
- Combined 20
Mercedes-Benz model, and the 2011 C-Class lineup features four models – the 451-hp C63 AMG, the 268-hp C350 Sport
