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Rear controls is part of the 5? zone climate control I think as for no seat massage they probably want to bump us up to E-Class despite competitors like audi having it in the A4 or A5? That said BMW doesn't have it in the 3-series I think? I wonder if the massage in the W206 is really good enough or we need at least E-Class for them to give a quality massage?
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Rear controls is part of the 5? zone climate control I think as for no seat massage they probably want to bump us up to E-Class despite competitors like audi having it in the A4 or A5? That said BMW doesn't have it in the 3-series I think? I wonder if the massage in the W206 is really good enough or we need at least E-Class for them to give a quality massage?
I’ve heard the massaging seats are alright as they are air based and not whatever ball robotic thing they have in the E and S class. They even offered massaging seats in the w205 in Europe. I was really hoping they’d change their mind and bring it over the the US for the W206 and I was a bit let down when they didn’t, considering the A4 offers it. Another thing I was let down about was them omitting RWS from the US. It wasn’t available in Europe until MY2023.5 because of the chip shortage, so it’s new for them. This made me hopeful for MY2024 in the US, but alas they let us down, again. Maybe we will get it in the refresh this time? Idk, or maybe they’ll keep it as an AMG only thing like they’ve done before.
I remember in Europe on the W205 the C300 was available with a “sports exhaust” option which contained a flap in the mufflers that opened in sport mode. What resulted was more noise and the cool “farts” on upshift. The refreshed cars with the M264 motor had light pops when you let off the accelerator too. In fact, 2015 US W205 C300s had it as standard. However they chose to completely omit it for 2016-2021, not even offering it as an option. They said they did it to protect C450/43 AMG sales. I had a 2015, the exhaust was super fun, and I miss it on my 2020.
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The 3 series doesn’t offer it. The 3 also doesn't offer ventilated seats, at least it didn’t in the pre-facelift, not too sure about post-facelift.
I’ve heard the massaging seats are alright as they are air based and not whatever ball robotic thing they have in the E and S class. They even offered massaging seats in the w205 in Europe. I was really hoping they’d change their mind and bring it over the the US for the W206 and I was a bit let down when they didn’t, considering the A4 offers it. Another thing I was let down about was them omitting RWS from the US. It wasn’t available in Europe until MY2023.5 because of the chip shortage, so it’s new for them. This made me hopeful for MY2024 in the US, but alas they let us down, again. Maybe we will get it in the refresh this time? Idk, or maybe they’ll keep it as an AMG only thing like they’ve done before.
I remember in Europe on the W205 the C300 was available with a “sports exhaust” option which contained a flap in the mufflers that opened in sport mode. What resulted was more noise and the cool “farts” on upshift. The refreshed cars with the M264 motor had light pops when you let off the accelerator too. In fact, 2015 US W205 C300s had it as standard. However they chose to completely omit it for 2016-2021, not even offering it as an option. They said they did it to protect C450/43 AMG sales. I had a 2015, the exhaust was super fun, and I miss it on my 2020.
I’ve heard the massaging seats are alright as they are air based and not whatever ball robotic thing they have in the E and S class. They even offered massaging seats in the w205 in Europe. I was really hoping they’d change their mind and bring it over the the US for the W206 and I was a bit let down when they didn’t, considering the A4 offers it. Another thing I was let down about was them omitting RWS from the US. It wasn’t available in Europe until MY2023.5 because of the chip shortage, so it’s new for them. This made me hopeful for MY2024 in the US, but alas they let us down, again. Maybe we will get it in the refresh this time? Idk, or maybe they’ll keep it as an AMG only thing like they’ve done before.
I remember in Europe on the W205 the C300 was available with a “sports exhaust” option which contained a flap in the mufflers that opened in sport mode. What resulted was more noise and the cool “farts” on upshift. The refreshed cars with the M264 motor had light pops when you let off the accelerator too. In fact, 2015 US W205 C300s had it as standard. However they chose to completely omit it for 2016-2021, not even offering it as an option. They said they did it to protect C450/43 AMG sales. I had a 2015, the exhaust was super fun, and I miss it on my 2020.
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The 3 series doesn’t offer it. The 3 also doesn't offer ventilated seats, at least it didn’t in the pre-facelift, not too sure about post-facelift.
I’ve heard the massaging seats are alright as they are air based and not whatever ball robotic thing they have in the E and S class. They even offered massaging seats in the w205 in Europe. I was really hoping they’d change their mind and bring it over the the US for the W206 and I was a bit let down when they didn’t, considering the A4 offers it. Another thing I was let down about was them omitting RWS from the US. It wasn’t available in Europe until MY2023.5 because of the chip shortage, so it’s new for them. This made me hopeful for MY2024 in the US, but alas they let us down, again. Maybe we will get it in the refresh this time? Idk, or maybe they’ll keep it as an AMG only thing like they’ve done before.
I remember in Europe on the W205 the C300 was available with a “sports exhaust” option which contained a flap in the mufflers that opened in sport mode. What resulted was more noise and the cool “farts” on upshift. The refreshed cars with the M264 motor had light pops when you let off the accelerator too. In fact, 2015 US W205 C300s had it as standard. However they chose to completely omit it for 2016-2021, not even offering it as an option. They said they did it to protect C450/43 AMG sales. I had a 2015, the exhaust was super fun, and I miss it on my 2020.
I’ve heard the massaging seats are alright as they are air based and not whatever ball robotic thing they have in the E and S class. They even offered massaging seats in the w205 in Europe. I was really hoping they’d change their mind and bring it over the the US for the W206 and I was a bit let down when they didn’t, considering the A4 offers it. Another thing I was let down about was them omitting RWS from the US. It wasn’t available in Europe until MY2023.5 because of the chip shortage, so it’s new for them. This made me hopeful for MY2024 in the US, but alas they let us down, again. Maybe we will get it in the refresh this time? Idk, or maybe they’ll keep it as an AMG only thing like they’ve done before.
I remember in Europe on the W205 the C300 was available with a “sports exhaust” option which contained a flap in the mufflers that opened in sport mode. What resulted was more noise and the cool “farts” on upshift. The refreshed cars with the M264 motor had light pops when you let off the accelerator too. In fact, 2015 US W205 C300s had it as standard. However they chose to completely omit it for 2016-2021, not even offering it as an option. They said they did it to protect C450/43 AMG sales. I had a 2015, the exhaust was super fun, and I miss it on my 2020.
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Yeah they probably did it to make sure buyers saw the added sportiness of the C43. I was always a bit jealous of the 330i exhaust, but hey at the end of the day I preferred the way the C300 drove soo…
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I see fair enough, oh well in a perfect world, you would have the best of both worlds in one package...
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Updated, lots of changes:
06/01/2023
06/01/2023
- Publication of initial DOG for C63 S E PERFORMANCE
- VPC Accessories: D46 delayed introduction until Q1 2024
- Packages: DA2 price updated
- D45 LED Animated Logo Projector delayed availability until December 2023 production for C300W and C300W4
- Heated Steering Wheel code changed from 443 to PAV
- Enhanced Ambient Lighting (894) not available for ordering from May until December 2023. This will be replaced with Standard Ambient Light (891). Please note: This does not affect AMG.
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Updated, lots of changes:
06/01/2023
06/01/2023
- Publication of initial DOG for C63 S E PERFORMANCE
- VPC Accessories: D46 delayed introduction until Q1 2024
- Packages: DA2 price updated
- D45 LED Animated Logo Projector delayed availability until December 2023 production for C300W and C300W4
- Heated Steering Wheel code changed from 443 to PAV
- Enhanced Ambient Lighting (894) not available for ordering from May until December 2023. This will be replaced with Standard Ambient Light (891). Please note: This does not affect AMG.
