Mercedes-Benz C 250 CDI Sedan - Best Medium Car Over $50,000
Mercedes-Benz took home two trophies from the 2011 Australia’s Best Car Awards, a week after the Drive Car of the Year Overall Award winner which went to the frugal C 250 CDI.
The Mercedes-Benz C 250 CDI and C 63 AMG Coupé both were awarded Australia’s Best Car for Best Medium Car Over $50,000 and Best Sports Car Over $80,000 respectively.
The President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific, Mr Hans Tempel said. “Last week we won Drive Car of the Year and this week the same cars took out their respective categories. It’s no secret the C 250 CDI and C 63 AMG Coupé are great cars and both are at two different ends of the strong C-Class range.
It’s been an exciting seven days for Mercedes-Benz Australia and it’s an honour to accept these two important trophies with the words Australia’s Best Car,” said Mr Tempel.
The Mercedes-Benz C 250 CDI took out the award for Best Medium Car Over $50,000. The judges were amazed by the interior quality, outstanding fuel efficiency and handling of the C-Class.
“There’s tough and there’s really tough. And when you look through the list of potential winners in this class, you start to wonder how one vehicle could possibly shine among such a range of high quality, value packed offerings. Just about all classes this year were very tightly contested, this one perhaps even more so. So, finding one to stand above the others was going to be difficult. The Mercedes-Benz C 250 CDI did just that, and how. Across all scoring options and all manner of driving tests and styles, the combination of C-Class body style and brilliant diesel engine is pretty much irresistible,” said the judges.
Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Coupé - Best Sports Car Over $80,000
The C 63 AMG Coupé was awarded Best Sports Car Over $80,000 against some tough competition.
The judges were clearly blown away by the C 63 AMG Coupé as a package. “It is not just the engine and power transmission which characterise the C 63 AMG Coupé’s dynamic quality. Its true brilliance comes from a cleverly integrated engineering package that makes the whole car feel confidently composed in any situation. The AMG sports suspension and high performance composite braking system are also key to the C 63’s brilliant capability,” said the judges.
What is Australia's Best Cars?
Australia's Best Cars is the Nation's most comprehensive and independent consumer focused vehicle testing and award program, and is presented by the Australian Automobile Association, on behalf of Australia's Motoring Clubs (NRMA Motoring & Services, RACV, RACQ, RAASA, RACWA, RACT and the AANT).
Each year, the judges put the most popular cars through rigorous testing and analysis, including hundreds of kilometres of road testing, to determine Australia's Best Cars – a process which has been followed since the program's inception in 2000. The rationale behind the program is to take the legwork out of the search for new cars on the Australian market.
All information on the Best Cars program and testing process is made available to the public in a number of ways including a magazine, through Motoring Club advisory services channels, as well as via their dedicated website.
