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It doesn't sound like a Mercedes," opined my passenger. She had a point. The supercharged, sixteen-valve, 1.8-liter DOHC in-line four in the C230 Kompressor has the aural quality of a vacuum cleaner.

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The first thing that caught my eye as I approached the Mercedes C230 was the chrome "1.8" badge on its rear hatch. A 1.8-liter hatchback from Mercedes? Small-car owners may associate the words ...

Its 2.3L/190-hp 200 lb-ft supercharged I-4 provides sprightly performance-Mercedes conserv- atively estimates 0-60 mph in 7.5 sec. The four works best with the six-speed manual gearbox, because the ...