Inside the car is a familiar dashboard design with all sorts of circular design elements and
a large central display screen.
There is
no large central display screen, its presence having been dubbed improper for such a performance - focused machine.
The optional navigation system comes with
a larger central display screen and a revised, touch - sensitive control knob.
Not exact matches
The instrument panel, similar to those found in the new XE and XF, features two
large, deeply - hooded analogue dials and a
central TFT
display, or an optional 12.3 - inch virtual instrument cluster featuring the choice of four visual themes and full -
screen navigation9.
The cabin follows the sophisticated lead with a
large display screen behind the steering wheel and a second to the right that hovers over the
central console.
Displays are clear too, with a
large central dial in front of the driver giving key information, with a side
screen for handy tools.
There's a
large eight - inch
central touch
screen display with crisper graphics and a neater interface than the Creta.
The main focal point in the cabin is the generously
large seven - inch
display screen (five inches without the optional multimedia package) that
displays information for the 40 - gig hard drive, Mercedes - Benz COMAND system and the GPS navigation, and it is all easily operated using the
central control knob that is mounted on the center console.
Many other dedicated infotainment functions not suited to full presentation on the driver's Virtual Cockpit
display are also better served on the
large central screen.
As in the new E and S - Class, an alternative instrument panel in the form of a
large display screen showing virtual instruments in the driver's direct field of vision and a
central display above the centre console is available as an option.
The
large dual -
display arrangement will mimic the new E-Class in layout with the frame becoming slimmer and the mechanical switches separating the
display dedicated to the instrument cluster from the
central multimedia
screen gone.
An all - new cockpit - style dashboard features a Mazda3 - style
central colour touch -
screen that
displays infotainment functions controlled by a rotary dial on the centre console, just like the
larger Mazda3 and 6.