Not so bad shot of W221 S Class Interior
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Not so bad shot of W221 S Class Interior
Its from Autospies. http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e...e000216296.cfm
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Looks a lot like a combo of a BMW 7 and new 5 interior : incl similar vents, squared off and separate high dash mounted nav screen , lower half of center console sloping away from occupants . Fairly conventional luxury car layout.
OTOH, the architecture of the Vision GST's center console unvieled at Detroit this week is very different from any current German car , almost looks like a Bang & Olafsen upright CD/Stereo main unit :
Vision GST
OTOH, the architecture of the Vision GST's center console unvieled at Detroit this week is very different from any current German car , almost looks like a Bang & Olafsen upright CD/Stereo main unit :
Vision GST
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I cant say I am too impressed about the look of it so far cause it does look too seven series-ish along with the new fiver. But no matter what I am sure the outside is gonna be killer.
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A bucket on wheels
they have taken a beautiful car and ruined it
transmission behind the steering wheel ala mini van? HOW DARE THEY?
I-drive with a screen bigger then the windshield. horrifying.
keep it simple mercedes, too much technology screwed you guys over in the past IS stupid asr braking crap. focus on quality over technology. But i must say, no matter how hard mercedes tries, they can never make a car uglier then the 7 series. and dont flame cuz i like bmw's
JUST NOT THE NEW ONES
transmission behind the steering wheel ala mini van? HOW DARE THEY?
I-drive with a screen bigger then the windshield. horrifying.
keep it simple mercedes, too much technology screwed you guys over in the past IS stupid asr braking crap. focus on quality over technology. But i must say, no matter how hard mercedes tries, they can never make a car uglier then the 7 series. and dont flame cuz i like bmw's
JUST NOT THE NEW ONES
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I owned two 740's and an Audi A8L, and now an S430 4matic. If Mercedes goes with an interior design similar to the one shown by autospies, they will undoubtedly loose and alienate a lot of customers as experienced by BMW with their 7 series. I cannot and will not live with a shifter on the steering column!! Just my 2 cents worth!
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If the new S is like that I wont ever buy a MB product again. That is horrible it looks identical to the 7 series interior but worse even when its finished.
The shifter mounted by the wheel like a pick up truck or buick its horrible.
The shifter mounted by the wheel like a pick up truck or buick its horrible.
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Somebody should write a letter to MB Headquarters letting them know they are screwing themselves over. I am really scared to see how this is going to come out.
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Originally posted by Abe
I owned two 740's and an Audi A8L, and now an S430 4matic. If Mercedes goes with an interior design similar to the one shown by autospies, they will undoubtedly loose and alienate a lot of customers as experienced by BMW with their 7 series. I cannot and will not live with a shifter on the steering column!! Just my 2 cents worth!
I owned two 740's and an Audi A8L, and now an S430 4matic. If Mercedes goes with an interior design similar to the one shown by autospies, they will undoubtedly loose and alienate a lot of customers as experienced by BMW with their 7 series. I cannot and will not live with a shifter on the steering column!! Just my 2 cents worth!
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Originally posted by IluvS500
Somebody should write a letter to MB Headquarters letting them know they are screwing themselves over. I am really scared to see how this is going to come out.
Somebody should write a letter to MB Headquarters letting them know they are screwing themselves over. I am really scared to see how this is going to come out.
I hope they read these forums.
why do they have to make it so ugly?? 
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somebody said thats a old photo from when the seven was coming out. I dont know if thats true or not, but some members are saying they saw that picture years ago. IDK. I hope thats the case.
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Originally posted by ericktu
i dont really believe those pictures...
i dont really believe those pictures...
I hope that isn't true...but at this point, its all speculation. Only time will tell.
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but yet I wonder, cause that is supposed to be the steering wheel in the next gen ML and they were sayin the ML and S will have identical steering wheels.
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but if following some "traditional" styling, i don't think they would go to the steering mounted shifter style, just not in MB's bin, IMO.
But we'll see....should probably be posted in a month or two on websites if it's a 2005 model? or is it coming out later?
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But we'll see....should probably be posted in a month or two on websites if it's a 2005 model? or is it coming out later?
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if you guys read the article attached to that pic, it exaplins everything...
according to the article, that picture is real, and yes, it does have the idrive type of thing, that steering wheel, and the steering column shifter, but they also said it looks amazing in real life (like a mini maybach
) ---its a prety good and informative article
according to the article, that picture is real, and yes, it does have the idrive type of thing, that steering wheel, and the steering column shifter, but they also said it looks amazing in real life (like a mini maybach
) ---its a prety good and informative article
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Originally posted by moa4r
if you guys read the article attached to that pic, it exaplins everything...
according to the article, that picture is real, and yes, it does have the idrive type of thing, that steering wheel, and the steering column shifter, but they also said it looks amazing in real life (like a mini maybach) ---its a prety good and informative article
if you guys read the article attached to that pic, it exaplins everything...
according to the article, that picture is real, and yes, it does have the idrive type of thing, that steering wheel, and the steering column shifter, but they also said it looks amazing in real life (like a mini maybach
) ---its a prety good and informative article
Just hope it's not too much like the 7 series.
-G-
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That article is pretty old though, and thats just a prototype. When do you guys think we will see pics confirming what the new W221 is going to look like?
