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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Pics of the Mercedes 2022 C-Class have leaked. The exterior is unremarkable, but the interior is certainly trying to distinguish itself. Not sure if I like that pinstriping effect on the dash - might be a 'lets see it in person' thing. Will be interesting to see how much of this interior carries over to a future updated GLC.
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I hate touch screens as much as anybody, but this is an improvement over the screens Mercedes used to fasten to the top of dashes with zip ties and hardware store L-brackets that look like this:
I also think having the screen angled makes way more sense so it fits with the angle at which your eyes will be looking. Basically, if you're going to do screens, integrate them with the rest of the design and I think Mercedes has been doing a good job of that.
Needs physical buttons, though. The only way you can disagree with that is if you haven't driven a car that's just screens. It's the fataing worst. Can't do anything by feel. Everything you do requires you taking your eyes off the road. Everything is at least a couple of button presses to menu into the right spot versus just hitting a button. And I don't want to give voice commands for everything. "Hey Mercedes. [waits] Turn on seat heater." GTFO. That should be like one button press. And maybe seat heaters is one button press in this car, BTW, I'm just using that as an example of how it's cumbersome to talk to the car to get anything done. Especially if it's cold and you just want to rip the climate control to hot, defrost, high, turn on the heated steering wheel, and turn on your heated seats. Like with hard buttons I can do all that in like two seconds. Spelling it out for the car one task at a time or scrolling through menus to do that is so annoying.
I really like the pin stripes. Gloss black under that screen needs to go as it'll look terrible after basically one day.
Gauges as a screen I like in cars. It makes so much sense to have that able to change and display what is most relevant in a style most pleasing to the driver. It's a perfect use of screens, but how will it age? Probably like crap haha. But really, that's not something Mercedes should care about (or any other manufacturer). Their job is to sell new cars.
Exterior styling looks like it melted in the sun a bit. Just not crisp enough IMO. It's like its skin is pulled too tight or something, but I know that's been their thing for the past couple years.
Anyway, I like that Mercedes pushes things a bit in the interior space. They're far from boring and less conservative than BMW, which I like.