iwork4wine

Yah definitely beat the **** out of us on price but I am not thrilled with the interior seat selection choices in Canada. I am surprised that the black leather and red stitching, designo seat, or performance seat choices were not available.

It is also odd that the night package plus was not available.

Oh well, Yah can't have everything.

rbrylaw

I think I would if I were you!!

However, I'll chime back in in about 3 months. By that time, we do get some pretty incredible weather for an extended time. Low humidity. Sublime blue skies and daytime temps in the 70s to low 80s. It's why we live in Florida. Summer is the price we have to pay to have paradise the rest of the year!

stolenfire

Black leather and red stitching is standard and we get designo sports seats (just not designo performance seats) and no night package is just....

iwork4wine

The M-B Canada configurator just reflects the ARTICO/DINAMICA interior in black with the red stitching. Sounds like you have the full options beyond the designo performance seats and the night package plus.

I am not sure that I understand their rationale for excluding those options. I assume that your vehicles will be built in Tuscaloosa, AL so if that is the case it makes no sense.

ScubaKing

Have C450 on order. Early October delivery according to dealer. Curious if anyone seen new brochures/promo materials from MB on 2016 C Class or specifically the C450?

stolenfire

Sorry, i meant Black ARTICO/DINAMICA interior with red stitching comes standard not leather (Leather adds $1,990 and designo leather adds $5,500 if i recall correctly).

I don't know why would they exclude the night package when it is basically just different lip, diffuser and exhaust tips.....but then the night package is also not available on the C63 so can't really complain for a C450 haha.

iwork4wine

No complaints if you are a Northerner. The C450 Fully maxed out with designo seats is ~$55K USD (CAD$ 74K). That is sweet!

jplatts

Looking at these posts, the cars are going to be released on both sides of the Atlantic at more or less the same time. I'm in Switzerland and expect to be taking delivery of mine in about a week. Hope so, as I'm planning a trip to Italy in 10 days time over one of the great driving roads in Europe - the Nüfenen pass, which goes up to 2,500m (8,200 feet)

iwork4wine

Dang, I thought y'all probably had the vehicle a few months. The M-B Deutschland website listed the vehicle back in March 2015. At least we could explore the interior/exterior color/package options for several months. It sounds like they are just starting to file through the vehicle processing centers in US and Europe.

It should be a pretty sweet ride in Italy.

iwork4wine

Actually it would be a pretty sweet ride just staying at home in Switzerland.

jplatts

I've seen that some dealer cars are starting to turn up in Germany. But little else so far. It's also more difficult to check here - shall I check the German forum, the French one or the Italian one today? That's why I've been following this thread for a while!

autopal

Here is the brochure http://www.mercedes-amg.com/pdf/eng/c63_en.pdf

ScubaKing

Autopal - thanks for the electronic brochure. Very nicely done.

Vipershade

Didn't some of Europe actually get a 2015 model? (And that's where all of the reviews came from).

That Italy and/or Switzerland drive sounds awesome

iwork4wine

Palmer from Denmark received estate vehicle back in August (post #193, #195, #197). I will have to reach-out for an update. He had a month to rocket around in the C450.

iwork4wine

All of us anxious "soon to be" and "wanna be" C450 owners are anxious for your impression of the vehicle. We are hoping that you love all aspects of the vehicle.

Mark Harrison

I have spent a couple hours searching for a 2016 C450 owners manual.

Anybody find a link to one?

GrampaJohn

Here's the c450 page with a link to that brochure.
http://www.mercedes-amg.com/c450.php...erview_section

jplatts

Mark Harrison

Thank you. They have done well with their website!

I could not see an owners manual though.

iwork4wine

have you received an update on your vehicle? Are they still in the Baltimore penalty box (VPC)?

I emailed my sales rep late this afternoon and he was going to call corporate tomorrow and get the scoop. I will keep you posted when I hear anything news worthy.

Billygoat666

I have a question for you guys about the seats. I like the looks of the basic seats in the C450. I think black with red highlights is about the best color combo ever but I'm not really clear on what the materials are or if these are the materials that people are having the bleeding problems with. Are the Artico/Dynamica seats high quality material? Are people having problems with seats of that material?

Also, my dog rides in the car quite often. Do you guys think these would be less durable than the AMG napa leather ones? We usually have a towel across the back bench where he sits but sometimes he moves the towel.

Vipershade

These are the two choices with black and red stripes:




MB-Tex/DINAMICA vs. Leather... I can't speak to the bleeding problem (as I haven't seen/heard of that). but I would think that the MB-Tex/DINAMICA would be the better/safer choice. I know that the nappa leather would be the most susceptible to tearing (and it doesn't come in the black/red combo anyway). Not sure about the non-nappa leather, but I would think that the MB-Tex/DINAMICA would be more durable than the leather.

schvamf

The MBUSA configurator is finally up!!

http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicl...C/model-C450W4

Vipershade

Great, just got a build update and it looks like the rearview camera was taken out of the multimedia package and charged separately:

Before
320 Multimedia Package $ 2,690After
320 320 Multimedia Package: High-Resolution $2,690218 Rearview Camera $460

Lovely...