EXPOSED: 2018 E-Class Coupe’s Interior Gets Spied - Is This The Direction You Were Expecting Mercedes To Go?

Absolutely, another hit on their hands and I love the way they revised the air vents a bit in favor of a slightly edgier look for the 2 doors while maintaining classic Benz sophistication

Mercedes is on a roll, interiors included and especially against BMW.

So definitely looking forward to the new 5 series

What other direction would anyone expect Mercedes to go considering we've already seen the E-sedan's interior? And we've seen how the S-Coupe's interior is a slightly streamlined version of the sedan's?

Everybody and their uncle is jumping onto the "form over function" interior design direction where they choose to minimize the number of physical controls and place their functionality in nested menus, subpages, parameters, and values in a computer screen. It makes for a less cluttered cabin appearance -- which presents nicely in pictures -- while diminishing the user experience when they attempt real-time control inputs.

Here's an example of what a user does to turn down the bass while listening to music:
(0) If the Media button is not already selected, press the Media button (light goes on to confirm it’s selected)
(1) Look at the display to determine the available options. (Sound is the correct one)
(2) Look to your console to locate the physical key that represents Sound (bottom right)*
(3) Press the bottom right key
(4) Look at the display to determine the available options
(5) Grasp the control knob and turn counter-clockwise while watching your screen, and then stop when the selector highlights Bass
(6) Press the control knob to enter Bass mode
(7) Turn the control knob counterclockwise to decrease the bass as desired
(8) Press the control knob to save the current bass setting, and to exit this screen and return to the previous one
(9) Press the Return button (below the control knob) to exit the current screen and return to your music information screen

*People typically don’t even realize they have to scan their dash to locate some controls that aren’t at their fingertips, like a signal stalk or cruise control stalk.


The current interior design trend is great for decluttering a dashboard, but terrible for real-time control input while driving. But hey, it looks good... right?

Benz is killing BMW with some really great new interiors. Is BMW working on something new? Hope so. Their interiors are tired, dated and cheap looking.

MB interiors look nice, but as someone on their 5th BMW, I love the ergonomics of the BMWs and can't imagine having to deal with MB interior. But it sure does look pretty!