Hot! Mercedes-Benz, What's Next?

[klier]

This is what Car Industry Analysis mentions:

6er - 13,100

13k in '24 for a car discontinued in '23 is remarkable indeed. Is that inventory leftover or something? Sounds like a number too gigantic to have just hanging about?

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

The 7er/i7 is above S Class if you don't include EQS.

If you include EQS, then the total S-line outsold the 7er/i7 line.

Source data please?

 

[Gor134]

Source data please?

I'm going off of Car Industry Analysis

He's stating roughly 40,600 S Classes sold excluding Maybach and around 8,500 EQSs. I checked Mercedes' press releases and I don't believe they publically published global deliveries by model.

 

[leylandi]

Maybach is not included in the S class and GLS models

 

[leylandi]

Interesting Facts: The EQS sold 23,000 units in its first full year, more than twice what the i7 achieved.

 

[leylandi]

 

[Gor134]

Interesting Facts: The EQS sold 23,000 units in its first full year, more than twice what the i7 achieved.

Doesn't really matter, EQS launched earlier during a very inflated market period. i7 launched when EVs started going on a downhill trend.

 

[Luca]

 

[Luca]

 

[Luca]

Unfortunately, the interior of the new Gla will be the same as the GLC/EV.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

Unfortunately, the interior of the new Gla will be the same as the GLC/EV.

More likely to be the same as the CLA as I believe it's on the same platform.

 

[Matski]

the 3-pointed star says it all

It certainly does.

What 'it' is though is open to some serious debate.

 

[TATE]

Unfortunately, the interior of the new Gla will be the same as the GLC/EV.

Fortunately

 

[lukeswiss]

More likely to be the same as the CLA as I believe it's on the same platform.

This is correct.

 

[Uygar]

I was on the CarSized site and came across the new CLA. It’s crazy how cars are getting bigger and bigger. It’s almost the same size as a C-Class. It’s also taller and wider than the C as well. There’s only 20mm length difference.
There’s also a comparison between the previous and current generation CLA.
I assume in about 10 years the ‘compact’ segment will start from 5 meters in length .

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

I was on the CarSized site and came across the new CLA. It’s crazy how cars are getting bigger and bigger. It’s almost the same size as a C-Class. It’s also taller and wider than the C as well. There’s only 20mm length difference.
There’s also a comparison between the previous and current generation CLA.
I assume in about 10 years the ‘compact’ segment will start from 5 meters in length .

Yeah safety and crash structures has made all cars a lot bigger. Double edged....sword? Shield? Something like that.

 

[Tuffode]

Yeah safety and crash structures has made all cars a lot bigger. Double edged....sword? Shield? Something like that.

That's just a lazy excuse. Mazda makes the MX-5 the same size and weight as from 35 years ago. Lucid makes the Air which is the size of a SWB E38 but competes with modern S Class/7er in terms of interior space.

Both of these companies were targeting efficient use of space and compact packaging, and they actually tried as much as they could to get it done, so they were able to achieve it. Most companies don't give a f#ck (cause most customers are braindead and don't care either) so they have no reason to do so.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

That's just a lazy excuse. Mazda makes the MX-5 the same size and weight as from 35 years ago. Lucid makes the Air which is the size of a SWB E38 but competes with modern S Class/7er in terms of interior space.

Both of these companies were targeting efficient use of space and compact packaging, and they actually tried as much as they could to get it done, so they were able to achieve it. Most companies don't give a f#ck (cause most customers are braindead and don't care either) so they have no reason to do so.

That might be true, but you're not going to get compact cars like the original 500 and Mini any more.

 

[Merc1]

Good luck in a mildly serious crash in a Miata.

M

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

I would also like to say that the Lucid Air, with it's huge interior volume looks very blobby with no defined 3-box design, which is the bare minimum expectation for a Mercedes after the EQE/S disasters.