2019 E300 Cabriolet

[lesR]

Hi all

I'm new to Mercedes and this is my first one. I have two questions that I am sure you can help me with. Firstly I often see descriptions like W213 or similar to describe a model, so how do I find out what my car is and why is it used? Secondly on the trip/fuel display when you release the throttle completely it shows 'charging' then goes into 'gliding mode' I understand the gliding mode but what is being charged, does it have a second battery?

Thanks for any help

lesR

[KPdiEwcar]

lesR said:

Hi all

I'm new to Mercedes and this is my first one. I have two questions that I am sure you can help me with. Firstly I often see descriptions like W213 or similar to describe a model, so how do I find out what my car is and why is it used? Secondly on the trip/fuel display when you release the throttle completely it shows 'charging' then goes into 'gliding mode' I understand the gliding mode but what is being charged, does it have a second battery?

Thanks for any help

lesR

W123, R230, etc. etc. etc. are basically more specific model designations over the years rather than, say, 'SL' or 'E Class' which is a little indeterminent.

If you take the SL then, for example, R107 was the model through the 70s and 80s, then R129 for the 90s, R230 for 2000s, and so on.


To find yours, look at the little VIN plate on the passenger side of the windscreen. Looking from outside, at the bottom you'll see a black plate with white letters and numbers. It'll be something like WDD207.......... Those first three numbers are the model number.

Charging refers to the 48v EQ boost battery that it uses to provide some extra woompf when you need it and maintains the car's momentum when you're coasting.

KP

[Monkeylegend]

It's complicated, very complicated.

W can stand for 4/5 doors.
R can stand for roadster
C can stand for Coupe
S can stand for sedan

but it is not as easy as that even if you google it.

It's complicated.

[lesR]

Thanks very much both of you, those details help me understand my new car a lot better.

lesR

[yellowbentines]

Monkeylegend said:

It's complicated, very complicated.

W can stand for 4/5 doors.
R can stand for roadster
C can stand for Coupe
S can stand for sedan

but it is not as easy as that even if you google it.

It's complicated.

S can actually stand for estate, in the case of the E Class, S212, S211 etc., whereas the W212 and W211 are saloons.

So,

S = Wagon
W = Sedan

Makes sense, right....

[AC43]

yellowbentines said:

S can actually stand for estate, in the case of the E Class, S212, S211 etc., whereas the W212 and W211 are saloons.

So,

S = Wagon
W = Sedan

Makes sense, right....

God I'd never noticed that. Despite having had a W202, an S202, an S211 and an S212. Saloon, Wagon, Wagon and Wagon respectively.....

[Monkeylegend]

yellowbentines said:

Monkeylegend said:

It's complicated, very complicated.

W can stand for 4/5 doors.
R can stand for roadster
C can stand for Coupe
S can stand for sedan

but it is not as easy as that even if you google it.

It's complicated.

S can actually stand for estate, in the case of the E Class, S212, S211 etc., whereas the W212 and W211 are saloons.

So,

S = Wagon
W = Sedan

Makes sense, right....

Its complicated

I would love to be able to say I understood all their designations but I don't and probably never will.