Mercedes-Benz C300 BlueTEC Hybrid AMG: car review | Martin Love

The Mercedes-Benz C300 is compact and frugal, yet also smart and luxurious - perfect for the undercover boss

38,120
Combined 78.5
Top speed 152mph

This week, as Meridian Dan raps in his hit song, "I've been driving a German whip." It's a new word on me, but then I'm always playing catch- up with these grime artistes. A "whip" is any buff car, and specifically a Benz. Dan's lyrics are genius: "Dem man wanna mess with my aura / Someone said that's bang out of order"" Anyway, with its tinted windows, imposing spoilers and multi-spoke alloys, I think Dan may, in fact, have had the C300 BlueTEC Hybrid AMG in mind when he wrote the song. Clearly he was referencing the car's 30-year corrosion warranty when he rapped: "Who told you that I got rusty / draw for the WD40."