anyone else see this as kind of gaudy?

[meomyo]

Mercedes' Latest Infotainment System Has More Screen Space, Digital Assistant

 

[Ande]

And yet the ridiculous air vents are more prominent...

 

[TexLaw]

I really don't, but that doesn't mean I like it all that much. Some of the elements are pretty cool, but the whole looks more like something from a Disney spaceship ride than a luxury auto.

I agree that those air vents are ridiculous. I can go with "gaudy" on those.

 

[Gwgan]

Is that a laser disc player on the bottom?

 

[jelloslug]

I have though that the last decade or so of MB products have really gone off the deep end.

 

[PrGrPa]

Not gaudy. Can’t decide whether I like so much screen in front of the windscreen. And is that a long cluster of buttons in the centre below the dash?
The air vents are a little ostentatious. They look like mini warp manifolds from a Star Trek craft.

The stuff on the voice recognition reminded me of what happens in my current car. “The ability to recognize natural speech means he or she just has to say "I'm cold," rather than specifying a temperature.” As the human-car interface I’m forced to reply ‘And? That’s a statement, not a request. Do you want a blanket? Or do you want the heating up?’

 

[FlatSix911]

Mercedes' Latest Infotainment System Has More Screen Space, Digital Assistant

That steering wheel looks a bit familiar ...

 

[Jack Tripper]

Last time I saw one of those air vents it was eating up Boba Fett.

 

[THXULTRA]

I watched a video on it and while it looks neat it will be a pain to use while driving. I find touch pads in cars to be awful and knobs work much better. I think the Tesla interface is much more intuitive. I also have a Mercedes C300 and the media interface is garbage. Rest of the car is great but the command system takes a long time to get sued to.

 

[meomyo]

A Lesson from CES 2018: All These Screens in Cars Might Be Going to Kill Us

 

[meomyo]

GM's Next-Generation Self-Driving Car Has No Steering Wheel

wow

 

[arcus]

What's up with these omni-present LED accents on MB of recent? I thought the brand was supposed to be synonymous of high class?

 

[electracity]

GM's Next-Generation Self-Driving Car Has No Steering Wheel

wow

All GM needs now is self driving software.

 

[THXULTRA]

All GM needs now is self driving software.

haha typical GM it is built to be pushed hahah!!!

 

[scottm]

Mercedes' Latest Infotainment System Has More Screen Space, Digital Assistant

Wow. Not a design I'd like to be looking at every day. Don't think I'd get used to it. MB wiped out on this one.

Are you supposed to touch that second instrument cluster to the right? ..or just a display..