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“Close your eyes and picture the most expensive luxury car you’ve ever been in.” You may have to shrink the image slightly, but Mercedes-Benz’s redesigned C400 should otherwise fit your daydream to a T. The German automaker’s new compact sedan is a “spectacular” machine all round, and the confidence it inspires begins when you step inside. “Every element of its cabin is a piece of modern art.”
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“It left us wondering who will bother to upgrade to the midsize E-Class.” The all-wheel drive C is only a touch smaller, and it offers a far nicer cabin as well as the very latest in stability, traction, and collision-avoidance systems. But maybe the company’s rivals should worry more—“because this Benz is a huge step forward in the history of the C-Class, one that might finally put it in a position to dominate.”
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