We are talking about a much newer version of car in this thread vs. mine.
Perhaps the participants in this thread know something.
I find it hard to believe that the 3 I mentioned are any less efficient than the dealer filter. One pro tech here who works at a dealership mentioned that the new dealer filters were made in France and were in his opinion....junk.
See what M.B.DOC had to say in this thread:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=48857&highlight=filter+france