petvan

I was just about to buy a 2019 C43 with the stock Black Dynamica interior (red stitch) with Anthracite Oak interior but I saw it just now in the service bay and for my money, the Anthracite is brown. They tell me it's charcoal, but it looks VERY brown to me.

Anyone have this and able to comment? Maybe my lighting was bad. The combo didn't really blow me away - I have the open pore ash trim in my 450 and love it.

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alexasa

iTrader: (1)

Anthracite Oak is not an Option in the DOG that I can see for US.

Can you clarify the option? There is a grey oak that you might be referring to..


Which looks nice here, but wood can certainly vary quite a bit:

petvan

I think it's H31, but call Anthracite here in Canada. Pick from the build tool above and one I snapped a few minutes ago at the dealer. I don't think it's a lighting trick, I think it's brown ;-)

alexasa

iTrader: (1)

damn, definitely has some brown hues.

Good think is you could easily wrap with a brushed vinyl in any color if necessary.

gcurnew

I have Anthracite Oak...and it looks mostly grey/charcoal to me (and my wife). Under some lighting conditions (florescent lights in a parking garage, for example) some brown hues show up, but day-to-day it looks grey.

nikodes

IMO it looks dull and unimpressive. I love natural grain walnut but the trim I saw looked like a cheap veneer. In person it looked very much brown. It’s my least favorite trim option. I didn’t take any photos but here are some that portray it accurately.

rustybear3

It's the trick of the light. It has black and browns streaks in it, and depending on the lighting, time of day, etc. it can look brown to shades of gray. If anything, I think it leans more to the brown shade.

Sort of like that dress that people couldn't tell if it was blue or gold.

petvan

Is that not the Walnut ?

Of note, the dealer tells me it's definitely brown in the car I looked at and they think its broken and have ordered new "Charcoal/Grey" for me.

Apparently all options are tied to the VIN so even though I'm replacing it, I can't do so with the dark ash variety.

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gcurnew

@ nikodes ... that's not the Anthracite Oak. The picture at the bottom of post 2 is what my Anthracite Oak (aka Natural Grain Grey oak) looks like 98 percent of the time.

joeclou

received my 2019 c43 tuesday with Anthracite Oak and it is grey/charcoal for me and my wife and we love it ! way better than dark ash and piano black ( In my opinion )

petvan

Awesome thanks guys. I believe mine was stained incorrectly in the factory. I'm picking the car up tomorrow and will drive around with it brown until the new pieces show up at the dealership and then I'm apparently going to have it fully replaced. Hoping the dealer can do that service without squeaks.

Really appreciate the piece of mind.

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