Was driving out Saturday and Star One Mercedes in Ajax has a B-Class out front on the grass! I did a U-turn and toted my father along for a look. The car was a company prototype they had for the day - the production cars he said are at port now and should be released in early Sept.
Anywho, he says the B200 is around $31, the B200T is around $34. The one they had was beigey-silver, with the 16" alloys (wheel covers are std, and 17"ers optional) in manual. Pretty low in the series... no roof... cloth. It was very nice tho. It's neat how the rear floor has 2 different levels, for if you want to store something underneath. The seats all fold, and all except the driver's seat are completely removeable. The driver's seat and lots of room and the dash is mounted pretty high - even from the outside when approaching it's as if the entire instrument cluster is higher than where the side glass starts. The dash is well laid out, looks Mercedes-fare, is a little plain in the model I sat in (knob HVAC, etc). Manual seats. The fabric was a beige with small checker-sewn pattern on the inserts - unoffensive but boring. From all I read about the front-leg-to-rear-pelvis being a longer distance on the B than the S-Class, I expected a tad more room. But really, I could almost sit behind myself with zero issue, and the rear of the front seats had big cut-out-indentations for knee room. It WAS quite spacious. Also, was kind of odd/neat that the doors are almost all material too - if the leather interior had the doors all in leatherette it would look quite rich I'd think.
Anyhow, all-in-all it looks very much like a Benz up front... the all-round is pretty sharp, the interior very friendly (if you're coming from an SUV it wouldn't be a huge transition in feel behind the wheel), should handle well, and has the pointed star logo for just over $30Gs. I think it has some potential, but perhaps sell better than it deserves to when you compare attributes to something like the Mazda5 which is roomer. I bet the Turbo will be big-time fun.
