IluvS500

Its from Autospies. http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e...e000216296.cfm

MKW

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

IluvS500

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.

moa4r

IluvS500

I think it will look better once its finished off.

ano0oj

Their leaning toward the BMW look as you can tell. Sickening, yes, yes it is. I think they are going to make things 100x more confusing...

FIXEDupW209

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

ChineseElite

Ugly as hell, sorry. Looks like a damned nissan.

ajayz

I like the current interior better.

If anyone wants a W221 right now, go buy the 7. :p

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!

ericktu

i dont really believe those pictures...

IluvS500

Maybe and hopefully its just disguised as angular so nobody can get a look at the true shape, just like on the outside.

Mr.PS

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.

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.

Belmondo

Indeed and on top if that is the interrior for w221 BMW should SUE MB for coping their fugliest creation------e65 745.

ajayz

I hope they read these forums.

CHB

why do they have to make it so ugly??

Dema

I like this interior. Actually, I think 7 ss has the best interior for my taste, and if S will have something similar. then certainly I will consider it to buy.

IluvS500

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.

GDawgC220

I don't either....MB is usually unique in designing their interiors. I seriously doubt that the pic in the link is going to be the next S-Class....and a steering column transmision stalk!?!

I hope that isn't true...but at this point, its all speculation. Only time will tell.

-G-

IluvS500

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.

GDawgC220

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?

-G-

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

GDawgC220

Probably true about the real life part and seeing it in person. I'm sure if it's the real thing, the finished product should look 100 time better than what's shown in the pic, as it may change somewhat too.

Just hope it's not too much like the 7 series.

-G-

IluvS500

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?