Interior Roof liner colour
Black / Natural beige and Black / Almond beige.
One of them from the website photo has a black roof liner (Natural beige), while the other has a beige roof liner (Almond beige).
Today, the dealer showed me a stock car with Almond beige but a black roof liner.
Can anyone please clarify? Which leather option has a black roof liner and which a beige one? Is there somewhere I could look this up?
I would hate to have ordered a car only not to get the option I want.
Thanks a lot.
On the U.S. W212, whether you get the Almond headliner or Black headliner depends on whether you have a Luxury or Sport model. On Luxury, you get Almond seats, (mostly) Almond doors, Almond headliner, and "Mocha" dash and top-of-door trim. On Sport, you get the "two-tone" effect, i.e., Almond seats, Almond door *inserts* but Black everywhere else, including the dash (above and below the trim), headliner, and majority of the door. Some people like this two-tone effect but personally I find it jarring.
Here are some pictures of a Luxury E550 with the Almond/Mocha interior:
http://www.insideline.com/mercedes-b...t-gallery.html
If you go to the U.S. configurator and choose 'Almond', you'll see the Sport version.
Now, the trouble is, most dealers do not stock 'Luxury' model cars, at least in my area. I'd say 90% of cars are Sport editions, i.e., the two-tone with black headliner. If you want this Almond interior, you may need to order it.
When I saw the car at the dealer, it had a black roof liner with an almond interior. I suspect that all models here would be "sport", but would like to confirm them so that I may order what I want (my car is a special order).
I am torn between the two options - initially I wanted the beige roof liner, but when I saw an S212 (black exterior) with almond beige two tone seats / door inserts with black carpets, dash and roof liner, I really looked nice, so I decided to go for something different for a change. My Volvo is totally beige, so the change would be welcome.
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Interestingly, Canada only has the "sport" AMG trim - no "luxury" option for us. Some of our cars are higher specified here than the U.S.
I ordered the almond beige. i have not seen the Natural beige, nor the Chestnut brown. I know colour tastes are subjective, but as a matter of interest, who do people think is the nicest of these colours? My car will be red exterior.
I'm sure it will work with the red exterior. I must admit I have never seen a red E but I'm sure it will look great...well at least original. I wanted a red Porsche and my wife told me to look at my birth certificate and I ended up with sliver instead. I regret listening to Godzilla to this day.
I'm sure it will work with the red exterior. I must admit I have never seen a red E but I'm sure it will look great...well at least original. I wanted a red Porsche and my wife told me to look at my birth certificate and I ended up with sliver instead. I regret listening to Godzilla to this day.
I agree - initially I did not want the black interior, but when I saw the Almond leather / Black dash and roof-liner, it looked great and really original, so much so that I wanted to be sure that I would get the car this way - hence this post.
I am ordering an S2121 in Designo Mystic red... if it looks good, I'll post a picture, but it will be a while....until the car is built and shipped... I hope it'll look good, otherwise I'll be driving an expensive embarrassment!
Last edited by rovermark; Dec 1, 2010 at 09:11 PM.
I'm sure it will work with the red exterior. I must admit I have never seen a red E but I'm sure it will look great...well at least original. I wanted a red Porsche and my wife told me to look at my birth certificate and I ended up with sliver instead. I regret listening to Godzilla to this day.
The 212's interior never spoke to me initially, until I sat in what was to be mine. Once I saw and experienced it with that color code, the rich luxurious vibe, and warmth I felt it lacked all finally became apparent.







