The C200K has added to its list of goodies in the ride and handling package. Thanks to a host of detail mods to suspension, chassis and accompanying mounts, the new set-up (all improvements no being collectiveky termed Direct Control) allows even mor precise handling and steering while ride quality also gets a much needed boost. The rear anti-roll bar is an all-new reinforced affair, helping body control immensely, whatever speed the driver hurls it around.

The ride quality is phenomenal and offers one of the best compromises between comfort and handling. The handling of the car is absolutely impeccable. You can push it as hard as you want, taking fast corners flat out while in the demanding tight ones, the car can be made to effect directional changes with the least input and without upsetting the occupants. It just rides over rough and undulating surfaces and is nearly impossible to upset the car mid-corner. Driving to Mahabaleshwar under massive sheets of rain, it was an absolute joy to take the C200K around corners, whether uphill or downhill, the car cornering as if on rails. The electronic aids prove handy in such conditions by reducing driver effort even while keeping things within safe limits. When really pushed hard or even beyond the limits the ESP, ESR and other driving aids took over and made sure that the car did not lose composure.