New too are the S sport seats, with significantly
curved side bolsters that can be adjusted pneumatically, and the redesign work also sees a centre tunnel console that offers support for the lower leg during spirited driving.
Not exact matches
Lie on the
bolster on the
side where your major
curve is.
Responding to cornering forces, the lower backrest
side bolsters «tighten» at the outboard
side in a
curve and thus provide extra lateral support to their occupants.
Countering that were the
side bolsters that held you in place in
curves.
The BMW didn't feature the top Comfort seats (2,290 euro), but the electrically adjustable sport seats from the M Sport package (4,600 euro), while the Benz came with the superior (2,320 euro) multi-contour electric seats with massage functions and active
side -
bolster support in
curves.
Optional
Curve Control tilts the entire car into a turn, so that passengers are pressed into their seats rather than being pushed up against the
side bolsters by inertial force.
In practice, I found
Curve Control worked very well, as in both tight and broad turns the car's tilt pushed me down into the seat rather than pushing me to the
side, against the seat
bolster.