2019 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS COUPE AMG Owner's Manual

0009
Ifth ebr ak epedal isno tre leased afte ra
shor twhi le,RACE STAR Tis cance led. The
RAC ESTAR TCa ncel edmes sage appear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y. 0007
Take your foot offth ebr ak e, but keep the
acc elerat orpedal depresse d.
The vehicle pullsaway atmax imum acceler a‐
tio n.The RACE STARTActivemes sage
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
RA CE STAR Tis de acti vatedwhen theve hicle rea‐
ch es aspeed ofappr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h).
RA CE STAR Tis de acti vatedimmediat elyif yo u
re lease theacceler ator pedal during RACE
ST AR Tor ifan yof theactiv ation conditions are
no long erfulf illed. TheRACE STARTCanceled
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
0009 Afterusi ng itse veraltim esinshor tsucc es‐
sion ,RA CE STAR Tis una vailable untila cer ‐
ta in dis tance hasbe en driven. AM
Gadap tivespo rtsuspension system Fu
nction oftheAMG adaptiv espor tsusp en‐
sion system
The AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem is
an electr onicall ycon trolled damping system for
im prov ed driving comfortand increased driving
saf ety.
The dam ping isadjus tedindividually toeac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R thedr iving style, e.g. spor ty
R thero ad con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R theindividual selectionofSpor t,Spor t+or
Comf ort
0009 The mode canalso besetusing the
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.To do this, the
same suspension tuningmustbe select ed
fo rth eAMG adaptivespor tsuspension sys‐
te m and theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
0009 When theve hicle isstar tedag ain, the"Com‐
fo rt"se tting isact ivat ed aut omat ically. AMG
adaptiv espo rtsuspension system,
selecti ngthesusp ension setting 0007
Toselect theComf ortsusp ension set‐
ting :pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3goout.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem COMFOR T
messa geappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y. Dr
iving and parking 23

In
"Co mfort" mode, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic sof your vehicle arecomf ortable. 0007
Toselect theSpor tsusp ension setting:
pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indicat or
lam p3 lights up.
The AMG Suspens ionSystem SPORTmes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rt"dr ivin gmod een sur esafirm ersus‐
pension tuning. 0007
Toselect theSpor tPlus suspension set‐
ting :pr ess butt on1 repeat edly until indica‐
to rlam ps2 and 3light up.
The AMG Suspe nsionSystem SPORT+mes‐
sag eapp earsin themultifunc tiondispla y.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry
fi rm suspension tuning. Fu
nction oftheAMG DRIVEUNIT
Th eAMG DRIVEUNIT isavailab leonl yfo r
the mode lsMe rcedes- AMGC63 and
Mer cedes- AMGC63 S. The
AMG Drive Un itcon sistsof twoaddition al
con trol elemen tson thesteer ing wheel.
Using displaybutt ons 2,youcan decide whic h
tw ofun ction syo uwo uld liketo oper atewit hth e
lef t-hand AMGDRIVEUNIT control elemen t.Yo u
can chang ebe tween theav ailable function sby
pr essing there spectiv edispla ybutt on.
Yo ucan selectbetween thefo llo wing functions:
R ESP®
(0013 page18 )
R AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
(0013 page23)
R AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
(0013 page13 ) R
ECO star t/ stop funct ion(0013 page13 )
R Manual gearshif ting(0013 page16 )
The select edfunct ionsaredispla yedin displa y
butt ons 2.
By pressing button1, youcan operat eth e
select edfunctions.
The select edfunctions remain stor ed eve naf te r
a ne weng inestar tbut arere se tto their basic
se tting.
Yo ucan chang ebe tween thedr ive pr ogr ams
wit hro tary adjus ter3. The selected drive pr o‐
gr am app earsin disp lay butt on4. Bypressing
disp lay butt on4, youcan direct lyacc ess the
dr ive pr og ram = (Individual)
(0013 page15 ).
Mer cedes- AMGC63 S:ifadjus table traction
con trol isactiv ated, setpo we rassi stanc ein
inc rements using thero tar yad jus ter3
(0013 page21 ). 24
Driving and parking

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d):ifyo uact ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing ,(0013 page16 )th eupshif tbar will
appear onthemultifunc tionortheHead-up
Displa y.
R Warning and indicat orlam ps:theve hicle is
also equipped withESP ®
OFF 00BB and
ESP SPOR Twa rning lam ps
(0013 page43).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in vehicles withWi descr eenCockpit:
- Tach ome ter(cla ssic display se tting)
- Date(pr ogr essiv edisp lay se tting)
- Gea rdisp lay
- Warm-up
- AMG TRAC KPA CE
- G-M eter
- Engine data -
Trip com puter
- Navig ation Call
ingupdispla yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
0018 Performance 0007
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Dis playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP
R G-me ter
R Engi nedata
R Vehicl eswithout AMGTRACKPACE: RACE‐
TIME R(0013 page27 ) Ex
am ple: wa rm-up
1 Digitalspeedom eter
2 Gear displa y
3 Engine oiltemp eratur e
4 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
5 Boos tpr essur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat oper ating
te mp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla ysho ws Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 25

te
mp eratur e3 or4 inblue. Avoid using the
full engine powe routpu tdur ing this tim e. SE
TUP inMer cedes -AMG C43 vehicles (exa mp le)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic
2 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful
3 ESP®
:
On /Spor t/Of f
4 Suspen sion tuning:
Comf ort/ Spo rt/Spor t+
5 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M SE
TUP inMer cedes-AM GC63 vehicles (exa mp le)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Race
2 Susp ensiontuning :
Co mfort/Spor t/Sport+
3 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful
4 ESP®
:
On /Spor t/Of f
5 AMGDyn amic s:
Bas ic/Advanced /Pro/Ma ster
6 Trans miss ionposit ion
D/ M Ex
am ple: G-meter
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areex ertedon theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tra vel.The maxim umvalues appear inredin the
coordinat esy stem. 0007
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. 0007
Select Yes. 0007
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 26
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter

Ex
am ple: eng inedata
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue
Wh encur rent powe r1 orcur rent torq ue 2
ac hieve sth emaximum value, thedigit alvalue is
br ief lystatio nary.The bardispla ycont inues. Displa
yingandstar ting RACETIMER inthe
Pe rfor ma nce menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
0018 Performance
The follo wing functionsar epossible inRA CE‐
TIME R:
R Selec tingand star tin gdispla ys
R Stopping
R Startin gane wlap
R Displaying lapstatis tics
R Resettin g 1
Lap
2 Lap time
RA CETIMER isint ended onlyfo ruse ondesi gna‐
te dra ce trac ks.Do notus eth efunc tion onpub‐
lic roads. 0007
Toselect adispla yand star t:swipe upor
do wn onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Select Start and press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. 0007
Tosto p:sel ect Stop andpress thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 27

0007
Tostar ta ne wlap: afte rth efirs tst or ed lap,
pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Select New Lap.
A max imum of32 laps maybe stor ed. Ex
am ple: RACETIMER
1 Lap
2 Elapsed time
3 Averag espeed
4 Distance covered 0007
Todispl aythelap statis tics:af te rat lea st
tw ostor ed laps, press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. 0007
Select Lap List.
The lapstatis ticswill bedispla yed. 0007
Displa yth est atis ticsof thene xt lap byswip‐
ing upordown onthelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol.
The fastes tlap isindicat edbyflashin gsym‐
bol 1. 0007
Torese t:stop RACETIMER andpress the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 0007
Select Reset andpress thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol.
All laps willbedele ted. Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsint oth edr iver's
fi eld ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages Mer
cedes- AMGdisplaycont ent 1
Current engi nespe ed
2 Current speed
3 Currentl ysel ect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
4 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
Depe nding ontheve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla yson theDisplay Contentmenu.
If yo usele ctRA CET IMER,theHead-up Display
will showthelap and laptime. 28
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

In
vehicles withAMG TRACKPACE, youcan dis‐
pla yfur ther con tent dependi ng on these tting,
e.g. :
R Speed andgear ind icat or
R Lap and sectortimes
R Accel erati on and braki ng
R Grap hic trac klayo uts
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated.
Sy stem limita tions
The visib ilityisinf luenc edbythefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Seat position
R The posit ioningof thedispla yimag e
R Light conditions
R Wetro ads
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses 0009
Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 29

AMG
TRAC KPA CE Gener
alinf orma tion Wi
th AMG TRAC KPA CE, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic son race trac ks can beana lyzed and opti‐
mize d.Youcan drive pr ev iousl yst or ed race
tr ac ks (e.g. Hockenhei mring )or newtrac ks can
be recor ded andstor ed. The driven lap times are
st or ed forev erytra ck.The secan beana lyzed
and compar edtoother laptimes toachie vethe
bes tpossible race results. Addition ally,acc eler a‐
tio nand brakin gpr oce durescan bemeas ured
and stor ed. Se
tting Trac kRa ce Mult
imed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
TRACK PACE0019
Track Race
Re cor dingatrac k 0007
Select New track. 0007
Atthedesir edstar tin gpoin t,selec tSt art.
The trackre cor ding star ts at this point .Dur‐
ing trac kre cor ding, sect orscan besetto
de term ine interva ls. 0007
Tofinis htrac kre cor ding, select Stop orcross
th est ar tin gline again. 0007
Enterth ewe ather and thetrac kname.
Sear ching bytrac kname 0007
Select Alltrac ks. 0007
Select ª Search. 0007
Enterthetra ck nam e.
Tr ac ks wit hth esear ched name aredis‐
pla yed.
Measur ingthetim eon thetrac k 0007
Sele ctTimek eeping.
An ove rview of near bytrac ks appear s.
The distance and dire ction tothest ar tin g
line ofthetrac kis displa yed. 0007
Select thedesir edtrac k.
If yo uha ve already driven on this trac k, you
can select adr iven time asare fere nce time .
Ti mek eepi ngbegi nsautomatical lywhen the
st ar tin gline hasbeen cross ed.
0009 When Zoomisselec ted, thetra ck displa y
can beswitc hedfrom 2Dto3D. Di
spla ying theana lysis 0007
Select Laptimes.
An ove rview of all thedr iven times appear s. 0007
Select atra ck.
The follo wing datais displa yed:
R Lap and sectortimes
R Averag eand topspeed
R Driver
R Vehicle
R Date
R Weather 0007
Select adesir edlap.
The analysis isdispla yed. 30
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