C-Class is 2007 Wheels Car of the Year
January 22, 2008 by rjw
The Wheels magazine Car of the Year for 2007 is the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
Wheels editor Ged Bulmer described the third generation W204 series C-Class as “a truly impressive vehicle in practically every area.”
Mentioning the C-Class’s standard complement of eight airbags, Bulmer said the prestige sedan represented “a pretty good value story as well.”
Anticipating criticism of the award going to a car with a retail price beginning at $56,990 and extending to close to $100,000, Bulmer praised the value for money of the latest C-Class.
“If you look at 10 years ago, the same car, that was less powerful, less safe was $700 cheaper. So its only gone up $700 in 10 years,” he said.
The Wheels Car of the Year award, established in 1963, is Australia’s best known motoring award. Last year’s winner was Holden’s VE Commodore. Mercedes-Benz last won in 1999 with the S-Class sedan.
The 2007 finalists were: BMW M3; Ford Mondeo; Mazda 2; Mercedes-Benz C-Class; Skoda Roomster and Volkswagen Eos.
Robert Wilson
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Tony if the car they are testing isn’t Holden then everything else or nearly every detail is crap, Wheels is the most biased magazine out there the only people who read it are mainly Holden freaks because the writers and editors are Holden Freaks, I can’t even look at the stupid covers, makes me sick there’s much more better car reviewing magazines besides this biased junk….
I have been reading Wheels since I was a kid, and while I don’t always agree with them, I fail to see where the bias attitude comes from.
So most covers have a Ford or a Holden on them, but if you pick up any international mag, its the same … USA mags will no doubt have a Chev on the cover, in Germany it’ll be a BMW, in England it might be a Rover or a Jag.
The local cars will always be of more interest to more of the local readers, it stands to reason.
In regard to this year’s COTY, I thought Mondeo would be a chance, but everything I’ve seen, heard and read about the C-class is extremely positive, especially in comparison to the old model.
Perhaps this month’s cover will please Greg.
And let’s not get caught up with what cars sell for overseas, because it just makes you all terribly upset-like. There are forces at work which none of us will truly understand (unless we’re gun economists or are very senior in the car industry), so there’s no point venting about it when our only option is to buy cars in this country.
Greg, thats why CarAdvices is better site than Wheels’ website!
I left that site when a bird brain by the name of “LSX” got hold of the internet through the mental ward, I think he got banned in the end.
It wanst so long ago that Bulmer sent withches hat’s flying in another test, Robbo wrote off a vehicle in the nineties…no big deal, you drive enough something’s gonna happen…it’s called driver error. I would go with the Toyo download, as they are based on fact, secondly why did’nt wheels accept the test challenge. I know why, so do most of you, the Kluger would have passed, which would then clearly indicate driver error. You drive at 10/10ths and you are in the hands of the god’s, it’s that simple.
Why is “Matty” posting the same things on another site that “Dingo” posted here????? (And does he change hands when he changes names?)
c class wins in the end