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Headlamps – Intelligent Light System (code 621)
Bi-xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lights, Adaptive High Beam Assist, cornering light function, headlamp wash and LED rear tail lights
Evidently US spec cars don't get this feature although I'm not sure it's been confirmed or denied by MB. Another thread noticed the exclusion of this system in recent (production or pre-production) US Open display vehicles by directing attention to the center portion, closer to the grill in each headlight, and noting a lamp is not present. Researching the optional equipment UK price list also suggests in a photo on page 20 that these center lamps may be a feature of the Intelligent Light System.
My US spec build printout from May 20th, 2013 shows Bi-Xenon Headlamps (code 614). However, later build printouts from netstar no longer show standard accessory codes such as this.
Why this is the case? Maybe because it's too 'intelligent' for US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (similar to the Audi A8 Matrix headlights).
From the UK CLA-Class brochure:
Bi-xenon headlamps with LED daytime running lights, Adaptive High Beam Assist, cornering light function, headlamp wash and LED rear tail lights
Evidently US spec cars don't get this feature although I'm not sure it's been confirmed or denied by MB. Another thread noticed the exclusion of this system in recent (production or pre-production) US Open display vehicles by directing attention to the center portion, closer to the grill in each headlight, and noting a lamp is not present. Researching the optional equipment UK price list also suggests in a photo on page 20 that these center lamps may be a feature of the Intelligent Light System.
My US spec build printout from May 20th, 2013 shows Bi-Xenon Headlamps (code 614). However, later build printouts from netstar no longer show standard accessory codes such as this.
Why this is the case? Maybe because it's too 'intelligent' for US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (similar to the Audi A8 Matrix headlights).
From the UK CLA-Class brochure:
The Intelligent Light System comprises a variety of modes and functions: country mode, motorway mode, fog mode, cornering light function, Adaptive High Beam Assist, which automatically maximises the headlamps’ range then lowers them again as soon as the lights of an oncoming vehicle are detected. Also included are LED tail lights and LED integral daytime running lights that help you to be seen in dull conditions.
