AMG-Sport is dead. C450 will now be AMG C43
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If you own a 450 now its going to stay that way forever!
If you re badge your car it wont make it a true AMG!
Supposedly its going to happen between Jun/Jul. (might change)
From a very reliable source from Mercedes!
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Nope! Maybe in Sweden that's so, but here, title certificates can be amended or supplemented. It is a very simple matter in most states. Every state has a certificate of title act. Any certificate of title can be amended or supplemented as to contents. It is a ministerial, non discretionary duty in all agencies. It involves only an application and a fee. Even the vin can be changed on certain grounds.
If you are arguing metaphysics, this isn't metaphysics.
Oh, and be very, very clear on this: in the U.S., under title certificate acts, registration is NOT title, or evidence of it but the mere right, prima facie, to possession, and the right to operate the vehicle on roadways. A certificate of title is evidence of who owns the vehicle, and nothing more-get pulled over in many states and hand the cop a certificate of title when he asks for registration,...well, good luck with that.
If you are arguing metaphysics, this isn't metaphysics.
Oh, and be very, very clear on this: in the U.S., under title certificate acts, registration is NOT title, or evidence of it but the mere right, prima facie, to possession, and the right to operate the vehicle on roadways. A certificate of title is evidence of who owns the vehicle, and nothing more-get pulled over in many states and hand the cop a certificate of title when he asks for registration,...well, good luck with that.
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So if I was to put an AMG badge on the back of my c450 when the c43 AMG comes out and in fact it ends up being the same exact car with the same transmission and engine and everything,... Would I look like a wannabe? Would most people consider that a poser? So it would say C450..............AMG. On the back
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One must separate the legal and the practical effects of one's acts. First, you can put 'Jack Squat 43' on the back of your car if you like-you have this power and this right, just like you can REMOVE the badges or identifying marks. Secondly, if you want, you have the LEGAL right to amend or supplement the contents of the CERTIFICATE of TITLE so long as there is no fraud. You have this right and this power, but need not exercise it unless you wish. If you choose to amend or supplement the title to conform to whatever Mercedes may decide retrospectively (the hypo is that Mercedes simply says all 2016 c450 models shall henceforth be described as the c43), then it's not fraud and you will get an amended or supplemental title certificate.
The confusion of the practical and the legal, and asserting that one controls the other is simply misleading on the best of days.
Now, if Mercedes says you have a c450, and we won't do Jack Squat retrospectively, first, practically, you can modify the markings any way you like, but, legally, it would be fraud to seek a change in the title CERTIFICATE!
apparently, in Europe and Scandinavia, form triumphs over substance, but that is not so, here. By that logic, all the debadged cars are something other than what is reflected in the title certificates. Yeah, right....
The confusion of the practical and the legal, and asserting that one controls the other is simply misleading on the best of days.
Now, if Mercedes says you have a c450, and we won't do Jack Squat retrospectively, first, practically, you can modify the markings any way you like, but, legally, it would be fraud to seek a change in the title CERTIFICATE!
apparently, in Europe and Scandinavia, form triumphs over substance, but that is not so, here. By that logic, all the debadged cars are something other than what is reflected in the title certificates. Yeah, right....
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No, that's not how most legitimate dealers would operate. If the original window sticker and codes indicate that the vehicle is a 2016 C450 AMG Sport, they will be selling it as such. However, if customers request that the C450 badging be removed or changed on a car they're purchasing or have purchase, dealers would almost certainly oblige.
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Like you, I just can't imagine that MB would ever retroactively alter or change the Netstar designations for these vehicles, generate new digital and physical window stickers for them, and then send them to dealerships along with new badges to rebadge existing vehicles. Pretty sure that's unheard of.
Something like that would be easier to believe (and more logical) if they somehow decided to make this change mid-cycle for the 2016s, with vehicles produced within the second half of the 2016 production cycle suddenly becoming C43s, but even that might be unheard of. Production on 2016 C450s will cease within the next few months, and by the time the 2017 C43s are released later this year, there will likely be very few leftovers out there anyway, as these are not high-volume production vehicles for MB.
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concur.. this will remain a 2016 C450 for all purposes.. reporting, residual value tracking, kbb. etc. if people somehow need to rebadge to feel good about it then that's their prerogative.
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No, we just love logic and reason, neither of which seems to be necessary for you to continue posting your annoying phrases/quotes and incessantly reminding everyone that "it's all speculation" whenever someone posts a valid prediction or statement about anything.
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WOW, what a silly discussion about the change from C450 to C43. Fraud? MBUSA changing badges on previous C450 cars? This is like listening to a bunch of old ladies at the Piggly Wiggly. Goodness. Just plain dumb.
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All I care about is that not all models of C class are lumped into an insurance group. That means C400 and C450 will have a limited amount of owners, risk stays small and insurance stay cheap.
I already know I'll save $300 a year by switching from S4 to C450. Because the insurance industry has no history on C450 yet while S4 has gained in popularity so much that insurance goes up by quite a bit for every year that I owned it.
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No, that's not how most legitimate dealers would operate. If the original window sticker and codes indicate that the vehicle is a 2016 C450 AMG Sport, they will be selling it as such. However, if customers request that the C450 badging be removed or changed on a car they're purchasing or have purchase, dealers would almost certainly oblige.
Agree.
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Already a decent amount of info out there already, but it's all related to the Coupe. Don't know if/when they will touch on the Sedan, as the big Geneva reveal has been marketed by MB to relate directly to the C43 Coupe reveal.
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Its supposedly going to be exactly the same but with an AMG badge on the rear but time will tell i guess.
The pictures of the cab do not even have the AMG logo inside on the panel.
Source: http://www.slashgear.com/2017-merced...neva-29429597/
That cab (in my eyes) Looks like they didnt take their time properly, i think it looks to flat. The part after windshield is basicly flat all the way back. Dunno maybe people like it that way but i dont.
The pictures of the cab do not even have the AMG logo inside on the panel.
Source: http://www.slashgear.com/2017-merced...neva-29429597/
That cab (in my eyes) Looks like they didnt take their time properly, i think it looks to flat. The part after windshield is basicly flat all the way back. Dunno maybe people like it that way but i dont.
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