02/07/2008 10:42. Mercedes-Benz has finally gotten serious about its bread-and-butter sedan. It's always seemed to me that M-B put its brain trust behind its powerhouse beauties like the S-Class, the SL and the CL, and left its less glitzy sibling, the C-Class, to exist on hand-me-down electronics, design and road handling. All that changes with the summertime debut of this fourth-generation family sedan. The redesign is real, with noticeably improved performance and a robust, athletic look that meshes better with Mercedes's more expensive lineup.

On a recent drive, my tester was slammed with 50mph-60mph winds that should have tossed me all over the road. Instead, the car stayed planted with the determination of... // Newsweek