Lexozz

E-Class: Face looks good *** ugly

dunnojack

true and true.

plastic does look hard, maybe because it looks too shiny in the photo.

and Merc leather has always been that way. Very rough, and fake looking.

DustinV

Weird. I don't think I can help you with that, though.


Some new pictures. Looks great in white.

GFerg

Looks nice in white. Its quickly growing on me. Wonder how different the AMG version will look.

DustinV

So you're saying Lexus is the benchmark when it comes to leather quality?


Not to sound too inquisitive but aren't you guys going a little far with your biases? You've not seen or felt the interior in real life. That's really now way to judge a car.

From the pictures, the interior looks fantastic. I'm sure it will blow me away in person.

The leather doesn't look fake. In fact it looks very high quality. If Mercedes or Lexus leather have different textures and feels to it, that is no indication that one is better than the other. A French red wine tastes and feels different than a Spanish red wine.

You might be referring to something called "MB Tex", that is fake leather I believe. It's an option for the folks that don't really want cloth but are not prepared to pay for real leather either (someone correct me if I am wrong).

My father used to own an early 1980s 300SD Turbodiesel with leather seats. The leather held up really well all those years until 1993 when the car was stolen one day. I remember it as if it were yesterday, the leather looked far from fake.

I also recently paid the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart a visit and got to see some of the earliest cars like a 1930s 770. Did the leather look rough or fake? Far from it. That cabin would blow away any LS460, S550, A8 etc. today in terms of style and expensive material usage.

DustinV

Speaking of AMG, I just found this interesting information about the next-generation E63 AMG.


W212 E63 AMG 525-horsepower


New picture! That cabin looks so inviting!

ffpowerLN

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I liked the interior when I first looked at it about couple weeks ago but it already looked dated to me now...

Weird.

dunnojack

black

RXSF

loving the E class. has always been a beautiful class when it debuts

DustinV

Just wondering, what looks so dated about the interior? I've heard a lot of people use that word when describing the cockpit and I still cannot figure out why?

There's a difference between a word like "dated" and "conservative" for example. I personally find the interior to be modern enough, classy, somewhat understated and quite elegant overall. "Dated" is such a strong word that really shouldn't be used in this thread.

Mr. Jones

Lexus should just stop building the GS460 now.

RXSF

these will sell like hot cakes. MB is just really good atm aking the E class for some odd reason. common lexus! pick up your game!

DustinV

I've always wanted to see a GS wagon. I think the current GS would look pretty hot as a wagon!

And the IS too!

dunnojack

car looks good up to there --->


it has some very bad angles.

JKA.nyc

it looks really good at that angle, not feeling the tail lights either though. and I don't know but I like the GS's looks, I definitely prefer it's looks over the 5 series, still haven't made up my mind though compared to the E class.