I’ve got mixed feelings. It certainly feels “premium”, but also overworked. The materials all look great (compared to some of the cheaper plastics you might find elsewhere in the class) but there are so many variants of CMF that it’s too much, at least in that particular guise. (Checkered leather, regular leather, dark leather, piano black, striped black, aluminum…pick 3 of those and stick with them)
As far as the “screens everywhere” trend - that isn’t going to go away, especially in the upper luxury car market where more and more people want to be swaddled in pixels, not cow hide. If you can’t have 64 variations of UI customization, and access to your twitter feed, it won’t pass the muster.
The E class is a luxo barge though…the new C Coupe is where it’s at (Shy of the AMG GT)