Silver, savage and sorted. Stage 1 Motors are pleased to offer this stunning 2019 Mercedes-Benz C43 AMG Cabriolet in Iridium Silver with a black convertible hood — because if you're going to drop the roof, you may as well do it in something that turns heads before the engine even fires. Under the bonnet sits Mercedes-AMG's 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged V6, producing 367bhp and dispatching 0-62mph in a very un-British 4.7 seconds. The 9G-Tronic gearbox swaps ratios with the kind of effortless composure that makes you wonder why anyone bothers with a manual, while 4MATIC all-wheel drive means all that performance goes where it's supposed to — regardless of what the weather's doing. Flick it into Sport+ and the AMG Performance exhaust opens up into something that'll have your neighbours reconsidering their opinions on planning permission. Premium Plus specification means this car left Stuttgart embarrassingly well-equipped. The Burmester surround sound system fills the cabin with concert-hall clarity whether the roof is up or down, COMAND Online navigation keeps you pointed in the right direction, and heated seats ensure there's absolutely no excuse not to have the roof down in October. A 360-degree camera with active parking assist takes the stress out of tight spots, blind spot assist handles the bits you can't see, and LED intelligent headlights handle the bits you can. AMG sports suspension, 19-inch multi-spoke alloys, and the full bodykit — splitter, side skirts, diffuser — make sure it looks and drives every bit as serious as the badge suggests. At 51,000 miles, this C43 is barely broken in. Silver on black is, frankly, the correct colour combination for a car like this — classic, purposeful, and just subtle enough that you won't feel obligated to explain yourself at the school gates.