Seats
Three different seat types (basic, comfort and sport) are offered for the new A-Class. The combination options for the seats with the lines, packages and special equipment have been restructured. The seats are differentiated by their contour, seam patterns and the material of the covers as well as the type of head restraints. Special equipment such as the seat heating, seat ventilation or the multicontour seats increase the traveling comfort for the vehicle occupants.
Front seats
Seat climate control (with code 401 (Seat climate control for driver and front passenger))
The seat climate control includes the seat heating and the seat ventilation. For the seat ventilation, there is a radial fan located in each case in the upholstery of the seat cushion and the backrest that supplies the air through the seat structure. The intaken air flows through the seat structure and is transferred via the fans downward and toward the rear. The vehicle occupant is surrounded by a pleasant air flow. Also in the case of a very hot vehicle interior, the intake of cooler ambient air allows for a very rapid cooling down of the hot seat surfaces to skin temperature. Due to the ventilation phase, the seat surface has a pleasant temperature and moisture is dissipated. The ventilation level (fan speeds and thus the air speed) has three stages.
Multicontour seats (with code 409 (Left/right front multicontour seats))
Due to an electrically driven pneumatic pump, the seat side bolsters and lumbar supports for the driver and front passenger can be individually set. Due to the adjustable seat side bolsters, a better lateral support can be achieved by changing the backrest width. A pulsating and/or wave-like inflation and deflation of the lumbar support provides a massage effect in the lumbar area.
The multicontour seat functions are operated via the multimedia system display (touchscreen).
Rear seats
The seat backrest in the rear of the new A-Class allows for a large variability of the vehicle interior. For this purpose, the seat backrest is divided as standard into 60/40 (driver's side/front passenger side) and the seat backrests can be individually folded as per this division. Already from the standard equipment, the seat backrest can be folded down onto the seat surfaces after the release of the backrest lock so that an almost flat cargo area is available.
For an even greater variability, a seat backrest in the rear with the division 40/20/40 can be ordered with code 287 (Foldable seat backrests in rear). The center 20 % element of the seat backrest again significantly improves the loading comfort of the vehicle with, for example, a snowboard or other sport equipment.
In combination with code 942 (EASY-PACK load-securing kit load compartment management), the seat backrest can be manually adjusted so that more vertical; cardboard boxes can thus for example be stowed.
The center head restraint is attached as closely as possible to the shoulder of the seat backrest due to the form of its underside. In addition, the areas on the left and right of the center head restraint are lowered. As a result, the rearward view is impaired to the least possible extent while an effective head protection is nevertheless ensured for the vehicle occupant on the center seat.