Hot! Mercedes-Benz, What's Next?

[Ozy]

This shot is wow, gives the most “futuristic” merc vibes since forever.

 

[Serpens]

No the early 2000s pop up screens aren't luxury by today's standards. But the Conti GT one is, and the way the new Audi TT concept folds away its screen is luxury these days. It needs to be done in a way so that it isn't visible in any way when not in use.

They’re virtually always in use though. I have yet to be in a Bentley without that screen showing unless the car is turned off. The option is nice but as more functions get tied to the display you’re practically forced to use it anyways.

 

[Shellshock]

So yes, its kind of official, Glc will have pillar to pillar 39" display
Hopefully was tested and build to last

 

[Esp5]

Unfortunately, the supply chain for this product was in place probably 3-4 years ago.

for the updated wheel (amongst other things), which requires time to build the supply chain and manufacturing tooling.

How is it that other manufacturers don't have supply chain problems?
Blaming them for the failures makes no sense, other manufacturers can plan ahead, but Mercedes can't?
It all comes down to poor planning, besides, we don't even know if a new steering wheel is planned.

 

[klier]

They’re virtually always in use though.

You could change that by showing critical info in the instrument cluster which is digital these days. And when you pair that with a good proper HUD, voice control and physical buttons for basic operations, a pop up screen could be put in sleep mode more often during a drive.

This shot is wow, gives the most “futuristic” merc vibes since forever.

Impressive because I count like 57 pixels in total here.

 

[Uygar]

This shot is wow, gives the most “futuristic” merc vibes since forever.

I wonder how it’s gonna look in black. That would make the grille pop even more.

 

[Ozy]

You could change that by showing critical info in the instrument cluster which is digital these days. And when you pair that with a good proper HUD, voice control and physical buttons for basic operations, a pop up screen could be put in sleep mode more often during a drive.



Impressive because I count like 57 pixels in total here.

Maybe we should be thankful for the low quality, who knows what impressions will high res photos leave lets be happy until proven otherwise

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

How is it that other manufacturers don't have supply chain problems?
Blaming them for the failures makes no sense, other manufacturers can plan ahead, but Mercedes can't?
It all comes down to poor planning, besides, we don't even know if a new steering wheel is planned.

They do have the same supply chain challenges. Look at the iX3 steering wheel. They're going to be stuck with that until their next one has finished development.
If the NK fails (which hopefully it won't), then BMW would have similar issues with pivoting, because their entire manufacturing setup and supply chain was geared to make NK cars.
We're talking about plastic molding, part supplies, metal machining/bonding/welding, etc which are geared to be in use for several years.
This is all fundamental to product lifecycle management.
Chinese manufacturers are more flexible, because they are often part of companies that make more than just cars. They have almost complete vertical integration that other car manufacturers do not. That and heavy government subsidy offsetting losses from mistakes.

 

[Swissbob]

That or have a trim piece that covers it up with the push of a BUTTON.
God I miss buttons.

Me to.

I despise the HVAC Touch controls.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

When's the embargo lift today?

 

[Swissbob]

2030 CEST.

 

[Esp5]

They do have the same supply chain challenges. Look at the iX3 steering wheel. They're going to be stuck with that until their next one has finished development.
If the NK fails (which hopefully it won't), then BMW would have similar issues with pivoting, because their entire manufacturing setup and supply chain was geared to make NK cars.
We're talking about plastic molding, part supplies, metal machining/bonding/welding, etc which are geared to be in use for several years.
This is all fundamental to product lifecycle management.
Chinese manufacturers are more flexible, because they are often part of companies that make more than just cars. They have almost complete vertical integration that other car manufacturers do not. That and heavy government subsidy offsetting losses from mistakes.

I buy everything you say, but for me it's more a matter of timely decision-making than something related to the chain. If others can see that a necessary change is coming and take action, but you can't, you're doing something wrong.

 

[klier]

They do have the same supply chain challenges. Look at the iX3 steering wheel. They're going to be stuck with that until their next one has finished development.

You're being overly dramatic with your supply chain issues. And I truly don't think it would take as long as you suggest if there's a major problem somewhere in customer disconnect. Just look at how quickly BMW is already addressing the ICE X3's major quality and design issues. The car is barely on the market and is already being changed.

And besides the fact that the new iX3 has three different steering wheel designs, implementing a new one would not take long obviously.
They're not going to change these design anyways. This is what it is at least until the facelift, and probably thereafter too.

 

[SKY]

You're being overly dramatic with your supply chain issues. And I truly don't think it would take as long as you suggest if there's a major problem somewhere in customer disconnect. Just look at how quickly BMW is already addressing the ICE X3's major quality and design issues. The car is barely on the market and is already being changed.

And besides the fact that the new iX3 has three different steering wheel designs, implementing a new one would not take long obviously.
They're not going to change these design anyways. This is what it is at least until the facelift, and probably thereafter too.

3 different steering wheels? What’s the third one? I might have missed that!

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

I buy everything you say, but for me it's more a matter of timely decision-making than something related to the chain. If others can see that a necessary change is coming and take action, but you can't, you're doing something wrong.

I mean you aren't that wrong. If you made the wrong bets, you can and will get caught flat footed.

There are magnitudes of failures. The EQ disaster with EVA2 would take longer to fix, than steering wheels or build quality issues.

But I am in agreement that Mercedes needs a new design lead. If for no other reason than to freshen things up. I think the GLC looks great, but obviously others disagree, but the ugliness of individual models isn't really the issue. It's more I think need new ideas, in general

 

[SKY]

What’s the deal when the car is turned off? There is a black band across the rear end where the lights are?

 

[klier]

3 different steering wheels? What’s the third one? I might have missed that!

I think it's Standard, M Sport and M Sport Pro

What’s the deal when the car is turned off? There is a black band across the rear end where the lights are?

Sorry for mentioning the iX3 all the time here, but the iX3 rear lights are white when turned off, only to become red when on. Maybe it's similar but black on the Benz?

 

[Ozy]

When will the car be presented?

 

[Der Hofmeister]

I think it's Standard, M Sport and M Sport Pro



Sorry for mentioning the iX3 all the time here, but the iX3 rear lights are white when turned off, only to become red when on. Maybe it's similar but black on the Benz?

There are 2 types of steering wheels for the iX3 offered currently: Sport (the one w/ the spokes at 6 & 12 & available in black colour) and M Sport (bearing ///M badge and spokes at 4 & 8). Actually, the steering wheel in Digital White seen in the press pics is Individual (in fact, the Sport steering wheel in a different color than black), to be offered from January 2026 onwards. So 3 steering wheels only from early 2026.

 

[Rolf]

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I like the large rear tail lights with the quad circular rings joined in the middle by a single LED strip looks classy and massively better than the other EQ models with an amoeba shaped tailight and strip.

The GLC EQ looks much more classier than the ICE GLC to be honest. In my opinion it looks smaller than the iX3, but that could be due to the more rounded corners and side panels, where the BMW is more angular and vertical.