kelvinpapp

Hi All,

A first time poster here... due to join the club in 24 hours or so when I pick up my W205 C220D AMG Line tomorrow... come to think of it, it's due to be arriving at the dealership as I type this...

A couple of questions... arguably too late to be asking now but having read a few threads that have set me thinking, it'll drive me nuts if I don't ask them...

1. What is the difference between the 2015 and 2016 W205 (UK)? According to Mercedes Me, my W205 is MY 2016 (a relief, given that my car was available from Dealer stock), but i'd like to understand the differences. Particularly following a read through the 2016 thread a few below this one...

2. Whilst sorting insurance, I was asked whether my vehicle was a C220D, or a C220 Bluetec... I didn't realise there was a difference. According to my paperwork, mine is a C220D but again, i'd like to know what difference there is (if any!)...

Kelvin

HorshamRebel

When The W205 originally came out (MY15), Mercedes decided to go away from the Diesel badge and named them Bluetec.
When the made the changes to create the (MY16), they rebadged the car again and went back to 'D'.


There are about 10 different 220 options with some insurance companies in the UK which makes it nigh on impossible to dial in on the correct one.


As for the changes, if you do a search, there was a thread a couple of months a go that went through all of the differences

JimKing

there are some subtle differences between the MY15 and MY16 W205's.


see below product guide:


https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...WGnFow&cad=rja

kelvinpapp

Thanks for the replies

It did become evident that there were more than a handful of C220 variants when sorting insurance. I did get confirmation on the exact model from the dealer, I didn't realise that the "Bluetec" branding was being phased out.

Kelvin

HorshamRebel

It might come back in now, with recent events

Master_PiT

2. c220d is with manual gearbox 170ps
c220 bluetec 7g tronic 170ps
c220 blueeff 163ps but the same NM and acceleration ( some little details are moved out to make less weight)



hmmm so i have MY2015 cuz i have c220 bluetec badge

joshg1001

So in the past, bluetec meant that the car had the cleaner Urea system. Does that mean the D models have them too? I guess they are doing this because the plug in models are now "e" as in C350e, S500e, so they wanted the diesels to be "d"

hummerhealey

The 220d stil has the Ureum (AdBlue) additive. The d is indeed just the new naming convention.

HorshamRebel

How often are you all topping up the AdBlue ?

parkwood

Covered 7800 kms and no top up yet i understand it should last between services......am going to ask when i swap to winter tyres as i have a trip to the uk planned and donot want any hassle while there or on the journey though there is an adblue refuelling point at the baie de somme services near calais!

HorshamRebel

Thanks Parkwood, that's what I read, that it is usually just a top up at the regular services.


I might get a spare bottle sometime, as a just in case

IstvanC

On my "old" S205 C220 Bluetec i covered 16300km before I changed it for a new one, without having to top it up. But the new one, a 2016 C220 D, has a new feature where I can see how much Adblue is left, how full the tank is and how many KM it will go before I need to top it up. Pretty nice feature. Its in the menus of the smaller screen in the dash.

Catalin C

I have already covered around 44000 kms and had to top up only at the regular services.

HorshamRebel

Thanks for all the replies, this is the first AdBlue car I've had, and the salesman didn't mention it, so it was a bit of a surprise to see two filling caps when I looked.

hummerhealey

Keep in mind that there are two sizes of the AdBlue tank. The small one does about 6000 km the large one 3 times as much. The large one is optional.

Luton Driver

Another reason why I went back to petrol.

Question. So if the AdBlue is topped up at every service and the car has a service plan I guess there is no charge but if the car needs a top up between services does MB then charge and if they do how much?

Steve9

MB AdBlue

top ups should be free for first year

Ashikdu89

I have the same one, however I am surprised to know that this particular variant I.e., c220 blutec isn’t ULEZ compliant. It’s EURO 5b. Any note on this? And how’s MPG?