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Ready to race!
Yeah I know, the goal of both cars are kinda different. Here are the specs:
Price? Starts at 32-35k.
Why am I comparing these two? My '10 GTI went into the shop to fix a manufacturer's defect in one of the windows. The only car they had to loan me from Enterprise was a brand new Mercedes V6 C300 with one of those fancy little driver-directed automatic transmissions.
My impressions:
1. It's slower, despite a bigger engine and more horsepower. I know it's ~300lbs heavier, but I was shocked at the difference. It really doesn't get up and move unless you floor it, and even then it's sluggish and feels like it's working way too hard for relatively poor gains.
2. It takes corners reasonably well, not as firmly planted as the GTI.
3. The inside feels almost artificially nice. Clearly you're paying for the name rather than the quality. On the whole I'd argue that my Autobahn 2010 GTI is nicer on the inside ... my wife said she preferred the GTI's interior 2-3 to 1 over the Benz.
4. Road noise virtually identical.
In the C300's defense, it did have a little more bling on the outside :bellyroll:
The C300: For the driver who lacks the money to buy a real Benz but is so obsessed with labels that he's willing to pay way too much money for way to little car, this one's for you!
For a daily driver the GTI is more economical and arguably as comfortable.
For a fast car the GTI creams the C300.
For a comfortable cruiser, the GTI really isn't that different.
Maybe you could impress more clueless ladies in the Benz? I dunno.
Price? Starts at 32-35k.
Why am I comparing these two? My '10 GTI went into the shop to fix a manufacturer's defect in one of the windows. The only car they had to loan me from Enterprise was a brand new Mercedes V6 C300 with one of those fancy little driver-directed automatic transmissions.
My impressions:
1. It's slower, despite a bigger engine and more horsepower. I know it's ~300lbs heavier, but I was shocked at the difference. It really doesn't get up and move unless you floor it, and even then it's sluggish and feels like it's working way too hard for relatively poor gains.
2. It takes corners reasonably well, not as firmly planted as the GTI.
3. The inside feels almost artificially nice. Clearly you're paying for the name rather than the quality. On the whole I'd argue that my Autobahn 2010 GTI is nicer on the inside ... my wife said she preferred the GTI's interior 2-3 to 1 over the Benz.
4. Road noise virtually identical.
In the C300's defense, it did have a little more bling on the outside :bellyroll:
The C300: For the driver who lacks the money to buy a real Benz but is so obsessed with labels that he's willing to pay way too much money for way to little car, this one's for you!
For a daily driver the GTI is more economical and arguably as comfortable.
For a fast car the GTI creams the C300.
For a comfortable cruiser, the GTI really isn't that different.
Maybe you could impress more clueless ladies in the Benz? I dunno.
