S-Class (W221/C216) Mercedes-Benz S-Class W221 Facelift (Spy Photos & info)

[LaArtist]

^and what seems to be new LED lights

 

[Alwing]

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I like the changes from what I can see.
It seems that the turn signals which was located on the side of the headlight is changed to a horizontal strip.
Also nice to see that it will have visible exhaust pipes, which I find lacking in the current non-sport/AMG models.
Don't like the side mirrors, they aren't really an improvement over the current one in design.

 

[bum-man]

I very much like the new bumper and the headlights look very high-tech. In my opinion the new S doesn't have much to worry about the F01.

 

[Tarek]

^I definitely agree,it already looks awesome and with this hi tech lights and visible exhaust it's gonna be a stunner

 

[DaSilva]

I seriously hope those mirrors are a joke..
The new C-class has much bigger!

 

[ree]

I seriously hope those mirrors are a joke..
The new C-class has much bigger!

I hate the mirrors of the C-Class and these ones, well, ugly!!! I hope it will get more elegant one. It looks like it gets double fog lights?!

 

[bum-man]

I hate the mirrors of the C-Class and these ones, well, ugly!!! I hope it will get more elegant one. It looks like it gets double fog lights?!

Probably fake, I remember the W212 being disguised the same way and it looks like it will have either a strip of LEDs or single foglight.

 

[Centurion]

This only means one thing for the new 7er, trouble! Be very afraid.

First things first, I don't like the side mirrors and hope that it will get the more softer design like the ones on the facelifted CLS. The GLK styled side mirrors don't suit the soft lines of the car.
The front bumper is a big improvements since the current bumper design is a bit weak. I'm very surprised by the double fog lights though, didn't expect to see them on the S. Head lights look mysterious and I wonder if they contain cameras acting as road surface scanners.

 

[PHYBENZ]

I wonder what the story is behind the dual fogs, because the E is going to have them too... Maybe it's some new technology they will be introducing...

 

[LaArtist]

imo the only bad thing with these pics are the side mirrors..
why change them..?
the W221 has super sleek and good looking ones allready..

 

[GrimReaper]

The Artist: While the current mirrors may look sleek, IMO they're quite useless. The blind spots using these particular mirrors are huge and unacceptable for me. While these new ones do looks ugly, I presume they will be more functional.
MB should take cue from BMW on this one as the mirrors in the M5 are absolutely perfect without looking ghastly like in these pictures.

 

[Alwing]

I wonder what the story is behind the dual fogs, because the E is going to have them too... Maybe it's some new technology they will be introducing...

I've always thought it was because of the Intelligent Light System, I think the current C-class features these kind of lights.
When you turn left or right, the foglight will light up to increase visibility in corners, only works when the lights are turned on.
Just a guess, the outer foglights is for turningvisibility, the inner foglights for straightforward visibility.
The next generation E-class has double foglights as well but the Avantgarde version features LED's. So maybe the double foglights will function as daylight running as well?

imo the only bad thing with these pics are the side mirrors..
why change them..?
the W221 has super sleek and good looking ones allready..

I dislike them too, the current one looks so elegant.
As GrimReaper pointed out, for safety reasons and I also believe EU rules.
Aside of that I think that Mercedes-Benz has already started with sharing identical components throughout its product portfolio in order to reduce costs.
The mirrors looks the exactly the same as the one found in the spyphoto's of the next generation E-class and CLK-class but also the GLK-class and the C-class Blue-efficiency models.

 

[Centurion]

I'd rather see these side mirrors on it:

 

[andyvalencia]

will the headlamps be blacked out or is that only for testing, cause i quite like them!

 

[DaSilva]

why change them..?

S-Class superleggera ?
Too save weight ?

 

[Yaz]

Yep, the mirrors on the W221 are too small for such a big car.

Don't like the turn signal strip, unless they're LED's.

The tail lights look the same , but I like everything else.

I believe this model has the night view feature since it has the two projector headlamps and the camera in the windshield.

I also wish they do make the exhaust exposed 'cause this looks like an S600, not a normal S.

 

[Centurion]

Let's not complain too much about the side mirrors because it would be worse. Check out these dumbo ears the facelifted IS will be sporting*face palm*

 

[bmer]

That's not the facelift for the IS but their car for some racing series.

 

[bum-man]

That's not the facelift for the IS but their car for some racing series.

Why would they be testing it on the public roads and not a racetrack then?

 

[Sunny]

It a race car, if you look a bit carefully you can see the roll cage inside.

Mystery Lexus IS prototype identified: Yes, it's a race car!