S-Class (W223) Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W223) Facelift 2024

[leylandi]

 

[Swissbob]

They will follow the new GLC's design path for the door panels. I think the design in the prototype is misleading. It would be absurd for them to continue with the current design in the S-Class.

I agree.

It’s the single most annoying thing of the car, everything else is still benchmark.

I am for sure not the only customer who because of this didn’t buy the car, although I and my family are serial S-Class buyers.
My convertible is the 9th S-Class we bought since the late 80s ( W126,W140,V220,W221,A217)

 

[Centurion]

I am not remotely excited about this facelift. Why?

All theses changes ring the bell of a 15-20% price hike!

However I look forward to the flat crank engine being used, ideally as a non plugin hybrid, in the CLE.

 

[PINHEAD]

Mercedes are absolutely stupid for including this BS shiny black piano trim on the FL S-class, it is the part of the interior that every person who sees it says it looks cheap. WTF are they thinking! They change 2700 effing parts and can't change the things that count the most, the interior parts that look cheap!!

They can change these parts to wood on a half priced CLA, but their flagship they leave the same, they out of their minds!

Pre FL:

FL: (no change!!)

Ridiculous!

 

[Design FIRST]

I am not remotely excited about this facelift. Why?

All theses changes ring the bell of a 15-20% price hike!

However I look forward to the flat crank engine being used, ideally as a non plugin hybrid, in the CLE.

Mercedes-Benz AG needs that absolute proverbial "slam dunk", that astounding tour de force of design and technology. Personally not at all expecting something of the like with the W/V223 MoPF. Facelifts seldon accomplish that. The W/V224 may however be another story altogether. AMG.EA tech looks extremely exciting and an immensely significant stepping stone into a sustainably good future.

 

[Centurion]

Mercedes-Benz AG needs that absolute proverbial "slam dunk", that astounding tour de force of design and technology. Personally not at all expecting something of the like with the W/V223 MoPF. Facelifts seldon accomplish that. The W/V224 may however be another story altogether. AMG.EA tech looks extremely exciting and an immensely significant stepping stone into a sustainably good future.

So you think the GLS facelift will be as extensive or that the w224 one is extensive because a replacement won't be due until 4-5 years?

 

[Design FIRST]

So you think the GLS facelift will be as extensive or that the w224 one is extensive because a replacement won't be due until 4-5 years?

Quite honestly, I cannot really comment on the GLS one way or the other. Somehow, the GLS has never been a vehicle that has ever been on my personal radar. Not as someone interested in automobiles. Not as a potential customer (who I most certainly am not...never have been...never will be).

 

[Rolf]

Quite honestly, I cannot really comment on the GLS one way or the other. Somehow, the GLS has never been a vehicle that has ever been on my personal radar. Not as someone interested in automobiles. Not as a potential customer (who I most certainly am not...never have been...never will be).

I personally think the GLS facelift will also not be a slam dunk moment as the interior will probably still be virtually the same as the upcoming GLE FL and the exterior styling changes will be the same like the S-class with graphic changes with stars galore for the headlights and tail lamps.

 

[Design FIRST]

I personally think the GLS facelift will also not be a slam dunk moment as the interior will probably still be virtually the same as the upcoming GLE FL and the exterior styling changes will be the same like the S-class with graphic changes with stars galore for the headlights and tail lamps.

IMHO, facelifts are stopgaps and hence, never really all that interesting.

Bring on the W/V224, E-Class EQ and the AMG.EA vehicles ! Those have the potential of being genuinely remarkable. Will they ? We'll see... And we'll see how the GLC EQ and C-Class EQ perform in the marketplace soon enough.

 

[GTA45E]

The piano plastic in the center console received the largest complaints, and that has been removed, thankfully. It was a fingerprint magnet.
The plastic in the door cards is not a significant issue. This area is not accessed that much.
If it were, it would have addressed and removed.

 

[leylandi]

Even the CLA doesn't have piano black door panels. We'll see the truth in two weeks.