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Old 05-12-20, 03:59 AM
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Oh boy... Somebody will be fired from Mercedes-Benz for leaking these photos.






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Awesome. The S-Class will always hold a special place in my heart. It's always an exciting time when the next gen S-Class photos leak. I still remember the moment when the first images of the W221 and W222 leaked, and now the W223. Thanks for sharing
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That entire dash and center console has got to be one big joke.
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Originally Posted by signdetres
Awesome. The S-Class will always hold a special place in my heart. It's always an exciting time when the next gen S-Class photos leak. I still remember the moment when the first images of the W221 and W222 leaked, and now the W223. Thanks for sharing
You're welcome. You have a nice day.
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Old 05-12-20, 04:36 AM
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Those interior screens look awful. Copied the Avalon in the center pod Rear screens look tacky.
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Almost thought I was on a forum for my w204 benz lol... Benz is definitely not going to like those leaked images.
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Initial impression just from these photos : Fugly inside and out ... might improve somewhat when seeing in person. That grill and dash
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When you officially know that Tesla has a much larger influence on the auto industry than you thought.

Never would have thought to see an S-Class with a minimalist interior. Looks very un-Germanic. A mixture of a Tesla 3 and S with more wood and plush leather. I don't dislike it, I just don't expect an S-Class to look like this.

Exterior is cool. Not much change there. Bigger grill horizontal tails.

Mercedes will always​ rule this class, but I swear, if Lexus doesn't strike while the irons hot with the next LS....
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I'm really liking what I'm seeing so far. Much simpler and less ostentatious interior compared to the current car. Curious to see what is going on behind the instrument cluster... Looks to be some sort of heads up display but in typical Mercedes S-Class fashion, it'll be like nothing the industry has seen yet. The exterior is growing on me. I'm more fond of the rear than I am the front but pre-production cars in leaked spy shots historically have always looked worse. The final car when revealed in high-res photos and videos always looks better.

I can't wait until we start learning more about all the technological developments found in this next gen car as I'm sure it'll be plentiful. One of which I'm very excited about is rear-wheel steering which is debuting on the S-Class with this new generation for the first time.
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I can’t believe this is an Sclass.
Looks like a large CLA. Why would they go back to small screen inside?

Hopefully it looks better with AMG kit.
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Wait is no one else noticing it weird that this S-Class is photographed in what-seems-to-be-an-auto-parts-junkyard?

The front of the car almost looks like a Genesis G80 (or prev gen Genesis G90), back end is meh. Appreciate how clean the interior layout is, but neither here or there for me...
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That interior is my worst fingerprint and reflection nightmare come to reality.
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Geez...they copied the Tesla inside. Lets hope they just copied the software as Tesla software completely blows away Mercedes.
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Originally Posted by Wandl
Wait is no one else noticing it weird that this S-Class is photographed in what-seems-to-be-an-auto-parts-junkyard?
This is likely because the vehicle that was photographed was a pre-production vehicle and the photos were taken just before the vehicle was destroyed. All pre-production vehicles are crushed when they're done with them.
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Originally Posted by Wandl
Wait is no one else noticing it weird that this S-Class is photographed in what-seems-to-be-an-auto-parts-junkyard?
LOL, I noticed that too.


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