S-Class (W223) [Spy Shots] Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W223) Spy Shots and Info

[Merc1]

We are all going to be pleasantly surprised when this car is shown.

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[hannaz]

Courtesy of Bild am Sonntag online:

Is it an AMG model? Look at the grille, doesnt look like Maybach

No other details than the pic?

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Saab had a great feature called 'black panel'. All the lights inside, except the spe...

Yes, I remember and liked this feature, inspired by SAAB’s Jet industrie, very much.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

FL 7 series looks amazing on the outside, I have a hard time imagining how it could be impro...

No match for the current interior, I agree.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

There is a thing called light pollution. All these screens tire the driver much faster during a night drive.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

We are all going to be pleasantly surprised when this car is shown.

M

Time will tell, Marcus. I’m afraid I’m less confident.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

Courtesy of Bild am Sonntag online:

Perhaps the best image yet-with a real humanoid standing next to the car. It appears svelte and athletic. This leaves me far less concerned regarding the exterior design. Quite promising.

 

[TATE]

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Is it an AMG model? Look at the grille, doesnt look like Maybach

No other details than the pic?[...

I think you're wright.
Look at the big brakes....

 

[Luca]

The humanoid as someone calls him on this forum is Markus Shafer, Dailmer production manager. Here is an interesting excerpt from the article published in Bild am SOONTAG: ..... and Mercedes also wants to protect drivers - with the new "antivirus filters". SHAFER Board of Directors: "in the future, next generation air purification, such as particulate filters, and other services, the so-called HEPA filters, which can also filter viruses and bacteria, will be the subject of our development. Then among the other things adds that "China is the largest sales market for the S-class built in Sindelfingen. (I add one of my personal thoughts, perhaps the famous screen placed in the center of the bridge is explained)

 

[MichiB]

jesmb.de/2067/

 

[Luca]

@dalab, regarding, Sinkwitz, i quote: ONE THING THAT WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IS THE RELAXED SHAPE THAT WILL COME FROM THE DASHBOARD OF THE FUTURE CLASS S WITH THE SECTION VERY ORIENTED TO THE SPACE IN ORDER TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD FEELING FOR THE SPACE....IT HAS A CERTAIN SIMILARITY WITH THE IDEA OF AVTR....YOU CAN ALREADY SEE IT WITH OUR EQS VISION THAT WE PRESENTED LAST AUTUMM IN TOKYO. As you can also see from the article also published on this forum, these words are not invented by me but as said has pronounced them onvent them,.SINKWITZ

 

[Luca]

@Jimmy, a pity that Markus Shafer was not photographed near the class s that can be seen behind, because it seems to me much more discovered than the first. Do you agree?

 

[Deleted member 1071]

@Jimmy, a pity that Markus Shafer was not photographed near the class s that ca...

Honestly, I'm not able to accurately identify the car in the backround as a W223. Is it a W223 ?

 

[Luca]

@Jimmy, i think so

 

[Mick Briesgau]

According to jesmb it’s a S63

 

[275others]

jesmb.de/2067/

It seems to have a panamericana grill, like this W206 prototype, strange...

 

[Wolfgang]

Translated from jesmb.de


Production in Sindelfingen and Bremen is due to start up again on Monday.

Daimler board member Markus Schäfer proudly shows a first official teaser of the new S-Class. You can tell from the massive brake discs that this is an S 63 AMG. If you look at the front, this S 63 AMG may come with a central star in the grill for the first time.

The S 63 AMG is coupled with the well-known 4.0 liter BiTurbo V8. There will also be a 22 HP 48 volt ISG on board.

Later, an AMG variant with 400 volts and significantly more e-power may also be offered.

Daimler also plans to develop a HEPA high-performance cabin filter. It should not let viruses and bacteria into the interior. This could be very important for many customers at the current time. It is unclear whether the HEPA filter is ready for use with the debut of the new S-Class. Tesla already uses such a HEPA filter in Model S and X.

Mercedes is confident for the S-Class. The main sales market is now China and there were 50,000 Mercedes cars sold there again in March 2020.

Source: jesmb.de

PS. Also note, MB recently revealed the first cabin air filter was installed in the 1989 SL roadster.

The new normal for safety

Across the car world, designers remain among the relative few in the industry who can continue their daily work uninterrupted, more or less. While factory stalls everywhere from Volkswagen Group to General Motors sent thousands of line workers home, the men and women who work to outline your car’s roof or orchestrate the feel of the lambswool carpets beneath your feet can gather virtually to push projects forward.

Conversations among their lot have long centered around the notions of safety and luxury -- how they intersect and how they’re evolving. What’s different already during the time of coronavirus is that new ideas about safety inside cars have emerged.

“The future more than ever will be about the freedom of going places safely -- and these cars will be more than ever about their interior,” Felix Kilbertus, the head of exterior design for Rolls-Royce, said on a Zoom call on April 21. “An interior has always been a safe space -- people will do all kinds of things in their car they won’t do on their own front lawn,” like hold business meetings, apply makeup, and, uh, pursue romance.

“The idea of the interior as a grand sanctuary has become very relevant,” he explained. “I believe it is a transformation that this current situation accelerates.”

“People want to feel protected, and now with the pandemic, even more so,” agreed Adam Hatton, the creative director for exterior design atJaguar Land Rover, speaking by phone the same week. “We are working on the idea of Jaguars being a big, beautiful sanctuary -- like a spa. It’s even more relevant now than ever.”

Indeed, where safety concerns in luxury automobiles have typically centered around, first, protection from collision and, in countries like Mexico, Russia, and Brazil, protection from attack, robbery, or kidnapping, now safety concerns include a medical element both mental and physical.

“The most important thing for a long time has been to know that you and your family are safe,” Wagener says. “The important question now is how to protect your health.”

Now more than ever

The idea that a vehicle can be a protective cocoon from harsh elements has always excited, of course, dating back to the coach-built Packards and Continentals and Rolls-Royces of the previous turn of the century and, before that, to the gilded and decadent confines of horse-drawn coaches. The concept of car-as-spa these days means calming mood and ambient lighting, state-of-the-art sound systems, massaging seats, warm and plush trims -- all of which already exist in cars from theBMW M850i to thePorsche Cayenne Coupe to the Mercedes AMG CLA 45.

What’s more, in parts of Asia notorious for pollution, Volvo, Hyundai, and Nissan have long incorporated air quality monitors and filters into their cars. (Volvo, the Swedish brand owned by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, has often made in-car air quality a selling point.)

In 2010, Infiniti equipped its M line with a plasma cluster ion generator called “Forest Air,” which it said could sterilize pathogens while a sensor blocked polluted air and particulate matter from the cabin. In 2014, a joint venture of Peugeot-Citroen and Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile even installed air conditioning systems in Elysée model cars that could filter out 90 percent of pollutants. The cars come with a negative-ion generator that kills mold and bacteria, as well as dissolves harmful gases in the air.

In the U.S., vehicles such as the Mercedes GLE AMG and Volvo’s XC90 and S60 include built-in air purifiers and/or fragrance disseminators set in the glove compartment.Tesla offers a HEPA filtration system in the Model S and Model X with the claimed capability to reduce pollution levels in the vehicle to “undetectable” levels.

Rolls-Royce and Bentley offer high-end air filtration systems throughout their lineup to help remove particulates and pollen. Such systems work through the car’s ventilation and climate systems to scent and cleanse the cabin. Some brands even offer a layer of active charcoal inside the car that can remove odors and ground-level ozone.

But the notion that a modern car should totally purify any significant amount of air outside the car is relatively new.

“We are working toward the idea that the car could actually take bad things out of the air, almost clean the air,” Wagener said. “It’s an opportunity to address the sustainability issue that we have already been considering.”

Judging from past history at Mercedes and its competitors, the system would be similar to existing processes that work to remove airborne allergens like car fumes -- but would also work on a broader level than just the car itself, effectively and significantly cleaning the air immediately surrounding the exterior of the vehicle.

Mercedes has been exploring such options for decades: In 1989, the MercedesBenz SL roadster was the first serial production model to come with a standard cabin air filter. By 2017, Mercedes was the first car manufacturer to achieve the asthma- and allergy-friendly certification for its interior cabin air filters from Allergy Standards Ltd. and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA).

germancarforum.com/threads/the-meaning-of-quality-in-automotive-interiors.60475/page-2#post-971953

PSS. Cabin air filter retrofit into 1981 W126 500 SEL:

 

[sako97]

A S-Class with a panamerica grille and no hood ornament would be scandalous.

 

[275others]

A S-Class with a panamerica grille with no hood ornament would be scandalous.

For the AMG version...I kinda like the idea.

 

[hannaz]

I’m confused, unless I see it I cant make the verdict. I think it’ll be imposing Considering the grille of GLS AMG & Maybach avatars, but again Sport grille without hood ornament for S-Class.. hmmm.. still cant think of it.