Sean

From what I hear, besides the minor changes to the exterior, there will be 4matic availalbe plus SBC braking and DVD-based comand. Does anyone know about the changes to the interior of the car as yet?

Thanks,

Sean

JamE55

What's SBC braking? Is his something similar to the R230 braking system?

awiner

Yup.. That's it. Sensotronic Brake Control.

JamE55

Thanks Adam! I knew i've heard that term before but couldn't remember which technology it was from.

Sean

Changes that I have heard about:


Door sills, bumpers and wheels may be changing.

Interior gets better quality plastics, and DVD.

Braking will be SBC

4matic an option

jl88

Minor updates to front and rear bumpers. New wheels. Pictures of the updated S class are on the net.

I doubt there will be SBC. No DVD. 4matic will be an option. And i think projection headlights.

Mr Janne

Why no DVD?

I guess it will be available with Bi-Xenon headligths too.

Sean

DVD will be on the 2003 s class, I know cause the head people of MB Canada told my sales manager at the local MB dealership. So will SBC.

jl88

Hrm I thought DVD was going to be on the S class when they put in the new version of COMAND on the next gen S class.

oh well, time will tell.

And as the old saying goes, sales managers don't really know crap heh. I trust german fan sites more than the stealership.

Sean

I believe it is called Comand II. It will be availalbe only on the 2003 models, but of course 2003's are available by October of 2002 generally speaking??

jl88

Updated S class information

I seriously doubt they will add the DVD and the new COMAND in the updated S class. It will just require too much work to integrate everything. Its not as simple as plug and play.

And seeing that mercedes is moving toward 5-6 year life span for each generation, there's really no reason for Mercedes to waste money to upgrade the car now, only to scrap it in 2 years.

The current S class is a huge success. People will buy the car with or without dvd navigation heh.

Sean

As of autumn 2002, all 2003 models will be Dvd based. Check out www.mbspy.com and see for yourself.

awiner

From the information I have been told, all late model 2003 Mercedes vehicles with COMAND will get the new DVD based system. Sources are telling me that early production 2003's will come with the old CD based COMAND.

This sounds sort of strange as Mercedes usually does not switch something like this in the middle of a model years production run.

Time will tell.

MBMWAUDI

This is what I expect : Better sound system || Minor Interior upgrades || Bumper upgrades || Probably some aerodynamic changes || More designs in Wheels || Some more standard equipment || Panoramic roof ?!?! [ maybe ] || SBC brakes || Some more colours ?!?! || New S55 and S600 Engines || Probably phase out the S 430 || New COMAND system || probably a rear entertainment system?!?! || ok thats what I expect to see ...

northbenz

I attempted to get an answer from Mercedes on when the switch over to the DVD Command system would take place. The people in Montvale claimed they didn't know themselves and they gave only the vaguest of answers suggesting some distant time period. I think they are trained to discourage consumers from thinking that a change is imminent in order to facilitate the sale of vehicles already in the pipeline with the soon to be outdated technology.

A mid model year upgrade of the audio system would itself not be unprecedented. The first 300SD's came with a knob operated radio which was within months replaced by the button system.

MBMWAUDI

Do you think the panoramic glass roof will make in? or something like what the maybach has?