A Mercedes-Benz Australia spokesperson has confirmed the C350e will return to local showrooms ... to a nine-speed torque-converter automatic transmission, while the electric motor is fed by ...

For 2016, the C400 sedan is replaced by the quicker C450 AMG, which slots between the base C300 and performance-topping Mercedes-AMG C63 and C63 S. There’s also a new C350e plug-in hybrid.