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

[Centurion]

Mercedes doesn't even produce the Pullman anymore. The S-Class is big enough.

I don't think it's big enough. At least not when it comes to rear leg room. Chinese flagship cars have much roomier backseats.

That's the competition now. Not A8 and 7-Series.

In the middle east Chinese cars are goring in popularity. This includes big cars in high price brackets.

 

[SKY]

Something like this is what i’m talking about my good sir :

That's an Audi glass house, not an MB one.

 

[Dopebouy]

That's an Audi glass house, not an MB one.

Almost, but this is where it’s at actually.

 

[klier]

Almost, but this is where it’s at actually.

No third side window on the W140. @SKY is absolutely right.

 

[klier]

Big and large isn’t always better, the inner qualities is what really matters to me. I don’t need or want a very large S class to feed my ego. Besides, in Europe it would be very impractical.
It’s a bit like the watches pictured above. The two watches at the bottom are by far my preferred choice.

Ok Boomer

(I'd take the first watch any day of the week)

 

[Dopebouy]

No third side window on the W140. @SKY is absolutely right.

Yeah if Bastian can design something like this with a rounded Mercedes glasshouse at the third side window, we might actually have a winner gentlemen

 

[klier]

Yeah if Bastian can design something like this with a rounded Mercedes glasshouse at the third side window, we might actually have a winner gentlemen

But no third side window PLS!

I somehow have this feeling MB is going to hark back to the W140 with the W224. It's time and the W140 is a perfect template for a new modern version with that batmobile concept grille

 

[SKY]

Exactly. It’s not about sticking a huge, fake grille on an EQ derivative design. MB needs to look back to its roots and search for what made the company great.

One thing is for certain: it was not the silly lights design of the current cars, or the FUGLY interior design on this W223.

Another cycle like the last one and god knows where MB might end up…

 

[Design FIRST]

But no third side window PLS

Not the fan of the rear third sideglass "concept" on M-B sedans in general. The less sideglass partitioning, the better IMHO. The theme seen on the W206, W214 and W223 are just fine. And I hope the M-B carries on with it on their future sedans as well.

 

[Design FIRST]

That's an Audi glass house, not an MB one.

Not really. I do not recall Audi having a partition in the rear door glass since the C2 100/200.

 

[SKY]

Not really. I do not recall Audi having a partition in the rear door glass since the C2 100/200.

You won’t find any modern S-Class with the glass house extending beyond the rear door. It screams economy car.

But hey, you never know, it seems even the new C-Class EV is having this now.

 

[klier]

Not really. I do not recall Audi having a partition in the rear door glass since the C2 100/200.

Because they mitigate that with their third side window. And indeed the S class having both is just sloppy.

That partition you talk about bothers me extremely on the new GLC EV btw. The iX3 has none, whereas the GLC is littered with lines going criss cross across the glass.

 

[Uygar]

Something like this is what i’m talking about my good sir :

It looks fine but still, not even close. That dash to axle ratio is totally absurd. You would have to shorten the hood in order to make it more realistic and that would end up in a shorter car, which again proves the point that the world doesn’t really need a gigantic S-Class. Those “extra” centimeters will probably come from the overhangs.

 

[Matski]

The glass runs into the C-pillar on the Maybach without two piece glass in the door. The fact someone making a 'shop can't get it right is mostly irrelevant.

Bentley does it with two piece door glass and nothing in the C-pillar, Rolls-Royce does it with glass in the C-pillar and no extra door glass, BMW does it with two piece door glass, and Audi did it with glass in the C-pillar.

I think the Genesis G90 has both two piece glass and glass in the C-Pillar, as does the EQS, and yeah, they look pretty messy, but having one or the other seems fine to me.

 

[Rolf]

Something like this is what i’m talking about my good sir :

That does look pretty good. Imagine this car in Kalahari Gold with 20inch Maybach chrome monoblock wheels or even a 2 tone paintwork with deep red wine top and white bottom with those same 20inch Maybach chrome monoblock wheels. Superb.

 

[Dopebouy]

Oh

That does look pretty good. Imagine this car in Kalahari Gold with 20inch Maybach chrome monoblock wheels or even a 2 tone paintwork with deep red wine top and white bottom with those same 20inch Maybach chrome monoblock wheels. Superb.

Ohh gosh i can just imagine, pure class!