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I did this quick sketch/trace as an experiment to see what the new S-Class would have looked like with slightly more streamlined headlights, eyebrows, slightly closer hood shut lines and a revised lower spoiler for the basic (bread and butter), standard W222 S-Class.
I might be mistaken but I believe the designers at MB used the u shape in the headlight space to fill in some of the massive frontal area of this vehicle, I see why now. It was quite difficult to place slightly smaller more streamline headlights in this rough because of the very large grill and huge frontal area for me. Its just a lot of damn space to fill in. I made sure the grill in my sketch is the same size as the production car. Slightly smaller headlights make it look a little larger. I slightly chiseled the grill compared to the production S. I expanded, reshaped and slightly chiseled the lower air-dam to fill in some of the massive space, taking away the u-shape in the headlights as a filler. I personally do not like the standard cars` lower air-scoops. Too much Hyundai influence going on imo, is not sharp. It seems out of place for the top notch German automobile that invented this segment. MB designers were too busy making headway for the sport package imo. The standard car looks dull compared to the likes of the Bentley Flying Spur and Rolls Royce Ghost. The S-Class should look confident and have a since of authority without being aggressive. I took away the accordion-like, Hyundai style air scoops in the lower air-dams and replaced them with a single mesh type air-dam. A little inspiration from Bentley, Mercedes Ocean Drive concept and the previous W221 S-Class sport-package help out
I decided to go slightly retro on the headlight led lenses. Thay are a slight take on the famous W126 S-Class.
I did this quick sketch/trace as an experiment to see what the new S-Class would have looked like with slightly more streamlined headlights, eyebrows, slightly closer hood shut lines and a revised lower spoiler for the basic (bread and butter), standard W222 S-Class.
I might be mistaken but I believe the designers at MB used the u shape in the headlight space to fill in some of the massive frontal area of this vehicle, I see why now. It was quite difficult to place slightly smaller more streamline headlights in this rough because of the very large grill and huge frontal area for me. Its just a lot of damn space to fill in. I made sure the grill in my sketch is the same size as the production car. Slightly smaller headlights make it look a little larger. I slightly chiseled the grill compared to the production S. I expanded, reshaped and slightly chiseled the lower air-dam to fill in some of the massive space, taking away the u-shape in the headlights as a filler. I personally do not like the standard cars` lower air-scoops. Too much Hyundai influence going on imo, is not sharp. It seems out of place for the top notch German automobile that invented this segment. MB designers were too busy making headway for the sport package imo. The standard car looks dull compared to the likes of the Bentley Flying Spur and Rolls Royce Ghost. The S-Class should look confident and have a since of authority without being aggressive. I took away the accordion-like, Hyundai style air scoops in the lower air-dams and replaced them with a single mesh type air-dam. A little inspiration from Bentley, Mercedes Ocean Drive concept and the previous W221 S-Class sport-package help out
I decided to go slightly retro on the headlight led lenses. Thay are a slight take on the famous W126 S-Class.
