C Class new interior???
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C204 C250-CDI
I know I know man, but cooooome on, really? They are going to have S, E and New A Class (rumoured to be coming to North America next year) available here, and not change the ugly C dash for 3! More! Years! Why god why?
That's a kick in the ***** to know the soccer mom in her A Class is living it up in style while I have to keep looking at cheap android tablet (the current design is an insult to iPads).
Looking to get into a 43 next year when my lease is up. If they go F Cell digital interior then I'm going to order one of the last pre facelift chassis. The tailights are much nicer and I'd rather have squared up tablet then that wide one. IMO. Hopefully get a good deal on it at the end of first half of life cycle.
That's a kick in the ***** to know the soccer mom in her A Class is living it up in style while I have to keep looking at cheap android tablet (the current design is an insult to iPads).
Looking to get into a 43 next year when my lease is up. If they go F Cell digital interior then I'm going to order one of the last pre facelift chassis. The tailights are much nicer and I'd rather have squared up tablet then that wide one. IMO. Hopefully get a good deal on it at the end of first half of life cycle.
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Food for thought if 2 people like us ever crossed paths with the same vehicles one pre, one post mid life update I'll bet we would agree on which one we would both rather have, you stick to your initial model releases, I'll stick the the superior tail end released product
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The opposite of refresh is stale. The mid model update is to lure new customers, new interest and new purchases. Cars prolly have to be refreshed to spur sales because the cars sales numbers may have decreased and to keep up with competition. Look at all those "fool's errand" standing in line for iPhone X. LOL
It also works out better when it's time to sell - win win
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It's written and explained I simply don't know how else to put it, if you don't get it you don't get it that's all good each to their own
Food for thought if 2 people like us ever crossed paths with the same vehicles one pre, one post mid life update I'll bet we would agree on which one we would both rather have, you stick to your initial model releases, I'll stick the the superior tail end released product
Food for thought if 2 people like us ever crossed paths with the same vehicles one pre, one post mid life update I'll bet we would agree on which one we would both rather have, you stick to your initial model releases, I'll stick the the superior tail end released product
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It's written and explained I simply don't know how else to put it, if you don't get it you don't get it that's all good each to their own
Food for thought if 2 people like us ever crossed paths with the same vehicles one pre, one post mid life update I'll bet we would agree on which one we would both rather have, you stick to your initial model releases, I'll stick the the superior tail end released product
Food for thought if 2 people like us ever crossed paths with the same vehicles one pre, one post mid life update I'll bet we would agree on which one we would both rather have, you stick to your initial model releases, I'll stick the the superior tail end released product
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There's nothing to "get". You made a statement presented as fact that likely irritated quite a few people (including myself), by suggesting that the pre-refresh W205 isn't "worth buying". I have been in the exact situation you described: I had a post-facelift W204 C63. And when the W205 came out, it looked dated, and WAS dated, so I sold it and bought a W205. My point is there's ALWAYS going to be something just down the road that's newer and better. Manufacturers release "new" versions of a particular model every 2-4 years, whether it's a mid-cycle refresh or a whole new architecture. If you think you're making the "better" decision by waiting until a mid-cycle refresh, you're welcome to your opinion. But really, your mid-cycle W205 is no more "worth buying" than the very first W205 off the line. Or the very first W206. Some of us buy new cars more frequently than once an architecture. If you don't that's also fine, but hold the disparaging remarks about cars that we all are pretty passionate about because that's not the way YOU buy cars.
Maybe. Some models change in the wrong direction, particularly esthetically. And when your mid life update car is up against the next updated release......? It's not really a better or worse than scenario, and you can't say it's a "superior" product. What's updated may be new, but not better. If you like to wait, then that's great. Some of us will be driving and having a blast in the meantime! No right or wrong here in my opinion.
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If a facelift with an E63S style dashboard and twin scroll turbos drops I’ll be the first in line. I’ll eat the depreciation on my 2018 for that. Gotta have both of those updates, though. I doubt it will happen but we’ll see.
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As someone who may be considering a C63S in the future, in what year do we expect the mid cycle update? My BMW lease is up at the end of the year and I too like to buy after the update, though I expect is is a couple years away.
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'17 Mercedes GLS550
For the sedan the update is expected to occur for model year 2019 (so production starting July 2018).
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Press release at CES 2018. MBUX is now touch screen. Unfortunately first production is only in the new A-Class.
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