kots

I placed my order in early June for a W205 C250 bluetec Airmatic and it seems I wont be receiving my car until 1st quarter 2015, thats almost a year of waiting,

does anyone else have airmatic on order in UK?

jasfoo77

i do.

mine is due 30 dec 2014.

although i will chnage for march 2015 delivery as i am away whole of feb.

did u go for 18 or 19 wheels?

i went for c220 though.. i felt the 19 was sluggish on c220 and the ride was very hard on standard steel sport suspension.

did you have experience in test drive?

Dodgers

I ordered a c250 airmatic in September, dealer confirmed this week it's still a November build with delivery now first 2 weeks January, I was concerned about delays with the airmatic but he said my vehicle isn't showing any. I did go a little crazy ticking options so if any car deserves to be delayed then mine does.

Eilers

Are you sure it is Airmatic causing the delay? I read of 17" Avantgarde Wheels, 360 degree camera and Acoustic Glass causing delays.

Dodgers

On UK builds airmatic wasn't started being fitted until November, I've gone for AMG line so it has 18" wheels and all options except 360 camera and the perfume dispenser, I don't believe acoustic glass is a separate option.

Eilers

I went with the Air Balance kit. The Air Ionizing function alone makes it worth it.

mikeyw

I'm picking one up on Tuesday which has Airmatic suspension and 19's. What I test drove had the comfort suspension and 17's as it was a Sport model, so I expect it to be different.

Merlin1

Well my W205 has Airmatic delivered August SA build.

Dodgers

All I can go on is what the dealer says. Originally I was told airmatic Q1 15, then changed to main production starting November maybe you got a limited run. When ordering in September the dealer did not have access to an airmatic demonstrator and only found one airmatic at a Newcastle dealer. So you were lucky with an August build.

Glyn M Ruck

Airmatics are rolling off the SA production line without issue & have been for a long while.

As I have noted before on other threads, dealers invent all sorts of excuses to fob off the customer.

We have heard all sorts of nonsense from, Germany is building more advanced models & experiencing delays to component delays.

The SA plant did suffer a short lived Metal Workers Union strike which Benz put to bed swiftly. That mainly effected supply of bodies but for a short period. Benz SA likes to build to order for obvious reasons. Prior to launch East London does build a large initial quantity for stock but they don't like doing this because it causes a potential old & slow stock situation with many of the wrong cars in the wrong places vs orders. Europe, SA, Australia etc is more accustomed to ordering what they want by ticking specific boxes from the extensive options list & waiting for their customised car to be built. The US market tends to operate on more of an instant gratification model where people select vehicles from large dealer inventories. Benz has never really liked operating like this but bends to market pressure. One of the reasons that MBUSA offers packages & less in the way of individual options. This is fortunately Tuscaloosa's problem going forward with W205.

southsider

Have ordered a C300 hybrid with airmatic. Dealer saying it will be here in April at the earliest, although he says that is due to the 360 camera.

TBF the latest price list does have both 360 camera and airmatic as "Expected availability from Q1 2015".

Eilers

On a side note. I noticed a few options went up in price with the latest price list.

LED Intelligent lighting went up by 25% here.

kots

I was told I will get the car end of March..

This is due to airmatic they say

pavloPL

Mine is expected April 2015 earliest, but due to 360 camera. I could have a build in November without it but with Airmatic.

DBOC205

My order was delayed by a month after adding Airmatic, although the dealer never specified what caused the extra delay. I'm hopeful of a Feb delivery, which makes it a six month wait.

Jonobigblind

Mine was delivered this morning - end June to end Nov from order to delivery - no airmatic or 360 camera, just standard C250 Bluetec Sport.

Pretty good though

mikeyw

I would have thought 5 months was a bit slow. Congrats though. Enjoy!

Jonobigblind

Totally agree that 5 months is an age for a car these days. I think I could have had a pretty good go at it myself in that time.

Apologies, my 'pretty good though' was more a reference to what I thought of the car rather than the glacial pace they've been moving at to build the bloody thing