Uh, Mercedes? Your C350 Hybrid isn't all that great at the moose test.

"m2m, apex detective" (m2m)
10/26/2015 at 06:07 • Filed to: poor form, fail, mercedes, c350, hybrid, swedeproblems, elk, moose

DISCUSSION (18)

pip bip - choose Corrour > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 06:14

better than the original A-class though.

duurtlang > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 06:17

I wonder if we’re going to get the same replies as the last time a car failed that test. Back then the Jeep failed because the Swedes cheated/hated Americans/improperly loaded the vehicle/’it’s a Jeep, it doesn’t have to handle well’ and lots of other reasons other than design flaws by Jeep. According to many front page comments.

Cé hé sin > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 06:24

Pah. If you want to fail the elk test, you’ll need to try harder:

Kinja'd!!!

m2m, apex detective > Cé hé sin
10/26/2015 at 06:46

Fair enough ... with the Jeep, what impressed me most was actually the wheels staying somewhat intact.

Nauraushaun > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 06:47

So it’s a drift machine. Problem?

m2m, apex detective > duurtlang
10/26/2015 at 06:51

Yeah, I remember that one ... and if we’re honest, it’s not quite as bad as you would think when you hear “failed the test”.

Given how the goal is to have the car stay stable under maneuvering, though, it seems all but fair to scold the Mercedes in question. It really doesn’t seem all that happy going through the tight stuff.

m2m, apex detective > Nauraushaun
10/26/2015 at 06:52

**wobble machine

//edit: To clarify: I consider drifting a voluntary undertaking ... the car should not drift when you don’t want it to. ;)

m2m, apex detective > pip bip - choose Corrour
10/26/2015 at 06:53

Now that’s a very positive way of looking at it.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 07:00

It's no Citroen Nemo though. That thing flipped right onto it's roof.

Cé hé sin > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 07:06

Google Translate tells me that Teknikens Varld say that the stability control on this particular model doesn’t seem to operate and that the different weight distribution as compared with the non-hybrid Merc seems to be the problem and that Merc should take it away and get it right this time.

m2m, apex detective > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
10/26/2015 at 07:08

Just looked the ADAC test up that was to feature the trio of Qubo, Nemo & Bipper ... that looked really uncomfortable.

It still seems odd to me that a decidedly more able car like the Mercedes C-class can encounter trouble so easily.

At least the Nemo flipped at 90 kph! :D

m2m, apex detective > Cé hé sin
10/26/2015 at 07:09

Thanks for sharing that ... I figured that maybe the brakes operated differently due to the hybrid setup.

Chinny Raccoon > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 07:13

That’s probably about the most fun you can have driving a Nemo.

It’s a good advert for ESP though.

Nauraushaun > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 07:34

But if it’s so willing to drift that it will do it when you don’t ask it to, it’s probably a more willing drifter than some others

m2m, apex detective > Nauraushaun
10/26/2015 at 07:43

Kinja'd!!!

This way of looking at it ... it’s growing on me.

To most people, though, it’s little more than a safety risk still. :?

Nauraushaun > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 07:56

You’re right. Mercedes should donate them all as dedicated drift machines, in the interests of public safety.

In fact, I’ll lay my own life on the line to drift one of these puppies if it means keeping them off the streets.

Milky > m2m, apex detective
10/26/2015 at 09:58

Still no fucks given about this stupid test.

Never hit a deer and never crashed avoiding deer in solid axled Jeeps w/o stability control. Oh your RWD car oversteered when you jerked the wheel back and forth? Good.

m2m, apex detective > Milky
10/26/2015 at 10:43

If you’ve got your shit together when it comes to driving, I’d say this is of little importance to you. If you put Ol’ Gran-Gran or someone relatively ingenuous behind the wheel, it suddenly has its role.

I get where you’re coming from, though. Just found it funny that it cometh around at such a lowly speed ... and in such a clumsy manner.