See C Riders

C riders can rejoice. (e.d. I mean to say that Mercedes is going back to showing their face–i.e. the grill.)

While I am not one to make predictions (only bad businesspeople do that, stupid foo’ businesspeople) I will offer an observation.

I think the new Merc C class looks really “hot” in silver. That may mean (while I am not one to make predictions) that you may soon see alot of them on the road. In fact, I am so dumbfounded by how cool this car looks that adjectives fail me.

I have to admit that I did not always feel this way about the new C. The first time I saw one it was done up in a dark blue hue that made me ask Mercedes “now see what you have done.” I mean, it looked a little bit like a 3-series. And all things being equal, I would rather have a 3-series than a C class.

Till I saw this new C-class in silver. That is when I realized that Mercedes has done something different with this new car. The design is better resolved than the BMW. It also handles like the BMW while preserving a torque curve that’s about as flat as Gwen Stefani (nothing over developed, which is nice). Best of all, it costs about the same as as that milky white rice cake called the Toyota Avalon.

And I don’t see any Road Rake reader, or rider, in that kinda car.