Mercedes supplied me with beautiful new long wheelbase S500 4MATIC coated in a metallic silver shade, to some the only color
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| The S-Class' seats were wonderfully comfortable from the moment I sat down. (Photo: Shawn Pisio, Canadian Auto Press) |
the brand should be seen wearing. It almost bothers me to align with the thirty plus percent of new car buyers that choose silver over all the other vibrant hues available, but it just looks so good when new and wears so well years later, being that the inoffensive hue tends to cover up blemishes better than any other. The first thing I noticed when parking myself in the driver's position was the well formed seat. It doesn't off the high level of adjustability of, say the
BMW 7, nor is it quite to its level of comfort once setup optimally,
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| While not as high-tech as some of its rivals, the S-Class's dash layout is elegant and stylish. (Photo: Shawn Pisio, Canadian Auto Press) |
which can take some time to get it right, but generally speaking it is a wonderfully comfortable seat that felt good from the first time I sat down. The finely crafted dash design is another S-Class aspect of the car that I particularly like. It's not as high-tech as the A8 or 7, but the general layout is ideal and the curving strip of wood that stretches horizontally across the car, dipping slightly at center is an elegant touch that never looks old to me. It reminds me of classic M-Bs, that also incorporated a horizontal wood strip, but unlike this one it ran at the base of the windshield where it meets the top of the dash, meeting up with the door ledges at each side. The new car's wood trim also meets up with the doors, but a little lower down on the panel. While this is a common theme among luxury cars today, it is done so gracefully in the S-Class that it deserves mention.
