Mercedes-Benz C-class: Can our perennial runner-up in this class finally reach the top spot?

摘要

Typically, car manufacturer model codenames mean little to anyone but car manufacturers - but not always. German car aficionados aren't alone, for example, in nodding sagely at the casual mention of a W124, a W140, an R107 or, super-keenly, a W198. Some Mercedes-Benzes, it seems, are so legendary that to refer to them by their proper names seems almost to do them an injustice.