AMG Line vs Luxury Line vs neither? E450 Estate
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AMG Line vs Luxury Line vs neither? E450 Estate
I'm a little confused by the differences. Are there two options or three? And from what I understand the AMG Line is lowered while the Luxury Line is not but they might also have different dampers? And can a car be neither AMG or Luxury line? In which case it also has a different suspension setup? I know their are cosmetic differences between the AMG Line and the Luxury Line but what if neither is selected?
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There are just 2 options, AMG (sport) line and Luxury, just as you described. However, you can order with air suspension in either version, which for the sport version gives you some control over ride height. This is how my E400S is configured and its a very smooth ride.
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Yes, you have to choose one or the other: AMG or Luxury. I cannot rave enough about the Air Body Control. If one is big on ride comfort, it is invaluable, IMO.
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On the MBUSA website both the Luxury Styling ($350) and the AMG Line Exterior ($500) are separate options. If neither is selected is it still considered a Sport (AMG line)? And only the Luxury Styling specifically says "comfort suspension with selective damping" which makes it sound like the other versions do not get selective damping. But that's not the case, right? All E450's, as I understand it, get some sort of adjustable damper for the suspension even without Air Body Control. Or am I mistaken about that?
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On the MBUSA website both the Luxury Styling ($350) and the AMG Line Exterior ($500) are separate options. If neither is selected is it still considered a Sport (AMG line)? And only the Luxury Styling specifically says "comfort suspension with selective damping" which makes it sound like the other versions do not get selective damping. But that's not the case, right? All E450's, as I understand it, get some sort of adjustable damper for the suspension even without Air Body Control. Or am I mistaken about that?
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MBUSA gives part of the answer if you look closely under the performance features. However, it's not completely accurate. There are 4 suspensions. Standard self-leveling rear air suspension, comfort suspension, lowered suspension and AIR BODY CONTROL. However, at least in the USA, the E450 Wagon comes standard with the lowered suspension with selective damping control, and then optionally you can add the luxury package, which gives you the comfort suspension with selective damping system, or you can add AIR BODY CONTROL. The AMG Exterior package is just some exterior styling. I included a screenshot from the 2020 DOG listing the standard equipment.
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MBUSA gives part of the answer if you look closely under the performance features. However, it's not completely accurate. There are 4 suspensions. Standard self-leveling rear air suspension, comfort suspension, lowered suspension and AIR BODY CONTROL. However, at least in the USA, the E450 Wagon comes standard with the lowered suspension with selective damping control, and then optionally you can add the luxury package, which gives you the comfort suspension with selective damping system, or you can add AIR BODY CONTROL. The AMG Exterior package is just some exterior styling. I included a screenshot from the 2020 DOG listing the standard equipment.
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Does selective damping mean that the stiffness is selectable by the driver, or instead that damping is tuned to stiffen up and reduce body roll during higher speed cornering? The MB wording on this is vague as to what's actually implemented. As far as I know, driver adjustable suspension stiffness and ride height is only possible if you have air suspension on on both front and back (air body control), and not if you have spring/damper suspension. The non air body version of the wagon does have air suspension on the rear which maintains a constant ride height for different cargo loads, but its controllable like the air body control suspension.
Air suspensions can in addition also adjust the spring rates, whereas with steel adaptive suspensions the spring rates are fixed, and only the damping can be adjusted.
Here's some more info, although for the Cabriolet, but I'm pretty sure it applies to the sedan and wagon as well.
https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaS...ml?oid=9271757
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Im under the impression, that the comfort sport and sport+ does actually nothing to the suspension itself. I think if I recall, it might have something to do with traction control? But I do not feel any difference in the suspension under these settings. For the 2018 E300 sedan at least. It is misleading...
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Im under the impression, that the comfort sport and sport+ does actually nothing to the suspension itself. I think if I recall, it might have something to do with traction control? But I do not feel any difference in the suspension under these settings. For the 2018 E300 sedan at least. It is misleading...
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Well, the overall Comfort, Sport and Sport+ modes are just driving profiles. What they adjust specifically depends on model and equipment. Easiest way to find out is to bring up the Individual mode configuration where you can see each component that is affected by the drive mode. If the suspension doesn't show up in the Individual mode configuration, then it is not driver adjustable. There's also a setting in COMAND that when turned on, a confirmation screen comes up every time you change drive mode and it shows what each component is set to. Here's an example for the E53:
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Exactly, so for my 2018 E300 Sedan it has no impact on the suspension. I believe only the ESP sign shows up... so the word "selective" damping is misleading, unless it is clearly expressed somewhere - which even if it did it is very hard to find somewhere written in plain English haha
http://www.mersag.com/cmer-86.html#:...%20conditions.
This system also seems to go by the name AGILITY CONTROL suspension and here is a short description I found. In this one it calls it a passive selective damping system that automatically optimizes the ride characteristics. The common theme is that nowhere does it say that this system is driver adjustable.
https://www.la.mercedes-benz.com/en/...,412%20x%20732
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Wow, bravo, you folks did an incredible job figuring this out and making it easier to understand. So now as I am looking at possible cars I will know what it means as far as the different suspension options and the ride height. I appreciate all of the info and the detective work on this one!