The S-Class is entering its final phase as a sedan with a combustion engine, with a targeted refresh for the 2025 model year where it’s all about the details; Only those who keep an eye on the S-Class’s color palette from year to year will notice from the exterior that it differs from the 2024 sedan. The two new colors are Verde Silver Metallic and Velvet Brown Metallic – that’s right, brown, baby! The dream color of every car writer.
Inside, the comfort headrests, which place a fluffy pillow between the hairstyle and the traditional leather, are standard equipment. Streaming options go up by one, Mercedes integrates Sony Pictures Entertainment’s RideVu and ports movies from Sony’s library into the cabin and to in-cabin devices. RideVu says its custom interface tweaks specifically for the S-Class, which include parental controls, “enable content to be streamed synchronously on up to six different screens in the car or on personal devices, or viewed independently on each device.” A rotating list of titles features gems like “Jumanji: The Next Level,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” And “The equalizer 3.”
Closer to the sedan’s German home, Mercedes’ MBUX infotainment interface will make parking suggestions easier to find and use. For international markets, digital key pre-installation will be available in the US and Canada and will be compatible with Android devices. And for everyone, a new backseat reminder uses opening the rear doors – placing something in the backseat before starting the car and driving off – to figure out when to alert front row passengers of something that may be in the backseat Car remains back seat.
The rising sedans in the manufacture range receive an OLED main display as standard, part of MBUX Entertainment Plus.
According to a previous report, a more extensive facelift and refresh is planned for 2026. At some point, either then or perhaps in another update scheduled for 2029, we’re told that a less complicated interface will return, with touch sliders enabled, the steering wheel reportedly replaced with capacitive buttons and thumbwheels, and a revised instrument panel shows a new hyperscreen with optional passenger display. Hartmut Sinkwitz, head of interior design, said: “Intuitive ergonomics will return, but I’m not saying analog is the new digital. Instead, we will offer customers the best of both worlds.”
Orders for the 2025 S-Class are possible now, deliveries in Europe begin at the end of July, and those for the USA begin at the end of August.