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Funny, I've heard of almost nothing but nightmares (maintenance and $$$-wise) from the early 4-matic system. This is what discouraged me from looking at them. Not sure of the nuts-and-bolts functionality of the new 4-matic system, but I understand they are considerable less proble-matic, but very effective.
It (the older system) may well indeed have been more sophisticated, but being sophisticated for sophisticated's-sake is useless imho.
I loved MB's as much as anyone at these forums but remember, the saying is: 'engineered like no other car in the world' not 'engineered better.....'
Regards,
- Ryan
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