Mercedes Benz B Class

Mercedes-Benz has introduced a new luxury tourer in the form of B-Class. The biggest USP of the B-Class is its space as the idea behind this new tourer is to strive a perfect balance between a luxury vehicle and a practical and comfortable one for long journeys. Not only is there is sufficient room, but also the seats are large and supportive. Mercedes-Benz has picked a leaf from its old instrument panel design book and introduced the old round dials for air conditioning. The diesel variant gets lesser features, but the must haves have been retained and that's why diesel is cheaper than the petrol variant. The B-Class gets a new set of interiors, which will be seen on the A-Class as well. The B-Class comes loaded with bells and whistles like telematics, memory seats, 7 airbags, tyre pressure monitoring system, Attention Assist, ESP and panoramic sunroof.

The 1.6 litre engine on the B-Class produces 122 bhp of power and the diesel is a 2.2 litre with 109 bhp. However, the seven speed DCT makes it fairly drivable. To extract maximum performance, one has to rev the engine a bit harder as that is where majority of the power is. Similar is the case with the diesel engine too. But the diesel has a very good mileage as it returns 16 km/l in the city and about 18 km/l on the highway.

The ride of the B-Class is of typical a Mercedes-Benz, which is smooth and composed. The handling is decent for the vehicle of this size, though there is some amount of body roll as the focus is on ride quality, which is just brilliant. The steering wheel too is light and convenient to drive and park. Now, the reverse parking camera is a standard across all the B-Class too, making it even easier to park. There is no direct competition to the B-Class at the moment as only SUVs are available in this price and no tourers are.

Variants:

B180 CDI Style

B180 Sport

Edition 1 - Limited Edition