2024 Netstar Quirk or change?
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2024 Netstar Quirk or change?
In attempting to build a 24 GLS450 with my saleswoman of 20 years, it appears that unlike 2023, the wood wheel is NOT available with anything but black piano lacquer (which I do not want). My father has a 2022 with natural grain walnut and a natural grain walnut/heated wheel.
I'm holding off a few days to see if they can verify if this is a quirk or a change.
I'm holding off a few days to see if they can verify if this is a quirk or a change.
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2024 GLS450
According to the Order Guide and my dealer, the 2024 wood/leather steering wheel is only available in the piano black lacquer.
Just check out the 2024 GLEs on any dealer website ... all of the wood/leather steering wheels are in the piano black regardless of the wood trim selected for dash/doors.
Just check out the 2024 GLEs on any dealer website ... all of the wood/leather steering wheels are in the piano black regardless of the wood trim selected for dash/doors.
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They have changed the shape of the wood on the steering wheel with this new generation of capacitive toch steering wheels. Previously the ten and 2 were leather while the full top and bottom were wood. Now the wood goes around the entire rim of the wheel, on the outer half, while the inside facing half is leather all around. Sort of Bentley style. Mercedes has supplies of this steering wheel with as far as I know three finishes - piano black, burl walnut, and slate. Burl walnut and Slate aren't available on the GLE/GLS so only the piano black is avaiable. They're decided to make it only make it available with the full piano black interior trim, although early build facelift GLEs have the paino black whel with other wood trims. I've been unable to determine if this was a glitch or a change in ordering possibilities or whether this only happened on the earliest produced vehicles which were built before custom orders and dealer orders were built, when the only cars being built were the pre specced by MBUSA "market launch" vehicles.
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Makes sense in some ways...in others, they're (as usual) fixing a problem that didn't exist. I personally liked the 2020-2023 wheel designs much better with the matching sliders to the ones on the dash in chrome. Having driven a 2023 EQE with the new, i don't believe the "haptic slider" is nearly as effective at feedback or intuitiveness, either.
