syswei

I doubt this will reach anyone of significance at MB, but here are some thoughts after my first 5k miles, anyway:

1. Allow a setting that would automatically close all window and sunroof shades when parked in the daytime, and a separate setting that would automatically open them when the car is started up.

2. Design more of the buttons to be easily located by touch. For instance, when I see someone operating a jackhammer or leaf blower at the side of the road, I’d like to quickly – by touch – find the air recirc button. The undersides of that row of buttons could have varying treatments…some indented, some with one bump, some smooth, etc.

3. Use metal, maybe aluminum, instead of plastic for all the buttons. The existing ones to the left of the steering wheel are especially chintzy.

4. Add back the front underseat storage bins that seem to have been designed out sometime during MY2015.

5. Provide more explanations for alarms. Sometimes I’m driving and hear a beep and there is no indication on the dash as to what the car was sensing. Allow a setting that would if enabled provide voice explanations of various alarms.

6. Create a passthrough for a cord from the front console storage bin…for instance if I want to charge my phone when it is mounted to a vent, or run a cord to the backseat, using a cord run from the usb outlet rather than from a 9v adapter, or the 115v adapter in the back. Yes, I know a cord can currently “fit” with the top door closed…but I think it is tight, likely damaging the cord internals over time.

7. Disk storage is cheap…instead of a measly 10GB Media Register, allow 300GB or more…this would allow the storage of a goodly amount of music in lossless format, or a huge amount at 320kbps

8. Allow the HUD to be adjusted much brighter than it can be now. I find that when wearing (polarized) sunglasses, if it is sunny and the pavement light-colored, the HUD is nearly impossible to read.

9. Include steering wheel buttons that will allow switching to next/previous music tracks, or radio stations.

syswei

10. I understand that 2016s have "speed limit assist"...but all it does is display the speed limit on the dash. Go a step further by allowing the driver to set distronic plus to a driver-specified increment relative to the current speed limit. So for instance, if I wanted I could set distronic to maintain 9 mph over the speed limit. Or 14. Or anything I wanted.

Streamliner

1. Give buyers the option of conventional tires, with a spare & jack concealed under the trunk floor, where they belong.
2. Make the Panorama Roof an option, not standard.
3. Offer one or two additional 18" wheel options.
4. Offer more varied exterior & interior color options.

Jason B

I always wondered that about the wheels. Look at all the choices on the last gen.

Wolfman

Generational change... 19" wheels are the new 18" wheels.

I remember the 15" wheels of the W126 being replaced by the 16" wheels of the W140 and so on...

Every generation of S-Class had larger wheel options and while thicker rubber equates to more comfort, tire & suspension tech has also evolved.

Mercedes has always been the most conservative manufacturer when it comes to wheel sizes. BMW & Audi had 21" options for their models for a long time...

AHall

Single color interior for all interior color choices.

If a want a tan leather interior, all of the leather should be tan and not tan with sections of black throughout.

This should be standard without having to go through a special high dollar build process.

SB_NYC

my number one complaint with the s class since 2007 has been the inability to permenantly mute the navigation voice. You have to hit mute on the steering wheel everytime it begins to talk and whenever you start up the car again.

Jason B

Yea, I loved some of those 21" options. I guess from the w221 to w222 they didn't go up to a larger rim yet. I think the right style 21" could look very nice. They are still 18-20" for the past 10 years!

You should be able to turn it that volume all the way down! When you hear the navigation voice speak, turn the volume knob down at the same time quickly, and you won't hear it anymore.

This pic will have to do, yours is in same area:

jenz

This is doable as long as you've selected music or media as your 'view' in your center display

But I agree, dedicated buttons like other OEMs would work well

Mitch Alsup

8) I don't need HUD to be any brighter, I need HUD to be able to be set lower at night.

syswei

I had actually forgotten that was possible, even though I used to do it in my W221.

syswei

Actually an optional auto-dimming setting for night conditions would also be a nice addition.

syswei

Having the rain sensor on when parked and having an optional setting to close the windows & sunroof automatically in significant rain would be another good addition.

I think Inifinti's Q45 used to have a solar-powered fan to help control heat when parked. That would also be a nice addition.

Wolfman

If memory serves, Mercedes used to have (and may still have) that feature many years ago. Never tried it though.

This is really nothing special as it uses the same rain sensor as for the wipers...

syswei

11. Electrochromic windows that could (a) be set to automatically darken based on conditions, within whatever limits the driver sets (hopefully based on state law), and (b) be set to automatically turn reflective when parked and the interior exceeds a comfortable temperature. Might be expensive, but I believe technically feasible to do at least one or the other, if not allow both.

Jason B

Doesn't that only work if you point the remote at the drivers door only?

Mitch Alsup

My problem was not the dimming control,
my problem was that the lowest on-level was still too bright.

hyperion667

machine guns
oil slick
rockets
road tack deployment

syswei

and an fully automated Hack Into Pursuing Vehicles And Make Them Explode computer system.

I don't remember any movies where Bond used an MB, but I haven't seen them all.

hyperion667

drove a D briefly in Octo*****......but for the most part it's been Aston and a couple of BMW's.....wow, I couldn't even type Octo***** without being edited!!

syswei

11. I'd like to see an option to have all the trim pieces that are normally chrome come in black instead, at extra cost. Maybe allow other choices too, like gold. And some choices of factory black wheels.

I think a white car with trim and wheels black would look pretty good. Others might want a black car, with trim and wheels black too.

Streamliner

BOY! Do I agree with that! High dollar cars like the S Class should offer gorgeous, "Full Color" interiors. I, for one, would just love a full, sort of "Saddle Leather" colored interior. I just loved the old "Bamboo" or the beautiful "Palomino" of MB's in decades past. I could also get excited about an all, deep brown with matching carpets, etc. I have always disliked interiors that are half the color of choice and half black. On a car like the S, all of those things should be optional. If you want everything one color, you should be able to order it that way. Want a white interior with blue carpets? It should all be optional and it shouldn't cost $20,000.00+ and take close to a year to get it.

platt-deutsch

Should program the system so that the paddle shifters are only operational in Sport Mode. I hit them now and then and dont notice it right away.
How long will the automatic steering work on your car. Mine goes to alarm in about 10 seconds. My daughters will stay active for over a minute.
If you put something in the door pockets it will work its way to the rear and its awful hard to retrieve them.

steveb9771

Add sedan clock to the coupe, why was it not in the coupe?

Streamliner

The door pocket design on the W222 is a joke! They should open & close as in the past. I'm sure it has something to do with heating them.