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2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class: Interior Is Roomier, More Luxurious And More Sophisticated Than Ever



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The new 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class will be a force to be reckoned with when it reaches American shores in both S 500 and S 580 forms sometime "in the first half of 2021." Riding on an all-new platform and serving, as always, as the standard bearer for the brand's latest and greatest technology, the S-Class will face its most difficult launch ever amid an onslaught of super-luxury SUVs, the burgeoning luxe-EV segment (including Tesla's Model S), and its traditional full-size luxury-sedan rivals.

Obviously, the Benz's new 12.8-inch touchscreen is what immediately draws the eye – it floats up and out of the center console. But look beyond the new hardware and you'll realize just how much the inside of the S-Class has changed. The 2021 model has 27 fewer knobs and dials (mechanical switches, essentially) than the previous model – nearly all of those functions move either to voice or touch controllers.

Four horizontally oriented sleek new air vents sit on top of the dash, just above the screen – replacing the four rounded vents on the previous model – and depending on the trim, Mercedes offers full-length dash finishes like carbon fiber and piano black wood with pinstriping. There are also 30 loudspeakers and eight resonators available part of the Burmester high-end 4D surround sound system. Also new is the steering wheel, which has updated capacitive controls.

Thanks to its stretched wheelbase and improved proportions, the 2021 S-Class also boasts a bit more interior room than its predecessor. Front headroom (42.0 inches) and legroom (41.0 inches) are about the same, but front elbow room grows by a solid 1.5 inches. And in the second row, there's an extra sixth tenths of an inch in headroom, 1.0 inch in legroom, and four tenths of an inch in elbow room. The trunk space grows by 0.8-cubic-foot, as well.

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