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Old Jul 25, 2021 | 11:45 AM
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I heard many s classes are being sold without the amazing ambient lighting too because of the chip shortage...
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I heard many s classes are being sold without the amazing ambient lighting too because of the chip shortage...
​​​​​​ Active ambient lighting* where the lighting reacts to voice recognition, climate control, and some other things. No cars are missing the regular ambient lighting.
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Originally Posted by RXSF
I heard many s classes are being sold without the amazing ambient lighting too because of the chip shortage...
That REALLLLLLLLLLY sucks.
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Old Jul 25, 2021 | 01:42 PM
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​​​​​​ Active ambient lighting* where the lighting reacts to voice recognition, climate control, and some other things. No cars are missing the regular ambient lighting.
correct. the awesome interactive ambient lighting which IMO is a must have
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Old Aug 1, 2021 | 01:04 AM
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Congrats LexRuger, the car is a beauty, i'm sure in a few weeks I will see quite a bunch out here in Long Island as people start to pick up their cars.
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They have a few in stock at my dealer, including a Maybach. I'm going to go by soon and take a look
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Went by and looked at them today, dealer is closed so couldnt get inside, but they have several that aren't spoken for, snapped some pics.

I will say that in person, the interior screens don't bother me like they do in pictures and the gauge screen looks better integrated than it does in pictures. Interior looks VERY nice, the different interior trims also look good and there are more color options than before which is good. A nice saddle brown, a red color which was sharp actually.

I was surprised to see all of them were on Hankook tires.

So, what I'm not sold on is the exterior. It just doesn't draw me the way the W222 always has. Whenever I would see a W222, I always just wanted it, this car just doesn't do that to me. Its more generic looking outside, and just doesn't look as grand...we'll see how I feel as it wears on me some.

Would I get one when the lease is up on my W222? I would definitely consider it, but I don't look at it and say "thats my next car" like I always did with the W222...does that make sense?

Anyways, here are the pics I took:





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The W222 is still beautiful. The best looking besides the w140.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS

I was surprised to see all of them were on Hankook tires.
That is quite interesting. My parents Toyota Avalon came with Hankook tires…make in Korea as well.
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Old Aug 1, 2021 | 01:13 PM
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I'm seeing Hankooks on more and more cars OEM...
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I still think it was a major mistake not to offer this with the Hyperscreen. It might not be the most intuitive interface but it's far better than the haphazardly glued-on screens.
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In person the screens don't look out of place like they do in pictures
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The 2 tone Maybachs with the dishy looking rims look sick and make the W223 design pop. W223 is growing on me but I still like W222 styling better.
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I would hope since they're like $200k lol
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Old Aug 1, 2021 | 01:57 PM
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I saw a few of them in person, doesn't do anything for me. Has no presence at all, if I get a sedan its going to be either LS500 or 760.
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