Mercedes says front headroom is up by 0.48 inch, front shoulder space gains 0.55 inch, front
elbow room increases 0.4 inch, rear knee room grows 0.55 inch, and rear shoulder room is up 0.35 inch.
Not exact matches
Shoulder
room has
increased by more than an inch front and back, and
elbow room has
increased by more than 2 inches.
The occupants of the new S - Class benefit from the moderate
increase in vehicle size1 by an improvement in all the interior dimensions: there are 12 millimetres of extra headroom for the driver, as well as 14 millimetres more shoulder
room and 10 millimetres more
elbow room in the front.
BMW claims more comfort via the raised seating position (by 36 mm in front, 64 mm at the back) and
increased headroom, shoulder
room and
elbow room for all occupants.
Back in the third - row, an
increase of up to 110 mm in width compared to the previous model makes it far more accessible for adults, while kids have plenty of
elbow room.
The rear
elbow room has
increased by 69 mm.
Inside the car those new exterior dimensions allow for more rear seat legroom, more shoulder and
elbow room for all passengers as well as
increased cargo space in the boot.
The seating position has also been raised in the new car — occupants sit 36 mm higher in the front and 64 mm higher in the rear compared to in the E84, and
increased headroom, shoulder
room and
elbow room available to all occupants is also touted.
Legroom has been
increased by 57 mm at the back at 948 mm while
elbow room and shoulder
room are also more generous at 1474 mm (plus 34 mm) and 1436 mm (plus 28 mm) respectively.
Despite the wheelbase remaining the same as the outgoing W221 / V221 for both the W222 and the V222 long wheelbase model, the new W222 S - class offers 12 mm extra headroom, 14 mm more shoulder
room and 10 mm more
elbow room for the front occupants, as well as a 14 mm
increase in rear knee
room and 9 mm
increased shoulder
room for the rear occupants.
Rear knee
room is
increased to the tune of 73 mm and
elbow room by 26 mm, while rear head
room grows to 980 mm.
Be that as it may, the Avalon's interior is otherwise exemplary: first - rate materials (including supple dove gray leather in my fancy XLS test car), plenty of head and
elbow room (thanks to those small dimensional
increases), plenty of places to stow small items, easy ingress and egress and excellent seats, despite the absence of lateral support.