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When the first interior photos of the upcoming fourth generation of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class were leaked – and then officially revealed – an entire army of jaws were probably dropped to the floor, especially those of the competition.
Never in any of the other generations of the smallest rear-wheel drive sedan in the Swabian's lineup has such a change been implemented.
Everything, from the materials used to the both classical and innovative center console design just screamed a departure from the “robot head” look of the current C-Class W204 center console.
As it turns out, there's a good reason behind the look of the new model's interior, as Edmund's has found out by actually sitting in the car and talking with the people who designed it.
It seems that there were two dashboard designs battling for which one will arrive in the new car. A more classic approach from Sindelfingen was apparently dropped in favor of the winning one seen in the adjacent photos, which was designed by the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio near Lake Como, in Italy.
The interesting bit is that the peeps from Lake Como are usually in charge of designing the gorgeous Mercedes-Benz concept cars we see at every auto show nowadays and not production vehicles. Maybe that's why it looks so far ahead.
Story via Edmund's
Everything, from the materials used to the both classical and innovative center console design just screamed a departure from the “robot head” look of the current C-Class W204 center console.
As it turns out, there's a good reason behind the look of the new model's interior, as Edmund's has found out by actually sitting in the car and talking with the people who designed it.
It seems that there were two dashboard designs battling for which one will arrive in the new car. A more classic approach from Sindelfingen was apparently dropped in favor of the winning one seen in the adjacent photos, which was designed by the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studio near Lake Como, in Italy.
The interesting bit is that the peeps from Lake Como are usually in charge of designing the gorgeous Mercedes-Benz concept cars we see at every auto show nowadays and not production vehicles. Maybe that's why it looks so far ahead.
Story via Edmund's
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