C-CLASS The C-Class was all-new last year; 2023 sees the W206 generation get its first AMG spinoff, the C 43. This is an old name with a fresh twist: Although the previous C 43 had a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6, the new car gets a turbocharged and mildly hybridized 2.0-liter four-cylinder. (This makes the C 43 the first Mercedes performance sedan with a longitudinally mounted four-pot since the 1989–1993 190E 2.5-16.) Power output is 402 hp and 369 lb-ft versus 385 hp and 384 lb-ft in the outgoing C 43. The standard 4Matic all-wheel drive has a fixed 31/69 percent front/rear torque split.
The C 43’s clever turbocharger is largely exhaust driven, but an
