Mercedes B Class review (18/04/2012)

FOR many industry observers the recent and concerted

Mercedes B Class review (18/04/2012)

Certainly there is a feeling in the industry that Mercedes is now — in an Irish context — much more competitive and, in the face of continuing onslaughts from its premium brand competitors, this cannot be a bad thing for both the company and its dealer network as well.

This week we are testing the new B-Class, a car which the company grandly describes as a compact sports tourer, but is in effect a mid-size MPV. In this game, of course, you get used to having to wade through a lot of hyperbole and when Mercedes describes any new car as being a ‘a quantum leap in the compact class,’ you do tend to look around for a pinch of salt.

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