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I truly feel the S class is inferior in driving experience than the model S. To me it's like comparing trucks to airplanes. It's probably mostly a question of t

by flexie 10y ago

I truly feel the S class is inferior in driving experience than the model S. To me it's like comparing trucks to airplanes. It's probably mostly a question of taste.

jonknee 10y ago
The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league.
- Xcelerate 10y ago
  The S Class interior looks gaudy, over-the-top, and old-fashioned to me — something from a bygone era: http://www.arodmercedesbenz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/S-Class-Coupe-Interior-7.jpg http://www.arodmercedesbenz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/S... But I say this as a millennial with an engineering degree, so I don't really know if the marketers particularly care about my opinion on what is stylish or not.
  - Vik1ng 10y ago
    You picked like the most old-fashioned style you could. http://automiddleeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AMG-sports-steering-wheel-exclusive-package.jpg http://automiddleeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AMG-spo...
  - k-mcgrady 10y ago
    Another millennial here. Your S Class interior image looks great to me. I'd go black over brown but still looks great. I just looked at some pictures of the Tesla and my god that looks awful inside. The inside of a luxury car should be a lot nicer than that. Also why the giant screen? Knobs and buttons make so much more sense - they're easier to use without looking while driving. I've also heard various stories about people rebooting their cars essentially because everything is baked into that screen. It just seems like a downside to me in every way.
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  - gambiting 10y ago
    I'm 25 and I would pick this over plastic and poor leather in tesla any day.
  - jonknee 10y ago
    Go sit in both, they're not even close. I'm a millennial too, but that has nothing to do with being able to appreciate a luxury car interior. FWIW neither the S Class or Model S appeal to me because I like going to the mountains and drive on sketchy forest roads.
- NotSammyHagar 10y ago
  > The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league. You don't need to pay anything extra to beat an s-class, based on their website. The slowest Tesla, the station wagon/suv x version on the slowest/lowest end battery (75kwh) was 0 to 60 in 6.0 seconds, beating all model s's-class mercedes. This was the easiest comparison site I could find, the various models of both cars makes it a little hard to pick one spec model to compare. Never the less, the low end tesla suv beat all s class. http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/mercedes-0-60-mph-times/ http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/mercedes-0-60-mph-... http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/tesla-0-60-mph-times/ http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/tesla-0-60-mph-tim... The s class interior is nice. My dad has one, so many buttons, but it's smooth, etc. Soon, Mercedes will start advertising that the new s class is not like your dad's oldsmobile, i mean mercedes.
- codeulike 10y ago
  You dont need to pay for Ludicrous mode for the Tesla to be quicker than the Merc. I think a vanilla 90D (without the P) is sufficient.
rsync 10y ago
"The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league." You could have just as easily said: "... the C class interior (or the 3series or A4) is worlds better. Not even in the same league." It's stupefying how poor and sparse the Model S interior is. Setting aside issues of taste (that is, adjusting for the fact that it is a minimalist design) it's just completely out of place in a 100k+ car.
- flexie 10y ago
  Not everybody likes wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling. I really feel good in the model S.
  - rsync 10y ago
    "Not everybody likes wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling. I really feel good in the model S." That's why I said "adjusting for differences in taste". The A4[1] has a very tasteful, restrained design that is also extremely high quality with high end materials. It also is much, much nicer than the Model S. [1] Low end, entry level Audi.
  - beachstartup 10y ago
    > wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling every high end german car interior is completely customizable. all that wood can be replaced with plastic, or carbon fiber. all the leather can be replaced with alcantera. all the bling bling can be replaced with lightweight alternatives, or just omitted entirely from the build. you can literally change the seatbelt colors on a porsche, or the color of the stitching in the leather. you wouldn't know this, because you probably never actually shopped for one, you decided on tesla because you like the fact that it's electric and are a fan of the company. there's nothing wrong with this, that's how many buyers of porsche, audi, etc, operate -- but it shows that you aren't really the target market for the german stuff.

by flexie 10y ago

I truly feel the S class is inferior in driving experience than the model S. To me it's like comparing trucks to airplanes. It's probably mostly a question of taste.

jonknee 10y ago

The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league.

Xcelerate 10y ago
The S Class interior looks gaudy, over-the-top, and old-fashioned to me — something from a bygone era: http://www.arodmercedesbenz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/S-Class-Coupe-Interior-7.jpg http://www.arodmercedesbenz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/S... But I say this as a millennial with an engineering degree, so I don't really know if the marketers particularly care about my opinion on what is stylish or not.
- Vik1ng 10y ago
  You picked like the most old-fashioned style you could. http://automiddleeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AMG-sports-steering-wheel-exclusive-package.jpg http://automiddleeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AMG-spo...
- k-mcgrady 10y ago
  Another millennial here. Your S Class interior image looks great to me. I'd go black over brown but still looks great. I just looked at some pictures of the Tesla and my god that looks awful inside. The inside of a luxury car should be a lot nicer than that. Also why the giant screen? Knobs and buttons make so much more sense - they're easier to use without looking while driving. I've also heard various stories about people rebooting their cars essentially because everything is baked into that screen. It just seems like a downside to me in every way.
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- gambiting 10y ago
  I'm 25 and I would pick this over plastic and poor leather in tesla any day.
- jonknee 10y ago
  Go sit in both, they're not even close. I'm a millennial too, but that has nothing to do with being able to appreciate a luxury car interior. FWIW neither the S Class or Model S appeal to me because I like going to the mountains and drive on sketchy forest roads.
NotSammyHagar 10y ago
> The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league. You don't need to pay anything extra to beat an s-class, based on their website. The slowest Tesla, the station wagon/suv x version on the slowest/lowest end battery (75kwh) was 0 to 60 in 6.0 seconds, beating all model s's-class mercedes. This was the easiest comparison site I could find, the various models of both cars makes it a little hard to pick one spec model to compare. Never the less, the low end tesla suv beat all s class. http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/mercedes-0-60-mph-times/ http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/mercedes-0-60-mph-... http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/tesla-0-60-mph-times/ http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/tesla-0-60-mph-tim... The s class interior is nice. My dad has one, so many buttons, but it's smooth, etc. Soon, Mercedes will start advertising that the new s class is not like your dad's oldsmobile, i mean mercedes.
codeulike 10y ago
You dont need to pay for Ludicrous mode for the Tesla to be quicker than the Merc. I think a vanilla 90D (without the P) is sufficient.

rsync 10y ago

"The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league." You could have just as easily said: "... the C class interior (or the 3series or A4) is worlds better. Not even in the same league." It's stupefying how poor and sparse the Model S interior is. Setting aside issues of taste (that is, adjusting for the fact that it is a minimalist design) it's just completely out of place in a 100k+ car.

flexie 10y ago
Not everybody likes wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling. I really feel good in the model S.
- rsync 10y ago
  "Not everybody likes wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling. I really feel good in the model S." That's why I said "adjusting for differences in taste". The A4[1] has a very tasteful, restrained design that is also extremely high quality with high end materials. It also is much, much nicer than the Model S. [1] Low end, entry level Audi.
- beachstartup 10y ago
  > wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling every high end german car interior is completely customizable. all that wood can be replaced with plastic, or carbon fiber. all the leather can be replaced with alcantera. all the bling bling can be replaced with lightweight alternatives, or just omitted entirely from the build. you can literally change the seatbelt colors on a porsche, or the color of the stitching in the leather. you wouldn't know this, because you probably never actually shopped for one, you decided on tesla because you like the fact that it's electric and are a fan of the company. there's nothing wrong with this, that's how many buyers of porsche, audi, etc, operate -- but it shows that you aren't really the target market for the german stuff.