For decades, BMW and Mercedes-Benz have been trading blows in the high-end luxury sedan market. The BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class have consistently been among the best luxury cars in the world, with the latter taking the crown more often than not. A new one is currently in the works and some photos of it completely devoid of camouflage have just leaked.
In these new photos, we see the 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class almost in its entirety; we see its front end, grille, headlights, taillights and even its interior. On the outside, the new S-Class looks like, well, an S-Class. Plus, the angles of these photos are poor and we can’t really get a good idea of its design language with its proportions, so we won’t judge its exterior just yet.
However, we do get a good look at its new interior and, let’s be real, that’s what really matters and it looks very interesting. The first thing to note is the massive new infotainment screen, which is very Tesla-like but is built into the waterfall affect of the center console, so it’s tilted up toward the driver. That’s actually quite nice, as it will make the new touchscreen much easier to use and see than if it were upright like in a Tesla. There’s also a massive screen ahead of the steering wheel for the gauge cluster, which now pops out from the dash, iPad-style.
What’s really interesting is that there seem to be a massive hole in the dash, behind the digital gauge screen. Could this be some sort of enormous head-up display? If so, that might be an incredible thing to see. Considering the fact that we’re hearing a potential Level 3 autonomous driving system in the new S-Class, the HUD could be as massive as it is to house the self-driving graphics ahead of the driver.
Overall, this new Mercedes-Benz S-Class looks really good inside. Sure, this specific car has a bit too much piano black trim, which is just glossy plastic. In general, though, this looks really nice and will be the car for the next-gen 7 Series to beat.
S-Class looks really good inside…. if you’re a BMW salesman 😂😂😂😂
Really good inside? Are we both looking at the same car?
People complain about large BMW grills, but this MB grill is much larger… And the interior on this S-class looks awful, sorry :-/
People expect large grilles from Mercedes and Audi. They look lame as shit on BMWs.
So the Benz is now high-tech and the BMW is now more traditional, a generation or two it was the other way round
So glad that didn’t mess with the front like in the new E class, that inverted grille works against the classiness of Mercedes Benz card.
I love the front, even from that angle it looks absolutely beautiful and befitting of the S class. The back loses major points for me, it just looks out of place, too dull and boring for my taste.
RIP Mercedes design. It looks so dull and the interior is just a posh Tesla. The days of beautiful Mercs are long gone as it seems…
your words are mine too !
What goes in that huge hole in the dash? Your dog?
It doesn’t look much like a luxury car. Wholly unremarkable interior, rear lights from an Audi and boring headlights.
Go to SupercarBlonde, and look for that Mercedes Batmobile episode, then look inside that interior, and see whether you can find any clues
They’re taking risks and being bold with the interior – kinda like the BMW Bangle days. Can’t say that about the F01 or G11 interiors – which look like larger and better material 5 series interiors.
Nowt wrong with that. The best 7 (e38) was just an e39 on steroids.
The best in what? Looks…that’s subjective. Best driving – not really, the E65 drives far better.
I prefer the traditional simple looking bmw 7 interiors… What I am seeing here with that tesla like screen is not on…
From text Author… liked how he mentioned the Tesla screen as a waterfall one… In fact is better positioned than the horrible Tesla interior Plate, like a Rally monitor. Saw yesterday really this hole behind the electronic cluster. Seems a Storage Gloves for Chauffeur. Adding, when in 2007 ‘worked’ for Audi Ingolstadt at D4, the Interior was to be all Piano Black Lack with chrome Details. The Spanish Designer of Cluster had to abandon it because the high risks it gets during use. ‘Our’ Cluster would have Head-up display projected on Windscreen, so many functions were eliminated, remained the good dark night visual, good to see animals on night streets and roads and avoid crash on them. The Ergonomy of the Cluster was not Optimal, many of my changes ideas were discharged, so I just covered the Audi Employee place doing almost nothing all day long, but had to go there. I will never buy a Mercedes of today
Today saw this beautiful 1990 GM Cadillac Aurora Concept. It has a Norwegian Blond Girl… well she grew up already.. but she is called Aurora Mohn and she is or she was when 18 years old tremendous beautiful. I love the Aurora name, because of the Aurora lights of north and the Mohn flower is also beautiful. So about the Cadillac, General Motors should have bring it to production. In 1992 when visiting Expo at Epcot Center, took a GM Catalogue, still have it today and loved the GM Designs of the 1990ies. The car is elegant shaped, with clean and easy surfaces, very fluent. Loved this rear tail lamp as well and the front. I really do not understand why today must be complicated, when those surfaces were very aerodynamic for air passing over. For me a beautiful car https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9bc02df275477f739c02691430f85cdd746cdba2cc944a85d81be78138bd960f.jpg
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Not concern at all, it resembles a bit more like the Audi A8, and Porsche, but Porsche still have that Bang & Olufsen cell phone style buttons, thats stylish. BMW did pretty well on their interior for the current 3, 5 and 7 series. What they will do next, most likely won’t disappoint us, looking forward to see the next 7
the BMW Interior of 7 is much better than this Mercedes Chinese one. Sure Daimler is concentrated in Asia https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dd672b693a683050d3cb814223d9c5dca783518c920d648d654b233f259e1736.jpg
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I know, thats why I own 3 Bimmers. The W222 S Class is more suited for females, thats it, hoping BMW will fine tune the design line this time
not female, but a Cosco Shipping Management with Driver
Cosco… Ha Ha
Looks great. They finally seem to abandon the horrendous two-horizontal-screens thing and they’ve separated them into:
– bigger horizontal instrument cluster (which I hope stops using circular dials on a square screen because it looks terrible)
– bigger vertical screen, in a much more touchable location.
Major issue I see is that the vertical screen is not ‘symmetrically centered’ with the 4 air vents. Who designs this things?!
Of course it is. There is this thing called “perspective”.
At least, on S-Class is still the unique Mercedes-Benz model using the lovely Hood Ornament instead the strange two stars repeated, on grille and on hood… hope this stays. If they cancel the Hood Ornament also, well …
Oh didn’t anyone notice that new S Class interior on both sides have something that resembles Ferrari 308 Air-conditioning controls, I remember reading that manual, trying to figure out the two knobs, because I can’t see anything on the windscreen. The manual says something like, once your RPM reaches 2500 rpm, pull down the blue one, and 30 seconds later, the engine overheats. Bloody classic, what’s that doing on the S Class.
Saw many Mercedes Benz unfinished metal bodies inside BMW Prototype. In fact both car makers change their products theirselves to see what the other does prior production. This was one reason BMW wanted the Speed without B-pillar… streamlined by Daimler. Once inside the model of Audi A8 D4 saw a BMW part logo stamped in plastic as well coming from Bosch, a standard electronic part. In fact all three car manufactures have most in common. But read other day thart Herbert Quandt gave up his shares of Mercedes-Benz to increase the BMW ones in the 1960ies. So probably he made the right decision as Businessman. Until today inside BMW Classic has his own BMW 2600 CS blue cabrio of 1962. I would like BMW Blog one day make a history and good photos of this car here in Blog. For me in BMW Classic Garage, it is the most important car in the collection, when He entered truly in
When worked as employee for General Motors had the Downsizing department, saw many cars of others dismantled to copy the good ideas to say the Truth. Once had a Ford Fiesta inside as we did Opel cars
yeah, this car … it is a beauty one https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1268c3101a615306c85b6e36bd5ec431d1625249dc2e8f979d34867bd538c9fc.jpg
The 2019 model looks miles better.
yeah, I appreciate the previous version more too… Do not like the lower dead fish bumper and the without chrome frame around the panorama glass roof, but the rest seems ok. Other day took a S-Class Taxi and really did not liked the electronic instrument panel, seemed too cheap for my eyes, big advertisement screens… It had difficulties coming out from car, maybe because the sidewalk too close, this was in 2018… but talking about the rear,the previous version was much better than that, this is an Audi A8 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/79f45dc21d77b7d32dd7ad1fc02bd835e5d7ba0989c68870d90699133aa4136c.jpg
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Looks like the Bangle era is back. Someone’s running outta ideas. The S-Classe is supposed to exude the majestic. When you see it closing up on your rear view mirror you should shunt your paddywagen aside so the king can whistle by. Anything less is not it. The older model fulfills that philosophy. Looks like the olde Honda accord or an Acura to me.
No Tinjay, Bangle is not back, really saying we never heard anymore what he is doing in Toscana, or to Samsung or another Chinese, and for sure his Era is not Back. If a S-Class is behind me, he or she has to wait, I am first, ever. It is not because someone has few money, it deserves the Globe better than me, of course not, we pay, he pays, so it is ok, both live good
For Sure once gone, it is gone. When I decided to quit General Motors, there was no turn back, in fact after 10 years made an interview there, but they did not hired in the Conditions would prefer. When I asked my Goodbye at VWB, also, Volkswagen never gave a Chance further at Wolfsburg, and were several tries. So when I quit the Automobile Industry, they never gave a Second Chance. In the Real Business of Money and Humans, there is no second Chance, neither a third, a fourth. It is forever a Goodbye and you are forgot another day. It has a huge queue of guys better than you waiting you go out, so the replace is very easy, no return. Once in Life you made a Choice, you have to go further in another Track
Hehehehehe. The Superior Classe is the king of the road. And I am a life long BMW fan.
Sorry Tinjay, but me at Cessna 172 goes take off first of the beauty B747
Once in Bamberg drove a PA28 for 5 minutes and the experience was great https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/da81c65c38729c29315e5b8a1ad33ff5c40d1a983b2944810432b407ecb983cd.jpg
So just repeating what Car & Driver guy haha used same system to show as me before… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/533dcdccb308151696682d65d8cdd597b521694002bc28306157a521cdd4668e.jpg
Seeing this Mercedes Model in Black… well, coming back to the old GM Cadillac Voyage Concepts, i.e. prefer this 1988 Cadillac than the Mercedes… I do not know, but the volume of GM was aerodynamically well shaped for a big
Is that really a huge difference for a gap of 30 years in Design ? And the front bumper of the Cadillac was better shaped
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Sincere, the Mercedes here below seems having a lower Bumper which hit the sidewalk parking wrongly the handicap parking lot, smashed someway, at least the reflection lines and curves seeing in picture. A $ 500 Fine for the Sindelfingen Design Department
Ok, our Critics apart, I am sure the old guys here in Neighborhood will buy some to go buying Drugs at the Drugstore
Me thinks whoever let this leak must have filed for unemployment by now…lol
I believe proper Daimler makes as promotion, pretending climbing Dust in Air and we fools go commenting
The famous german Mercedes fan site refuses to write an arctile about S Klasse leak, see the comment section.
https://blog.mercedes-benz-passion.com/2020/05/ac-anhebung-auf-74-kw-sowie-dc-ladung-durch-nachruestung-teilweise-moeglich/#comments
Rather plain looking, but it’s light years better looking than that giant warthog-nosed 7er.
The interior is great and lot more progressive than BMW has been in their 7 or 8 series.