Attempting to Spy the Interior of the 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Facelift

Its interior, however, has remained a bit of a secret. Spy photographers have managed to catch a glimpse of it on previous occasions, but it's always been covered to some degree, or full of devices used solely for testing purposes that cluttered the dashboard and didn't allow a clear view.

Unfortunately, this video isn't going to shed any more light on this small remaining mystery regarding the S-Class facelift, but it does reveal something somewhat promising. Using what's probably a regular video camera (judging from the zoom option), the man filming this clip didn't have the benefit the DSLRs get thanks to a polarizing filter. That's why his attempt to film the interior through the window didn't come to much, with glare preventing a clear shot at the uncovered dashboard.

The driver, on the other hand, had no idea about the cameraman's equipment or the lighting situation outside of his car, so when he realized the car was being filmed (quite late, we might add), he did his best to cover the interior. He first did so with his hands, but then used those thick, black pieces of fabric that are usually employed for this purpose. His reaction is enough to give us a little bit of hope: it might not be much, but there is something worth hiding.

To recap, from what we've seen so far, the changes are less than overwhelming focusing mostly on the two displays - the one posing for an instrument cluster and the one to its right, on top of the center console. While they're still divided by a thin strip of black plastic, the buttons found there on the current model appear to be gone and there's now a single piece of glass covering both of them.

Apart from that, the dashboard appears largely unchanged, with just the option of new trims likely to become available. Also, there's going to be a new steering wheel, but all the shots captured so far don't seem to show the actual model that will make it into production.

More likely than not, the S-Class facelift will focus on updating the quasi-autonomous driving abilities of the S-Class limousine and crunching in as much technology as possible into Mercedes-Benz's flagship model. Not that the S-Class is a simpleton as it is, mind you, but since the Stuttgart brand is one of the most active companies in the self-driving business, it's got things to prove.