2017 Mercedes E Class
12-08-15, 08:42 PM
#121
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Yes, an 80's Buick too. Thank you Mike. Just totally outdated by decades. Folks need not be wowed by nice wood trim, shiny bits, high-tech video displays, and attractive light colors alone. Just about any new premium sedan can be had with those features.
70s-era Buick dashes weren't that much different from the 60s or 50s.
12-08-15, 08:46 PM
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If you remove the wood trim, the shiny bits, the high tech displays, and the ambient lighting, you're left with a Nissan Versa. Why buy luxury at all? This is progressive luxury. People liked to be wowed, and MB is giving what the people want but also using very high quality materials to boot
12-08-15, 09:00 PM
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What is wrong with America today that most people think that this type of interior styling in an expensive car is acceptable? It's a freaken BOX for a dashboard! This is about as lazy as any designer can become- just make one long rectangle and throw all gauges and info inside. It looks no different than a 1970's Buick, with a jumbo rectangle shape spanning atop most of the dash. Unimaginative, dated, bloated, lazy, and a throw-back to a retired era. There is absolutely nothing progressive here. The stand-out retro air vents are also warts on a face. Very disappointing in the S-Class, and now just as shameful in the E-Class.
12-08-15, 09:04 PM
#125
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The standard instrument panel is seriously ugly. I get what they were going for but...ugh
Need to wait for the new I6 motors to roll out, since they won't be available on the first year models and I want this car as a DD. I absolutely love this interior though. Best of the 3 sedans for me. One thing that worries me is if the center console trim is only available in piano black. I don't mind it but I think it might look better matches with the rest of the trim.
12-08-15, 09:04 PM
#126
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What is wrong with America today that most people think that this type of interior styling in an expensive car is acceptable? It's a freaken BOX for a dashboard! This is about as lazy as any designer can become- just make one long rectangle and throw all gauges and info inside. It looks no different than a 1970's Buick, with a jumbo rectangle shape spanning atop most of the dash. Unimaginative, dated, bloated, lazy, and a throw-back to a retired era. There is absolutely nothing progressive here. The stand-out retro air vents are also warts on a face. Very disappointing in the S-Class, and now just as shameful in the E-Class.
I'm a consumer in this segment and I don't see where you are coming from at all. There is nothing lazy about how this interior or the interior of the S Class is designed. Yes the displays are a big rectangle, but what shape do you want the displays to be? This is the most intelligent and functional way to set these displays up. Style is following function here which is how it should be to a certain degree.These interiors are beautiful, they aren't overly trendy, functional...all what people spending $70-120k on a Mercedes are looking for.
Mercedes outright owns the crown for best luxury interiors right now IMHO.
12-08-15, 09:09 PM
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My plan is to order this some time in late October for delivery in December, where they will have the best winter deals. Isn't the E supposed to be released in the spring of 2016 in the US but as early as January for Europe? Here's to hoping that 2017 models arrive in late 2016...
12-08-15, 09:59 PM
#128
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Short of the Bentley/Rolls class, yes, some of the new M-B interiors are impressive, but they are just catching up now. Audi, for years, set the industry standard in its class for beautifully-crafted interiors...and only recently has Mercedes begun to compete in that area.
12-08-15, 11:53 PM
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If you remove the wood trim, the shiny bits, the high tech displays, and the ambient lighting, you're left with a Nissan Versa. Why buy luxury at all? This is progressive luxury. People liked to be wowed, and MB is giving what the people want but also using very high quality materials to boot
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12-09-15, 04:04 AM
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12-09-15, 04:43 AM
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Yes, I agree. But you missed what I said. I said... "all those features, alone..." They can't achieve and progress by just having all those features because everyone else now has them too. There has to be more to the package. And that leaves the overall shape of what you stare at everytime you get in the car and drive. I big rectangle is about as dull and lazy as any artist or designer can come up with. Most other premium brands, Audi, BMW, Jaguar, for example, have some sort of binnacle, dome, inset, graceful curve, or eye-candy signature profile that sparks some interest of the dashboard. They have managed to create a form over function or even function over form situation that is more than just a rectangular box.
12-09-15, 05:24 AM
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Upon further investigation I like the standard gauges themselves, just not their integration.
Right. If the engines will be ready by late 2016 for 2017 MY I'll order then as well. Also note the next-gen touchpad (seen below) will be coming for 2017 as well.
12-09-15, 07:07 AM
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Yes, I agree. But you missed what I said. I said... "all those features, alone..." They can't achieve and progress by just having all those features because everyone else now has them too. There has to be more to the package. And that leaves the overall shape of what you stare at everytime you get in the car and drive. I big rectangle is about as dull and lazy as any artist or designer can come up with. Most other premium brands, Audi, BMW, Jaguar, for example, have some sort of binnacle, dome, inset, graceful curve, or eye-candy signature profile that sparks some interest of the dashboard. They have managed to create a form over function or even function over form situation that is more than just a rectangular box.
The S Class is far and away the best selling flagship luxury car despite being the most expensive, but hey, what does MB know? Lol
This car will be the best selling mid sized luxury sedan too, no doubt in my mind.
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