CarSorted Verdict:
- Confirmed: Mercedes-Benz Australia lists the updated C-Class sedan as coming soon, with a register-your-interest form.
- Engines: a 48V mild-hybrid petrol four (190kW plus a 20kW overboost) and a plug-in hybrid tested to 100km WLTP, per Mercedes' Australian page.
- Timing: no date or year from Mercedes. The first half of 2027 is reported, not confirmed.
- Price: not announced. Today's C300 AMG Line Plus Edition is $104,267 drive-away in Melbourne on Mercedes' own figure.
- ANCAP: no data for the updated car.
The C-Class is Mercedes' bread-and-butter sedan, and it's getting its mid-life update. Mercedes-Benz Australia now has a page for the new C-Class Sedan that says “Coming soon” and asks you to register your interest. That's the confirmation. What it doesn't give you yet is a price, a launch date or a list of Australian grades.
This is the petrol and plug-in hybrid C-Class, the one you can buy today in updated form. It's a different car from the electric C-Class, which has its own Mercedes-Benz Australia page and a single C 400 4MATIC version. It's in our brand-by-brand list of new cars coming in 2027 on its reported timing (Mercedes-Benz Australia prints no year), and if you want the year in date order, there's the month-by-month 2027 list too.
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What Mercedes-Benz Australia has confirmed
Everything in this section comes from Mercedes-Benz Australia's own page, read on 13 November 2026. The page is upfront about its limits: it says the car is not yet available in Australia, that the information and images are a preview based on overseas models, and that specifications are yet to be confirmed. So treat what follows as what Mercedes is showing Australians, not the final local spec sheet.
The petrol engine. Mercedes describes an “advanced M254 Evo” four-cylinder petrol engine with a mild-hybrid system and a 48-volt electrical system. In the 190kW version, an overboost function adds 20kW for about 30 seconds. Mercedes doesn't say on the page which Australian grade gets the 190kW tune, or whether a lower-output version comes here too.
The plug-in hybrid. Mercedes says the new C-Class “also includes a plug-in hybrid model”, tested to 100km of electric range under WLTP, and claims it has the best fuel economy in its class. That class claim is Mercedes' own, and the page doesn't say which cars it measured against. No battery size, system output or charging speed is printed yet.
The look and the tech. Mercedes calls the styling a classic, sporty silhouette with “futuristic design accents”, and lists intelligent headlights and an MBUX Virtual Assistant among the new technology. In the image Mercedes uses, the update is easy to spot: a chrome-framed grille filled with small stars, and star-shaped detail in the headlights.
What's reported but not confirmed
- Timing. The first half of 2027 has been reported, not yet confirmed by Mercedes-Benz. The Australian page prints no year, month or quarter.
- The line-up. Overseas coverage has talked up a more powerful plug-in hybrid at the top of the range. Mercedes-Benz Australia hasn't said which versions it'll take.
- Price. Nothing announced, and we won't guess. When the update lands it'll replace today's range, so today's prices are the reference point.
If you've read a C-Class figure that isn't in the section above, it isn't on Mercedes-Benz Australia's page yet. We'll update this story when Mercedes publishes Australian pricing and specification.
What today's C-Class costs
Mercedes-Benz Australia quotes estimated drive-away prices, worked out by postcode, rather than a list price. The two below are Mercedes' own figures for a private buyer in postcode 3000 (Melbourne), read from its pricing on 15 October 2026, for the default car with no options. Your state and postcode will change them, and so will any options.
The current C-Class, priced by Mercedes,
Mercedes-Benz Australia estimated drive-away, postcode 3000, private buyer, read 15 Oct 2026
| Current variant | Powertrain | Drive-away (VIC 3000) | ANCAP (our listing) |
|---|---|---|---|
| C300 AMG Line Plus Edition | Petrol mild hybrid | $104,267 | 5 stars (2022) |
| C350e | Plug-in hybrid | $107,553 | No data |
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Current price on CarSorted: Mercedes-Benz C-Class C300 AMG Line Plus Edition $104,267 drive-away (VIC), as at 15 Oct 2026; Mercedes-Benz C-Class C350e $107,553 drive-away (VIC), as at 15 Oct 2026.
Both figures include GST, luxury car tax and on-road costs as Mercedes calculates them. The other current grades, from the C200 up to the AMG C43 and C63, are priced in Mercedes' configurator by postcode, and we haven't re-read those figures for this story, so we're not quoting them.
Mercedes' own drive-away figures for both cars include a luxury car tax line, so expect the updated car to attract it as well. That matters if you're thinking of a novated lease too: under the ATO's current rules a plug-in hybrid first provided from 1 April 2025 doesn't get the electric car FBT exemption, so the C350e and its replacement are taxed like any other car on a new lease. Our lease calculator shows the difference.
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Lease the Mercedes-Benz C-ClassThe rivals you can buy now
The C-Class's natural rivals are the BMW 3 Series and Audi's A5 sedan, with the Genesis G70 as the left-field pick. Prices below are the manufacturer's list price before on-road costs as held in our directory, so they're not directly comparable with Mercedes' drive-away figures above. Add on-road costs, which run to several thousand dollars at this price, before you compare.
Mid-size premium sedans on sale now,
RRP before on-road costs as held in our directory, read 13 Nov 2026
| Car | Powertrain | Power | RRP | ANCAP (our listing) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plug-in hybrid | ||||
| Audi A5 e-hybrid quattro 270 kW Sedan | PHEV, 97km electric range | 270kW | $89,900 | 5 stars (2024) |
| Petrol | ||||
| Genesis G70 3.3T Sport Luxury | Twin-turbo V6 | 274kW | $87,114 | 5 stars (2018) |
| BMW 330i Sedan | Turbo four | 190kW | $94,700 | No data |
| BMW M340i xDrive Sedan | Turbo six | 285kW | $115,900 | No data |
Current price on CarSorted: Genesis G70 3.3T Sport Luxury $87,114 RRP, as at 26 Jun 2026.
“No data” means our listing holds no ANCAP rating for that variant, not that it scored badly. A 2018 rating is old: ANCAP ratings carry a date for a reason.
The Audi is the closest like-for-like for the plug-in C-Class: all-wheel drive, 270kW and 97km of electric range in our listing, at a list price under $90,000. The BMW 3 Series is changing too: the 330i and M340i above are the outgoing generation. BMW Australia already has a page for the all-new 3 Series sedan, and Australian prices and a first-quarter 2027 arrival have been reported, not yet confirmed by BMW (our 2027 BMW 3 Series story has the detail), so the C-Class update will land into a fresh fight. Coming-soon listings for the new BMW 320 and BMW i3 40 xDrive are in our directory.
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See all Mercedes-Benz modelsWhat it might cost you a week
Until Mercedes prices the update, the closest thing to a running cost is today's cars. Here's what the two current C-Class versions and two rivals cost a week on finance, on the price we hold for each. Change the deposit, rate and term to suit you.
Repayments at a glance
Weekly repayments on the current C300 AMG Line Plus Edition and C350e (Mercedes' drive-away figures) against the Audi A5 e-hybrid and BMW 330i (list price before on-roads). The rate and term are assumptions you can change, not a quote or advice.
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class C300 AMG Line Plus Edition
$104,267 drive-away (advertised), ≈$459 a week
≈$1,989/mo
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class C350e
$107,553 drive-away (advertised), ≈$474 a week
≈$2,055/mo
- Audi A5 e-hybrid quattro 270 kW Sedan
$89,900 RRP, ≈$393 a week
≈$1,701/mo
Lowest - BMW 3 Series 330i Sedan
$94,700 RRP, ≈$415 a week
≈$1,797/mo
Assumes $5,000 deposit over 5 years at an assumed 7.5% p.a. Estimate only, not an offer of credit or a quote; your rate and repayments will differ.
Estimates only. Based on standard assumptions. Not financial advice. Individual results vary.
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Who should wait for it, and who shouldn't
The update suits buyers who already like the C-Class and want the newest tech in it, and plug-in hybrid buyers who can charge at home and keep their weekday driving inside that 100km WLTP figure. Real-world electric range is usually lower than the test number, especially on the freeway and in winter, so build in some slack.
It's less of a fit if you need a car before mid-2027, or if a firm price matters more to you than the latest headlights. And if you're leaning electric anyway, the electric C-Class already has an estimated drive-away price in Mercedes-Benz Australia's configurator and a single confirmed version. It's a separate decision, so read our electric C-Class story before you pick a lane.
Buy now or wait? If you need a car in the next few months, the current C-Class is a known quantity with a price you can confirm today, and a model change often brings run-out deals on the outgoing car (Mercedes hasn't announced any). If you can hold off, the update brings a new face, Mercedes' latest tech and a plug-in hybrid rated for 100km of WLTP range, but with no price, no confirmed date and no ANCAP result yet. Register your interest on Mercedes' page and decide when the price lands.
Safety
The current C-Class holds a five-star ANCAP rating dated 2022, which ANCAP lists as current. It covers C 200 and C 300 petrol variants built from July 2021 onwards, so our listings for the C200, C300 and C300 AMG Line Plus Edition carry it. ANCAP says other variants are unrated, so the C350e and the AMG C43 and C63 are no data. For the updated car: no data. ANCAP hasn't published anything on it yet, and whether the existing rating carries across is ANCAP's call, not ours.
More 2027 cars
This is one of the follow-up stories for our 2027 calendar. See the confirmed and reported models on the brand-by-brand 2027 list (Mercedes has several more coming, including a new GLA and the electric C-Class), sorted by timing on the month-by-month 2027 list, or browse the current range on our Mercedes-Benz page.
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Head-to-heads with the cars this story is about and their closest rivals on sale now, plus the buying guides that cover them.
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Disclaimer: Details of the updated C-Class are from Mercedes-Benz Australia's new C-Class Sedan page as at 13 November 2026, which describes the information as a preview based on overseas models with specifications yet to be confirmed. The first-half-2027 timing is reported and not confirmed by Mercedes-Benz. Current C-Class prices are Mercedes-Benz Australia's estimated drive-away prices for a private buyer in postcode 3000, read on 15 October 2026; they vary by postcode and options. Rival prices are list prices before on-road costs as held in our directory on 13 November 2026. C-Class ANCAP information is from ANCAP's published rating, read on 13 November 2026; rival ANCAP information is as our listings hold it. This is general information, not financial advice. Confirm price, specification and availability with Mercedes-Benz before you buy.
