S-Class (W223) [Official] Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W223)

[Serpens]

for me it looks more dirty than teared down

Yes, the previous owner must've been people like my grandparents. They buy white interior cars and proceed to make them filthy, with only periodic visits to a local car wash (not even a full detail). Their Bentley Continental GTC is a disaster.

I can't wait to see how the cashmere interior in my grandma's i7 wears.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Some photos of the driver's seat for you @Mick Briesgau . Quite dirty at the moment, but the wear seems acceptable and no worse than what we experienced on the W222.

So much debate over seat wear. With the photos I posted yesterday, the seat is quite dirty.

Here is a photo I have of the seat when the vehicle was new. The leather was never taut to begin with.

Here is a photo I have of our W222 after 3 years and about 55,000km

 

[Merc1]

I was going to comment here about another possibility for that seat looking like that, but seeing it from new it was never right to begin with. The W222 seat looks better and it is far older with more miles.

M

 

[Serpens]

Did you expect any different from this forum? I am still surprised it was like that from the beginning as I haven't seen a single W223 seat with a similar fit. I've been in at least 7 of them at this point. This car has 24,000 miles - it has far more bolster wear than I've seen on other cars but the leather still seems tight.

 

[RobbinYoHoodv2]

Here comes my review of my two cars:

1. S500 4matic 2021
2. S580 4matic 2022


Going all touch is a real step backwards: The capacitive fields on the steering wheel unfortunately do not work convincingly. When setting the cruise control, you used to be able to set or feel the speed without looking. Now you have to look at the display to confirm if the desired speed has actually been set. The electric seat adjustment is a bad joke, the buttons for the seat climate control can no longer be felt.

Brilliant. Find one person that actually prefers the touch! This must be a result of MB listening to social media influencers rather than customers. Will they return to common sense buttons though? It's worrying they can't see how much of a step backwards it is.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Brilliant. Find one person that actually prefers the touch! This must be a result of MB listening to social media influencers rather than customers. Will they return to common sense buttons though? It's worrying they can't see how much of a step backwards it is.

The engineers know of course what a tremendous step backwards it is. Both in a UI aspect as a safety aspect.

Apparently MB thought it was "cool" and "young" to have an iPad-like touchscreen and it's a cost cutting measurement.

The last time MB asked me as a customer of my opinion on their cars was in 2014/2015.

 

[S600]

Brilliant. Find one person that actually prefers the touch! This must be a result of MB listening to social media influencers rather than customers. Will they return to common sense buttons though? It's worrying they can't see how much of a step backwards it is.

Everyone you talk to at Mercedes says that the Chinese market loves this touch stuff.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Everyone you talk to at Mercedes says that the Chinese market loves this touch stuff.

It's nothing new, MB doesn't give a dime anymore about what their EU customer base thinks. China is apparently the new preferred market.

 

[hannaz]

How’s this rubellite red on 223??

It was good on 222, 221 & 220

 

[MichiB]

It's a dream!!!

 

[hannaz]

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[fortuner]

How’s this rubellite red on 223??

It was good on 222, 221 & 220

Would be my desired spec if I had the $$$ with beige interior ans wood finish would be a dream

 

[Rolf]

How’s this rubellite red on 223??

It was good on 222, 221 & 220

Perfect colour and wheels and with white or cream leather it will look amazing.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

How’s this rubellite red on 223??

It was good on 222, 221 & 220

It looks really good. However if I’d buy one now, I’d take it in selenite grey/black interior.

 

[MichiB]

Good Morning

 

[MichiB]

It seems that today all S-Classes stationed at Zurich Airport have to be washed after the trips to the WEF in Davos.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

 

[martinbo]

Is this try-before-you-buy @Mick Briesgau or have you pulled the trigger?

 

[klier]

Epic sunset.

 

[martinbo]

Epic sunset.

Wouldn't go that far. Nice would suffice.