This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine supplying power to all four wheels.
It forms part of Mercedes-Benz's W 205 model range.
The 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 3 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 362 bhp (367 PS/270 kW) at 5500 rpm and 520 Nm (384 lbft/53 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 7 speed automatic transmission.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1700 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 250 km/h (155 mph).
Full specs
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2840 mm | 111.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 4756 mm | 187.2 inches | |
| Width | 1811 mm | 71.3 inches | |
| Height | 1425 mm | 56.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.67 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1700 kg | 3748 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 65.9 litres | 14.5 [17.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz/Renault | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2996 cc (182.827 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 88 × 82.1 mm
3.46 × 3.23 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.07 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 367 PS (362 bhp) (270 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 520 Nm (384 ft·lb) (53 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 90.1 kW/litre 122.5 ps/litre 120.8 bhp/litre 1.98 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
173.56 Nm/litre
2.1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2181.1 kPa (316.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6500 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.33 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | Twin turbochargers | ||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 215.9 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 PS/kg 158.79 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 kW/kg 212.94 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.21 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.3 kg/kW 10.52 lb/bhp |
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | 33:67 | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 7½ x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8½ x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/45 R 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | 245/40 R 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 360 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 320 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 7 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 495814 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | W 205 | ||
| RAC rating | 28.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2016 Mercedes-Benz C 450 AMG 4MATIC added 2016-07-06. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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