I’ve not been a fan of MB interiors for the last 10+ years. Too much going on and looks like they were designed by a different team than the exterior. Lot of ovals in the past few years. ugh. I haven’t seen the latest batch of cars, CLS, etc. though to be fair.
FWIW, here’s mine, a pre-cursor of sorts to the E class (though maybe closer to the C). 1971 250.
Electronics aside, one thing old cars had (my 1987 BMW 535i has it as well) is a vent that brings in outside air. Makes AC almost not needed in the summer and allows you to have heat on but not be stuffy in the winter. Center vents on both the MB and BMW are purely outside air. Heat/Cool only goes to foot and top dash vents. Both cars have an adjustable slider control to control the amount/mix of outside air.
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