quduoheng

From the picture, it looks like a longwheel based A class.

sclass350d

Just saw these pictures elsewhere... oh lord what have they done!!!! I cant pick one thing I like about it!!!

If I went down to IKEA and picked up some random objects id do better than this

Looks like w222 is a keeper now, even the Lexus LS 500 is streets ahead of this!!!

HAWKiS63

Indeed terrible............but I assume the screen behind (on?!?) the steering wheel is just for this pre production type.........in final version I must hope it will be on the place of the big empty box behind it?

declo2000

trippy64

That was what I was hoping, but that void might be a higher end heads up as well? Whatever, i hate all the screens

TNS550

Looks like a Lexus emblem on the trunk!

AMGshaks

I think so too. It will be funny if that screen behind the steering wheel stays this way for the final version!

Nice Ride

Oh Boy... Check engine light on already..... LOL Pre-curser of what's to come...

places

Oh, with all that tech? The first year model will be a hot mess with regards to service and probable recalls.

AMG RB

Looks like a Genesis to me.

It's hard to believe a brand could morph all model lines with the same basic style ques and their best sellers will be the biggest losers. When I say best sellers I really mean their best quality lines, ergo S and E Class.

Streamliner

My 2018 S560 is the best car I have ever owned and I’ve had 60 brand new ones over my lifetime, at least half of which were high line cars. I love the way the car rides with MBC. I love the Exclusive Nappa interior. I cannot imagine what they could do with the new model to make it any more appealing to me than the current car is. So, I’ve ordered a new 2020 S560. I don’t want a first year W223, with all this new tech and after seeing these photos & video, this 2020 may be my last new sedan for the foreseeable future.

aypues

What does your new build have on it??

RJC

Does it still have the crappy little plastic shifter on the steering wheel column or did they finally put a properly made one of aluminum and leather on the console where it belongs?

FASTTRIP

When Porsche did the 996 , there was 4 Separate design teams and made 4 versions of the car but picked 1, Crushed the rest ,maybe this was the rejected version and the real one is the surprise, funny thing is the one they picked is one of the most unwanted one of all Porsches(lucky me) due to headlights, so maybe smoke and mirrors for the car world, they are going to outdo themselves I think like the W222.

absent

I really, really wish you were right, unfortunately I don't think we have a prayer to avoid this horrible design.
It just does not belong in a $200k+ ultra luxury sedan (I believe the Maybach will have the same dash, like the current gen.)

Streamliner

It is exactly the same as my current car, but went for the 3D Audio this time.

Streamliner

I don’t know about anyone else here, but I LOVE the gear selector on my S560. My 2019 SL450 has it on the console and frankly, it just takes up space that could be better used for other things.

RJC

The flimsy and cheap little plastic column mounted shifter was most likely designed and moved to the steering column as yet another cost saving item and the emphasis of any manual shifting pushed toward the paddles, but you can't use paddles for the most commonly selected positions going to and from park, drive, or reverse, and I hardly ever used paddles in my S Coupes. The fact your SL has a proper (and better made I might add) selector on the console is due to the SL's more sporty nature. For those of us with, or that had S Coupes, we mostly all wished for a proper console mounted selector (space was never an issue). The one in my Audi Q7 as example was awesome in both function and quality, trumping the one even in my new BMW M850XI which is too plasticy looking and feeling. The S Class simply deserves something better made/of better quality. We'll see what happens with the new SL, but if the bean counters continue to have their way, it too will get something cheaper just like the sedans and coupes.

Heisenberg

Very happy now that I ordered and took delivery of a 2020 S63 Coupe

I'm sure the tech will be amazing but interior and exterior of the new sedan are really disappointing.

RJC

You made a great choice, it is the best iteration of unfortunately a dying and soon to be extinct breed.
Fwiw, the new touchscreen stuff is far less costly to produce vs all the little high quality buttons and switches, which are far more ergonomic and safer to use.
I also think the S vehicles shouldn't looks so much like larger versions of their lesser versions. So many times when driving my S coupe I would see what I thought was another off in the distance only to pull up behind and see is was a c class coupe. Back in the day S's looked like S's and E's (when they came out) looked like E's...

2012 merc amg

I still think one of the best looking S class on the outside was the W221 and the best looking on the inside is hands down the W222

Steinhart

OMG, the W223 is ugly, I will stay with my '18 560 with MBC, agree with Streamliner

SilverArrow44

When I first saw it on Instagram, I assumed it was a Hyundai and I almost overlooked it out of disinterest. I'm a 45 yo man who has loved the Mercedes S-Class since I was a kid. Loved some more than others, but found each one to be special and beautiful. That is until now. I'm not sure if it's a generational shift and I'm no longer the target demographic, but I just can't understand how this car made it to production.

At this point, I hope the mid-model refresh comes sooner than normal and that the W223 series has a shorter lifespan than its predecessors.

6coupe

Guys is it just me or is everyone here taking this restyle personally....its absolute dog*****...
It lost its class and it will mix in the rest of the crowd. The interior was so beautiful, and this
new one is like a half *** tesla. Exterior, rear end is absoulte BS. Why?
Front: ehhhh I guess that's the part that if there was anything, it could possibly grow on me eventually...
but the front end of a 2018 S63 is so so pretty and proportioned beautifully.
I'm legit pissed

Ok Im done venting

Hope everyone is safe and doing well

Pic for attention

absent

I really suspect that unlike in previous cases, a lot of folks will not postpone S-Class purchase like they did before(not wanting to buy an obsolete car when the new one is around the corner)
IMO, the inventory of leftover S-Classes will sell off quickly once the new car is introduced.