Mercedes magic body control

03_01_TDI

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Dec 10, 2003
Location
Denmark
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Na
One car company has removed sway bars and simply adjust the rear shock electronically to compensate on turns.
 

German_1er_diesel

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Joined
Jun 6, 2008
Location
Ratzeburg
TDI
BMW 118d
According to the reviews coming in in the German car press, the Magic Body Control is significantly worse than the standard air suspension at filtering out cobblestone, small potholes, etc.
The only thing it does remarkably well is masking longer, low-amplitude imperfections. But it deactivates in the dark, in rainy conditions and if you are going faster than 130 kph. And you can't get it on a 4- or 6-cylinder S-Class. So what's the point again?
 
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