The Mercedes-Benz C300, which sits atop the non-AMG C-Class lineup, has gotten a glut of extra equipment for an essentially unchanged price.
Available to order now, the C300 is now priced at $98,200 before on-road costs, up $100 from before.
That makes it the same price as the plug-in hybrid C350e launched earlier this year, which features a similar level of specification.
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Despite the tiny price increase, the C300 now includes the following equipment as standard:
- Driving Assistance Package Plus (stop-and-go functionality for adaptive cruise control)
- Digital Light LED headlights with Adaptive High Beam Assist Plus
- 15-speaker 710W Burmester 3D surround sound system
- Augmented reality satellite navigation
That’s in addition to standard equipment that includes:
- 19-inch alloy wheels
- Panoramic sunroof
- Rain-sensing wipers
- Proximity entry with push-button start
- Surround-view camera
- Wireless phone charger
- 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster
- 11.9-inch touchscreen infotainment system
- Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- Head-up display
- Heated, power-adjustable front seats with memory
- Ambient lighting
The C300 is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine producing 190kW of power and 400Nm of torque, mated with a nine-speed automatic transmission and a 48V mild-hybrid system.
Mercedes-Benz has been busily tweaking the C-Class lineup in Australia.
This year alone, it slashed the price of the entry-level C200 by $4800 to $87,800 before on-road costs and added the plug-in hybrid C350e for $98,200 before on-road costs.
It also launched another C200 special edition, the Sport Edition, which followed last year’s Night Edition.
In the first half of 2025, C-Class sales were down 26.8 per cent to 816 units.
The rival BMW 3 Series had a steeper 44.3 per cent drop but remains ahead in overall deliveries, with 841 recorded.