2021 Mercedes S-Class Filmed in Detail, Blinks Its Headlights

The German automaker has a huge variety of models it has to develop before it can show anything, but there's probably going to be less variation than before. This particular prototype sports the longer wheelbase which will become standard and its grille hints at a normal equipment line, not an AMG or a hybrid.

Looking at the front, we immediately spot that the headlights are now narrower, sporting a design similar to the CLS. The three lines of LEDs over the top are gone, replaced by a single brow and small dots flanking the main projectors.

The big black boxes sticking out of all the doors are there to cover the new flush-fitting door handles, which we haven't seen on any other Mercedes model yet. Speaking of which, the interior is also unlike anything else out there, though we can confirm that this layout will also be found on the next C-Class.

Finally, the camo doesn't allow much to slip out at the back, though we do catch glimpses of long, taillights, kind of like those of the A-Class sedan.

Even though this is going to be a much longer car, the overall weight won't increase by much due to new materials for the chassis. Some of the engines that will power the 2021 S-Class are already coming out on other models, such as the hybrid V8 that's under the hood of the GLE 580. We believe that much of the AMG range will also have electric assistance, starting with an inline-six S 53 and ending with the flagship which is coming much later, the S73 with a Porsche-rivaling PHEV-V8. It's a strange name, we know, but there was an SL 73 AMG back in 2000.