Welcome back to RBR and to the first #AMG in the C Class series! Here is everything that makes up the new #MercedesAMG #C43 4Matic, and it’s not insignificant. I gave this car NO credit when it was released because it was dropping the V6 for a 4 cylinder, but holy hell was I wrong!! No one has actually understood what AMG have made here. It’s more of an AMG than the last one by a factor of 10!

But don’t worry, I’ll take you through all the changes AMG have made vs the previous model, and what clues this gives us to future AMG models including the upcoming C63 without a V8!

I’ll also show you both the sedan and the wagon in a real world setting, here at Affalterbach, the home of AMG and Driving Performance! So let’s dive deep into the new AMG C43!

I had a lot of complaints with the normal C Class, which I found to be neither sporty nor comfortable. With the C43, it seems as always AMG has tinkered with almost everything, which will mean a much improved car over the standard C. But that means lots to unpack here.

The BIG BIG news is the new Engine, but I’ll come to this last. First and more importantly of all is the chassis. The C43 features the AMG RIDE CONTROL steel-spring suspension with Adaptive Damping System - controlling damping at each wheel. We also have lightweight coil springs and stabiliser bars front and back. There’s a large Strut across the front suspension, and an aluminium sheering panel on the front which the predecessor doesn’t have - mimicking the use in the A45S.

AMG’s three stage steering is here, which gives variable steering geometry ratio depending on driving mode, from sportier to more relaxed. Far more crucially, we now have rear axle steering of up to 2.5 degrees.

Then we have the AMG 4Matic all wheel drive system, this is identical to the previous car with a 31/69 rear biased split. My only disappointment, would have loved to have seen a fully variable 4matic plus system here.

The AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 9G with wet multi-disc clutch - same gearbox as you’d find in the E63, which we found to be bloody good.

More obvious are the AMG Braking system, 370 and 320mm in silver. Of course the AMG Performance Exhaust system is here - and get’s more emotive in the sportier modes. They also added more sound into the cabin with “AMG Real Performance Sound”, and AMG says “The actual engine sound is picked up by a sensor in the exhaust system and fed into the interior for a particularly emotive sound experience.” Pretty cool!

First time we have had a 20” set up on any C Class sedan/saloon, previously only on rear of the coupe. Looks flipping amazing. 19’s available too as you can see on our Estate.

Now the engine. This M139L is HAND BUILT ONE MAN ONE ENGINE power plant! This is the first time we have had a “one man one engine” power plant in a modern C43, and this elevates the car well beyond the previous to a full-fat AMG, a relative of the A45 almost!

This M139L engine debuted in the SL43. And now here in the C43. Now the headline figures: 408BHP, 500nm and 4.6 0-60. Then an additional 14HP from the RSG - belt starter generator. This is the world's first series-production engine to be turbocharged with an electric exhaust gas turbocharger - technology straight from the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, that’ll later see use in the C63.

The M139 as we know from A45 is longitudinal here, and is a closed deck design engine with sophisticated cooling and coating strategies from F1 and AMG V8’s.

So, not a single thing left from the Mercedes Benz car. A more AMG engine with the one man one engine unit, vs the last car, and more AMG hardware too.

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