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As a first-tier luxury brand, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class has always been touted as the most "flagship" car model, but with the continuous outflow of the new generation of Mercedes-Benz S-Class styling design, it seems that it has been sighed both inside and outside the industry. the voice of rejection followed. Nevertheless, the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan was released as scheduled today.

For the new generation of Mercedes-Benz S-Class in the appearance and interior has indeed changed a lot, but still maintain the design of the Mercedes-Benz family. On the front face, the new car uses a trapezoidal three-banner intake grille, which is not only larger but also more rounded. While the headlights on both sides are adjusted to a slender horizontal layout, the internal LED daytime driving lights adopt the design of CLS. The lower bumper is aerodynamically designed with both business and sports design styles.

On the side, the car body is still elegant and slender, and the waistline is adjusted from the previous section to the through type, running through the whole body on the handle. In addition, the use of hidden doorknobs makes the whole vehicle less of the line of the previous generation of models and becomes more concise. From the rear point of view, the shape of the taillights on both sides has changed greatly, with the vertical layout adjusted to the horizontal layout, and the chrome strip runs through the whole tail.

In terms of size, the size of the new S-class has been comprehensively increased, with an increase of 51 mm wheelbase to 3216 mm, the longest in the same class, and an overall increase in length, width and height of 5289 mm, 1921 mm and 1503 mm.

As for the interior, there is nothing like the biggest change in the new car, with a huge 12.8inch OLED screen erected on the central control and split with the dashboard of the main driving position. In addition, the air conditioning outlet and steering wheel have been replaced with a new design style, and the vehicle interior can be said to have changed from luxury style to technology style.

It can be said that, apart from the great changes made in the interior, the most important changes in the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class are in the "cool techs", including the second generation MBUX system, OLED technology used in the display, the 12.3in LCD instrument has been turned into a new naked-eye 3D instrument screen, stereoscopic effect can be achieved without wearing 3D glasses, and 4D Voice of Berlin and so on.

In the power part, the new S-stage will be equipped with 3.0T L6 and 4.0T V8 turbocharged engines, both equipped with light mixing systems. In addition, the new car will also launch a plug-in hybrid model with a mileage of about 100km in pure electric mode.

For the new Mercedes-Benz S-class design, there is indeed a lot of controversy, but many netizens said that the new model is not as good as the previous generation model, and its interior change is even more so. However, with the gradual development of the era to the direction of intelligent cars, even Mercedes-Benz, as a first-tier luxury brand, should give up certain choices to keep pace with the times to enhance the competitiveness of the brand.

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