The S-Class enters its ultimate stretch as a combustion-powered sedan with a pinpoint refresh for the 2025 mannequin 12 months that is completely concerning the particulars; solely those that maintain monitor of the S-Class colour palette year-to-year will know that is one is totally different to the 2024 sedan by trying on the exterior. The 2 new colours are Verde Silver Metallic and Velvet Brown Metallic — that is proper, brown, child! Each auto scribe’s dream colour.
Inside, the consolation headrests that put a fluffy pillow between one’s hairdo and the standard leather-based shall be customary tools. Streaming choices rise by one, Mercedes integrating Sony Photos Leisure’s RideVu, porting movies from Sony’s library into the cabin and onto units within the cabin. RideVu says its customized interface tweaks only for the S-Class, which incorporates parental controls, permits “content to be streamed synchronously on up to six different in-car screens or personal devices or watched independently on each device.” A rotating roster of titles will rely gems like “Jumanji: The Next Level,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” and “The Equalizer 3.”
Nearer to the sedan’s German residence, Mercedes’ MBUX infotainment interface will make assisted parking recommendations simpler to search out and use. For worldwide markets, pre-installation for the Digital Key will make its solution to the U.S. and Canada, and be suitable with Android units. And for everybody, a brand new rear seat reminder makes use of the opening of the rear doorways — as in, placing one thing within the again seat earlier than beginning the automobile and taking off — to determine when to alert front-row occupants about one thing probably left within the again seat.
Shifting as much as the sedans within the Manufaktur program will get an OLED essential show as customary tools, a part of MBUX Leisure Plus.
Based mostly on a earlier report, a extra substantial facelift and refresh is on the way in which for 2026. Sooner or later, both then or maybe for an additional replace deliberate in 2029, we’re instructed a much less fussy person interface will return, with contact sliders on the steering wheel supposedly being changed by capacitive buttons and thumbwheels, and a reworked instrument panel displaying off a brand new Hyperscreen with an optionally available passenger show. Hartmut Sinkwitz, head of interiors, mentioned, “Intuitive ergonomics will return, but I’m not saying analog is the new digital. Instead, we are going to offer the customers the best of both worlds.”
Orders for the 2025 S-Class are open now, deliveries in Europe will start on the finish of July, these for the U.S. will begin on the finish of August.