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Maybach Coding Package for GLS X167 non-AMG models, photos inside!
For Pre-Facelift GLS X167 Model(2019-2023):
In MBUX 6.0, you will get:
1. Maybach Startup logo/animation
2. Car image to Maybach GLS in the MBUX
3. Extra Maybach Cruise Diamond Driving Mode
4. Energizing Comfort app
5. Maybach Style rear seat screen and tablet (if you have them)
In Kombi side:
1. You will get Maybach Style instrument cluster with Maybach logo
For Facelift GLS X167 Model(2024-now):
In MBUX 7.0, you will get:
1. Maybach Starting up animation
2. Maybach car image in main menu icon: setting and off-road
3. Maybach car image in all vehicle setting pages.
4. Maybach Diamand Driving mode.
In Instrument Cluster:
1. Maybach GLS Car image in setting page
2. Change to 6 seat setup (if you did Maybach 6 seats modification/upgrade)
3. Maybach title in the Center
4. Maybach logo in Top center of the speedometer and rev meter
5. Maybach water mark in the background
6. Maybach good-bye animation
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Last edited by EleBest; Nov 2, 2025 at 09:58 PM.
Reason: added X167M facelift features
Had to Google it:
The specially developed "Maybach" driving mode focuses entirely on ride comfort for the rear passengers, while the COMFORT driving mode offers a balanced ride comfort for front and rear passengers. In "Maybach" mode, care is taken to ensure that the body movements are the least pronounced at the rear seats. Other settings include an extra-flat accelerator characteristic in chauffeur mode, transmission tuning with fewer shifts and starting off in second gear.
This is interesting; great find… I am interested in the (Cruise Diamond Driving Mode) and would like to try it. I just sent you a message to schedule a time this week @EleBest
I have Comfort Plus mode in my Alpina B8, and I love it compared Comfort. Suspension is softer and transmission shifting is smoother. I hope it’s somewhat the same here in the GLS with the Maybach drive mode.
This is interesting; great find… I am interested in the (Cruise Diamond Driving Mode) and would like to try it. I just sent you a message to schedule a time this week @EleBest
I have Comfort Plus mode in my Alpina B8, and I love it compared Comfort. Suspension is softer and transmission shifting is smoother. I hope it’s somewhat the same here in the GLS with the Maybach drive mode.
Works fine on my end, The best I can describe it is something similar to Comfort_Plus coding on BMWs with adaptive suspension. The throttle is more refined/balanced (not bumpy but not too soft), the suspension is somewhat less bouncy but not firm. I am not sure about the transmission as mine shifts smooth already.. I think it's a nice tuning by Mbenz for some of the parameters related to comfort.
Works fine on my end, The best I can describe it is something similar to Comfort_Plus coding on BMWs with adaptive suspension. The throttle is more refined/balanced (not bumpy but not too soft), the suspension is somewhat less bouncy but not firm. I am not sure about the transmission as mine shifts smooth already.. I think it's a nice tuning by Mbenz for some of the parameters related to comfort.
Works fine on my end, The best I can describe it is something similar to Comfort_Plus coding on BMWs with adaptive suspension. The throttle is more refined/balanced (not bumpy but not too soft), the suspension is somewhat less bouncy but not firm. I am not sure about the transmission as mine shifts smooth already.. I think it's a nice tuning by Mbenz for some of the parameters related to comfort.
Sounds similar in application to my AMG Ride Control (ARC). which softens the ride while adding control. Which, compared to my earlier E-ABC, provided a more refined ride and much better handling and control.
I wouldn't be driving a MB if I hadn't discovered ARC. It took a month to find one to drive.
Mine never had rough downshifting at all, so it’s buttery smooth before/after. However, you’ll notice nicer less bouncy jump from zero, and nicer or more subtle up shifts. If you have rough downshifting, maybe (maybe) this will get it resolved but I don’t have rough shifting anyway to tell for sure.
Mine never had rough downshifting at all, so it’s buttery smooth before/after. However, you’ll notice nicer less bouncy jump from zero, and nicer or more subtle up shifts. If you have rough downshifting, maybe (maybe) this will get it resolved but I don’t have rough shifting anyway to tell for sure.
Sorry for the confusion, I didn't mean rough downshifts, I mean if you have to overtake a vehicle or get out of a dangerous situation, does the vehicle downshift quick enough in that mode.
Sorry for the confusion, I didn't mean rough downshifts, I mean if you have to overtake a vehicle or get out of a dangerous situation, does the vehicle downshift quick enough in that mode.
Oh I see; no, no issues at all. It’s not like Eco mode. Smooth but not underpowered. It reminds me of Comfort-Plus mode in my BMW.
Sounds similar in application to my AMG Ride Control (ARC). which softens the ride while adding control. Which, compared to my earlier E-ABC, provided a more refined ride and much better handling and control.
I wouldn't be driving a MB if I hadn't discovered ARC. It took a month to find one to drive.
Agree on Active Ride Control. It's phenomenal. Impossible to drive an MB without it after. It's like, how can it be a Mercedes and NOT have that suspension?
Agree on Active Ride Control. It's phenomenal. Impossible to drive an MB without it after. It's like, how can it be a Mercedes and NOT have that suspension?
I’ll clarify. When I think of a Mercedes, I think of the best of the best vehicles, or at least, very close to it. When I think of Mercedes vehicles, I think they should offer an experience that’s different from other vehicles. It should have a wow factor, like, okay, I see why Mercedes is Mercedes now. When my AMG EQE SUV is parked next to a similarly sized Toyota crossover that’s a quarter of the price, I expect the Mercedes to be at least four times better in every area—door handle feel, door heft, interior design, materials, performance, everything.
We swapped our EQS SUV for the AMG EQE SUV. As close to apples to apples of a comparison as we can get. The EQS SUV had Airmatic only, with sway bars permanently connected at all times. The AMG EQE SUV has AMG Airmatic with Active Ride Control. It is a night and day difference. The suspension in the EQS SUV left me wanting more. It didn’t feel like anything special necessarily. It had so much side-to-side head toss, so much bounce, float, and body roll, while somehow still being harsh and crashy at times.
The Active Ride Control suspension is incredible because for comfort, it can essentially disconnect the sway bars (so to speak) and let all the wheels work independently. It completely eliminates head toss in all scenarios—parking lots, slow-speed turns—you name it. And then when you start turning, there’s no body roll at all. Then for sportier driving, you can tighten up the Active Ride Control system and you can really feel the vehicle stiffen up. Now you really have no body roll. It’s the craziest sensation to go around corners at highway speeds—faster than I normally would in any other vehicle—and feel absolutely nothing in terms of body roll.
It’s quite a magical experience to have so much more comfort and performance capability at the same time. Riding in the EQS SUV with Airmatic only was nice. It was okay, but it didn’t feel particularly impressive or special. Riding in the Active Ride Control car feels a lot more special, impressive, and makes me say, “Okay, I get the whole Mercedes thing now."
I’ll clarify. When I think of a Mercedes, I think of the best of the best vehicles, or at least, very close to it. When I think of Mercedes vehicles, I think they should offer an experience that’s different from other vehicles. It should have a wow factor, like, okay, I see why Mercedes is Mercedes now. When my AMG EQE SUV is parked next to a similarly sized Toyota crossover that’s a quarter of the price, I expect the Mercedes to be at least four times better in every area—door handle feel, door heft, interior design, materials, performance, everything.
We swapped our EQS SUV for the AMG EQE SUV. As close to apples to apples of a comparison as we can get. The EQS SUV had Airmatic only, with sway bars permanently connected at all times. The AMG EQE SUV has AMG Airmatic with Active Ride Control. It is a night and day difference. The suspension in the EQS SUV left me wanting more. It didn’t feel like anything special necessarily. It had so much side-to-side head toss, so much bounce, float, and body roll, while somehow still being harsh and crashy at times.
The Active Ride Control suspension is incredible because for comfort, it can essentially disconnect the sway bars (so to speak) and let all the wheels work independently. It completely eliminates head toss in all scenarios—parking lots, slow-speed turns—you name it. And then when you start turning, there’s no body roll at all. Then for sportier driving, you can tighten up the Active Ride Control system and you can really feel the vehicle stiffen up. Now you really have no body roll. It’s the craziest sensation to go around corners at highway speeds—faster than I normally would in any other vehicle—and feel absolutely nothing in terms of body roll.
It’s quite a magical experience to have so much more comfort and performance capability at the same time. Riding in the EQS SUV with Airmatic only was nice. It was okay, but it didn’t feel particularly impressive or special. Riding in the Active Ride Control car feels a lot more special, impressive, and makes me say, “Okay, I get the whole Mercedes thing now."
Great points and totally understandable that you think that way. After all, Mercedes always been known for "the best or nothing" although lately I do notice they don't have this slogan posted anywhere anymore, unless I am blind.
I still agree they are better than a lot of car brands and the mainstream competitors (after all, they are a luxury brand).
I think what issue Mercedes has is mainly software inconsistencies and glitches that actually disables the vehicle and hinders the experience, alongside with relatively disappointing customer support experience and dealership experience.
Design changes probably include getting rid of the pop out door handles (pretty sure that won't happen) and also put some buttons back (already see some results from spyshot of W223 face-lift) If they could solve those issues, then Mercedes will likely be much closer to the perfect brand they once were.
Appreciate that you share your experience with Active Ride Control and I do glad that you are enjoying it.
Last edited by W205C43PFL; Mar 5, 2025 at 04:47 PM.
More like a GLS 580 having a sport mode which could remove the limiter, raise the rev limit, tighten the suspension, a 35 more hp/tq or so, and maybe open the exhaust valve all under the dynamic switch along with the other drive modes.
Oh thats great to hear that it does change the suspension to be a bit smoother, and this works with gls without e-abc, since i only have airmatic, will this work?
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Maybach Coding Package for GLS X167 non-AMG models, photos inside!
