Check Out The 64-Colour Ambient-Lit Interior Of The New Mercedes A-Class

Car interior design is taking a serious step away from old-fashioned black or granddad's favourite beige. Inside the new Mercedes A-Class it's a coloured light extravaganza
Check Out The 64-Colour Ambient-Lit Interior Of The New Mercedes A-Class

Mercedes has released a set of pictures showing the interior of the new A-Class, and it’s what my wife would call jazzy.

Lovers of ambient lighting and shiny things will be all over the options list, by the looks of things. Strips of lighting run the full width of the dashboard, along the door trims and beneath the centre console.

Check Out The 64-Colour Ambient-Lit Interior Of The New Mercedes A-Class

These strips can display up to 64 colours and project 10 mood programmes. We wonder if there’s one for ‘WTF.’ There are even colour-illuminated rings on the air vents, which themselves resemble concept car alloy wheels. It’s all quite intricate and designed to give a, err, more emotional feel. Interpret that how you will.

The trademark Mercedes door-mounted electric seat controls remain. The rest of the switchgear looks to be borrowed from existing models, too, and there’s plenty of leather and contrast stitching to indulge in.

Check Out The 64-Colour Ambient-Lit Interior Of The New Mercedes A-Class

The once-divisive, now-commonplace tablet-style screen is much bigger than before. The two 10.25-inch-wide screens you can see in the pics will be standard on high-end models, with twin 7.0-inch screens the base offering and a halfway house featuring a smaller and a larger one together.

We also now know that the new car’s boot has been boosted to 370 litres, which is definitely less rubbish than before and is helped massively by a redesign of the rear lights, widening the previously size zero loading aperture by 20cm. There’s better visibility thanks to slimmer pillars all round.

Check Out The 64-Colour Ambient-Lit Interior Of The New Mercedes A-Class

The A-Class sold about 40,000 units in the UK last year, making it the firm’s best performer in this country. It’s hoped that a vast array of aesthetics-based options and desirable upper-model trinkets will help drive profitability.

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Comments

TheRealBouss

If the PC gaming industry made a car, it would be this…

11/23/2017 - 13:58 |
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Yee

11/24/2017 - 04:47 |
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slevo beavo

They’ve had 64 colours in mercs since the W213 e class came out in 16.

11/23/2017 - 14:13 |
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True dat. It began with the S-Class with 7 colours, afterwards the facelift A-Class with (I think) 16 colours, then came the W213 E-Class with 64 colours. The facelifted S-Class got this feature aswell. I’m curios about the new CLS and if they step up their ambient light game.

11/24/2017 - 11:37 |
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DL🏁

Still waiting for Mercedes to ditch that ugly infotainment control thing

11/23/2017 - 14:29 |
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Richard the edition 100

lit you say

11/23/2017 - 14:35 |
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Anonymous

gay

11/23/2017 - 15:33 |
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SirJamjaxIsGoingAgain-PeaceOutChaps

Looks bad without the cover thing above it

11/23/2017 - 16:23 |
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Anonymous

Simply hideous. Has the RGB fever hit the car industry, too? [vomits in Swedish]

11/23/2017 - 17:35 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I guess you talk about the terribly trendy RGB keyboard, mouse, fans, chassis.. even headsets.
It’s pretty sad to see RGB in every title..

11/23/2017 - 17:46 |
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Jakob

I will be honest. This looks absolutely hideous. As if a 14-year-old wanted a car to look like his gaming PC.

11/23/2017 - 19:36 |
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CasualG

But is it really necessary?

11/23/2017 - 19:46 |
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About 10% of what you eat, use or own are necessary for your survival. The rest are for your pleasure and comfort…bingo.

11/24/2017 - 01:05 |
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Fangirl

RGB intensifies

11/24/2017 - 04:47 |
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