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Wonder if anyone has or had a W169 with Designo seats? For that matter if anyone has Designo in any car?! Also wonder if they can be ordered (any longer) to replace the uncomfortable leather seats in my A160 (2009) and even, if fitted, they would just be the same feel?! Guess it's all impossible.
 

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Ive seen a few over the years. Only ever seen two W169's with Designo though. Plenty of other cars though.

What you can do (I did!) is to replace the leather/cloth with a nice Nappa leather. D-Class in Chobham can do this for you. It looks factory too.
 

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Designo is just special order colours and soft leather, it won't affect the comfort of the seats, I don't think Mercedes will retro fit the designo option, at least not for less than the car is worth.

You would have to have the whole interior retro-fitted to look authentic, not just one seat, so all door cards and trim, all 4 seats, carpet, dash, wood, veneer, headlining and pillars too maybe.

Best thing is buy a car with designo, except I find the colours a bit of a personal choice. One man's designo dream is often another man's idea of hideous.
 

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I have designo ivory leather in my E class,never seen another one tbh.
I imagine it's an expensive box to tick on the options list.
 

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I have designo ivory leather in my E class,never seen another one tbh.
I imagine it's an expensive box to tick on the options list.
I think it was about £2.5k
 

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