S-Class (W222/C217/A217) [Spyshots] Mercedes-Benz 2014 W222 S-Class (Spy pics & info)

[calvinleeabc]

I always think the design of new s class just link c class headlight and old slk class back...

 

[Betty Swollocks]

When you sit in the SL's beautiful interior, the slightly off centre screen is nary and issue and barely noticeable.

I disagree. Having sat in it at the Geneva motor show in March, it looks terrible and is perfectly noticeable, something which I was happy to point out to everybody who was around me looking at the SL.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

I disagree. Having sat in it at the Geneva motor show in March, it looks terrible and is perfectly noticeable, something which I was happy to point out to everybody who was around me looking at the SL.

LOL. Sounds like something I would do.

That you have to point it out though really says something about how noticeable it is. They were obviously too busy ogling at the other beautiful details.

 

[K-A]

I disagree. Having sat in it at the Geneva motor show in March, it looks terrible and is perfectly noticeable, something which I was happy to point out to everybody who was around me looking at the SL.

I agree, it's very noticeable. The SL's interior is very nice and extremely robust feeling, but it's nothing so special that a massive design flaw right smack dab in front of your face isn't worth noticing. This is 2012, off-center bits and pieces due to cost cutting are unacceptable! Especially on such an expensive car.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Eh...I'd rather have an offcentre screen and sleep soundly that all my interior bits are properly galvanised.

Hell we should all just give up and buy Audi's since we're told constantly that their interiors are the be all and end all.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

LOL. Sounds like something I would do.

That you have to point it out though really says something about how noticeable it is. They were obviously too busy ogling at the other beautiful details.

I guess so. One guy who I pointed it out to hadn't previously noticed it, and he then spent some time pointing it out to lots of other people too. I left the MB stand before I could be thrown off.

 

[Wolfgang]

Switching to the larger COMAND Online screen may have caused it, per previous GCF discussion.
Should they have stuck to the smaller one?

The initial R231 layout shows a smaller COMAND screen centered between circular air vents.

The larger R231 production COMAND Online screen pushes one gimbal vent off center.

 

[mercedesfaker]

The new S-Class - Interieur....

 

[mini_cooper4]

The fact that you like the W221 says something. When that design debuted, droves of people were lamenting it's Korea-inspired bulbous fenders. So many people yelled "That doesn't look German! All hail the Korean S-class!" Now people like you see it as timeless. Very interesting.

Yes you are right about that. I was one of the people hating the W221 when I first saw it but I only needed to see it irl with AMG-Pack and that was enough to fall in love
Same case with the BMW 3-Series E90 when it was first unveiled... I was like "WTH look at the E46 and now look at this shit..." Now it's my dream car and I'm an ex owner
Compare that to the CLS and SL... I've already seen them on the streets... enough to not want to see them ever again

PS: I'm a Bangle era lover - not the most beautiful cars but cars with souls... revolutionary!
Now we get generic designs... NO SOUL just shiny! THAT's what I hate in cars... it's even worse than ugly (the SL is too ugly tho)

 

[W201]

Apparently, S Class W221 production has ceased. Goodbye W221!

http://www.worldcarfans.com/112101749528/mercedes-slashes-s-class-production

That said, we can probably expect Der Neue Sonderklasse to debut very soon?

 

[Keyonte]

If only it was blown up we could see how good or bad that digital cluster is and whats new w/ the COMAND system

 

[PHYBENZ]

officially scared of the new interior. Looks very inharmonious, from a design aspect.

Very curious to see how the lines of the dash are from the command screen to the passenger door.

 

[data]

The new S-Class - Interieur....

That horror!!

 

[Keyonte]

That horror!!

it looks much better in this pic, maybe it was the color

 

[Tigrelle]

Well Mercedes has just anounced to slash down the S-Class production due to bad sales because, ''...the car is greatly outdated in comparison to the Audi and BMW premium class vechicles.''

 

[K-A]

Switching to the larger COMAND Online screen may have caused it, per previous GCF discussion.
Should they have stuck to the smaller one?


The initial R231 layout shows a smaller COMAND screen centered between circular air vents.

The larger R231 production COMAND Online screen pushes one gimbal vent off center.

Wow, how hideous and unacceptable. Only M-B is getting away with messes like this these days. A bigger COMAND screen is fine and all (it doesn't seem bigger than any other M-B's?), but c'mon, even entry level cars get harmonious and straight design! This crooked look on a $120K car is ridiculous.

Most people aren't very detail oriented which is why they won't notice, not to mention, the angle from the driver seat makes it harder to notice. However, it's a shame that M-B are officially catering to those who won't pay attention to details.

 

[Keyonte]

Wow, how hideous and unacceptable. Only M-B is getting away with messes like this these days. A bigger COMAND screen is fine and all (it doesn't seem bigger than any other M-B's?), but c'mon, even entry level cars get harmonious and straight design! This crooked look on a $120K car is ridiculous.

Most people aren't very detail oriented which is why they won't notice, not to mention, the angle from the driver seat makes it harder to notice. However, it's a shame that M-B are officially catering to those who won't pay attention to details.

When a person drop 120k on a brand new Benz they many disreguard that offset. Screen but still Mercedes should have e everything as proportional snit can be esperacially for the price you're pay for it. I don't see how they are planning to take on Bentley and rolls Royce with these silly mistakes but I still have High hopes for the s class

 

[Merc1]

You guys are are really lost with this theory about Mercedes taking on Bentley and Rolls Royce. Really lost.

M

 

[Wolfgang]

Well Mercedes has just anounced to slash down the S-Class production due to bad sales

Thanks. Here's the scoop.



Mercedes-Benz Cuts Production of Current S-Class on Lower European Demand

The gloomy clouds that once dangled only over the southern parts of Europe have now moved across the continent and are affecting more and more companies, including Mercedes-Benz that has cut one of the two production shifts it normally runs for its current generation S-Class at the Sindelfingen plant in Germany.

The decision was made after European sales of its flagship model dropped by 27 percent to 5,227 units in the first eight months of the year, according to data provided by market researchers JATO Dynamics.

Reuters reported that the move will result in about 8,000 fewer S-Class cars being built in the fourth quarter of the year.

Mercedes said that the plant will return to a two shift operation once it introduces the next generation of the S-Class in the summer of 2013.

"Workers manufacturing the S-Class will be reassigned to the C-Class assembly line during this period," Mercedes-Benz's parent company Daimler said in a statement on Wednesday.

 

[Wolfgang]

If only it was blown up we could see how good or bad that digital cluster is and whats new w/ the COMAND system

Here's a larger picture.

The new S-Class will be revealed in 2013 - and here is, in addition to many known spy pictures, the interior. We present a look at the interior of the luxury vehicle in the more exclusive AMG variant.

While the interior of the new S-Class, which will be celebrating its world premiere in 2013, is completely redrawn like the exterior, a few things are reminiscent of its predecessor (W221). The interior shows in addition to new air vents and the analog clock, an instrument cluster based on an entire screen, and to the right of it a navigation screen.

The speedometer tops out at 320 km/h, while the shift lever is - as usual - mounted on the right side of the steering wheel. The steering wheel buttons are new as well.
Translated from MB Passion