Mercedes-Benz has revealed the first interior pictures of its next-generation S-Class, ahead of the car's world debut.
While the darkly lit photographs seem to show an interior similar to the current S-Class, Mercedes has redesigned the car's cabin in a number of key ways in a bid to improve levels of comfort, luxury and technology.
The first thing you notice is the curved dashboard which blends seamlessly into the doors and is lit in such a way as to accentuate the car's width, giving an impression of roominess.
Another stand-out feature is the addition of two huge widescreen TFT screens; one of which replaces the instrument cluster, and the other of which controls the car's infotainment systems. Mercedes' boffins apparently wrote more than 30 million lines of code in developing the car's infotainment functions, and in addition to this, the S-Class will even be fitted with an Intel Atom processor, similar to the CPU used in some laptops.
The new S-Class will also be fitted with what Mercedes calls an 'active perfuming system', which uses an air ioniser to purify the air inside the car's cabin before pumping perfume into the cabin to alter the smell of the interior. The Peugeot 207 had a similar, if slightly more basic, system and it was rubbish, so it'll be interesting to see if Mercedes has managed to pull the perfuming system off.
The rear of the S-Class is more spacious than ever, and there is a greater range of electrical adjustment for the seats than before. A long-wheelbase Pullman version will be available from 2015 and will pick up where the recently-axed Maybach left off, becoming the flagship luxo-barge in the Mercedes range.
