Because of the poor sales figures, Mercedes carries out a new and comprehensive facelift with the R-Class (which in my view has also succeeded) and it is not operated on the in-house homepage or anywhere in the media advertising for the “new model”. And whether it is really advantageous that the manufacturer now specifies in the configurator which models are available with 4 Matic drive and which are not resp. which models with short and which available with long wheelbase In front of the facelift, I was still free to choose the respective motorization with the respective wheelbase (short/long) and the respective drive (4 Matic/Heckdrive). At least as far as these aspects are concerned, everything was not necessarily worse with the predecessor model. Let’s hope that the R-Class will not finally become a “swaving stroke” due to this well thought-out sales strategy or that the manufacturer here still improved. beebymurphy