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The Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W203) is an automobile that was produced by Mercedes-Benz from July 2000 to December 2006. Design work on the W203 C-Class began in mid-1994, with the final design being approved in December 1995 by the executive board.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=W203 C-Class Design Studies )〕 Design patents were filed on 20 April 1998 and 4 March 1999.〔Patent USD433653, op.cit〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DPMAregister - Designs - Registerauskunft zum Design )〕 Testing began in 1997, with development concluding in 2000. The second generation C-Class was introduced in March 2000. The sedan debuted with a range of inline-four and V6 petrol engines and inline-four and -five diesels. Most of the engines were carried over from the W202, but the C 320 was exclusive, offering . The diesels now featured common rail direct fuel injection and variable geometry turbochargers. Six-speed manual gearboxes were now standard for the entire range, except the C 320. Mercedes-Benz debuted a coupe variant in October 2000, labelled the C-Class SportCoupé and given the model designation ''CL203'' (see below). The third body variant, a station wagon codenamed ''S203'' arrived in 2001. Then in 2002 for the 2003 model year, a new family of supercharged four cylinder engines, dubbed ''M271'', debuted for the entire range C-Class range. All of them used the same 1.8-litre engine, with different designations according to horsepower levels, including a version powered by natural gas. The C 230 Kompressor variant sported .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2004 Mercedes-Benz C-Class )〕 The newer 1.8-litre was less powerful but smoother and more efficient than the older 2.3-litre engine ( compared to . For the C 240 and C 320, 4MATIC four-wheel drive versions were also offered in addition to rear-wheel drive. Along with the C-Class Estate (wagon), the SportCoupé was discontinued in Canada and the United States after the 2005 model year. The SportCoupé continued on sale in other markets until 2008. From October 2000 until 2007, a total of 230,000 SportCoupé were built in the Bremen factory and in Brazil.〔''auto motor und spo''rt, #3/2008, p. 27〕 As of 20 Sep 2006, over two million C-Class vehicles (including sedan, station wagon and SportCoupé) had been sold since March 2000, with 1.4 million sedans since May 2000, 330,000 wagons since spring 2001, 283,000 Sports Coupé since spring 2001. Over 30 percent of total sales occurred in Germany, and over 20 percent in the United States.〔(C-Class continues to be the bestseller of the Mercedes-Benz product portfolio )〕 The last W203 C-Class sedan was produced on 14 December 2006 at the Sindelfingen plant. ==Engines== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W203)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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