Talk me out of this w205 C63S coupe - help re. Facelift?

Hi all

I have looked at a couple of these this week having decided I need another v8 in my life!

The first car was a 2019 facelift car with the digital dash:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2024040483...

Went for a test drive and enjoyed it but it was a leggy example so decided to try to find something in better condition.

Fast forward to today and I went to look at this 2018 car:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2024032679...

It’s in fabulous condition but seems to have the facelift grill but not the facelift digital dash - I’m not that bothered by this and from what I can tell the only meaningful difference is that it has the older 7 speed gearbox.

Some googling and other forum posts seems to suggest that this may not be the end of the world with some preferring the older gearbox and nothing a test drive won’t help with as I have test drove the above 9 speed already so will have a good point of comparison.

Bit confused here re the grill - has someone just swapped it to a new style one or were there 2018 cars with the new clear but non updated digital dash?

How easy / difficult is it to retrofit something to provide Apple CarPlay on this older variant?

As an aside:

Baby is now 3 weeks old and I can confirm good passenger room in the back with the cubed isofix and seat (cloud T)