How did it get so bad?

Pic related, Mercedes C Class

>1996
>Clean, pleasing aethetics
>Teutonic functionality
>Elegant and purposeful without feeling cluttered

>2016
>1st gen Nexus glued to dash
>Air vents look like Blinkey the 3-Eyed Fish
>No idea what is happened to the shifter
>Clock in gauge cluster, clock on tablet thing, analog clock on dash as well because muh luxury

Will it ever stop? Will anyone step up and make car interiors great again?

They went from catering to autistic (normal) Germans to catering to the whole world population, that's what happened

If you don't design your cars inside and outside as gaudy as possible you get tons of numale media outlets to write about how ~boring~ your car is and hence normies won't buy it.

Gaudy shit sells.

Something I love is the arrogance in making car lights (interior and exterior) as bright as possible. Very representative of today's ethos. It is like they think they literally invented fire, when in reality bright bulbs, and even leds have been around for a long time, and were simply designed to be as bright (and yellowy/orange) as they needed to be.

>Will it ever stop? Will anyone step up and make car interiors great again?
There are still sports cars with minimalist interiors, you're looking at a luxury sedan.

>have 2006 C-Class
>right in the middle, looks more modern than the older models, without looking gaudy like the newer models

Old Mercedes are so good. I love how solid they feel and how they hold with time. Only problem with that old mercs is rust, i had to trade mine before it was too late.

The other day I saw someone driving around in the Hungarian-built FWD CLA cuckbox they sell to badgewhores, and this dude had the light-up badge option. Looks retarded, but I guess this is who manufacturers cater to now.

But I need backup cameras because car windows are 50% of the size they used to be! And I need bluetooth integration! And I need a GPS, even though my phone has one too, because I cant read a map or understand directions! And I need lane departure warning because I'm retarded.

It's the end boys, buy some old beaters while you still can.

st gen Nexus glued to dash
I genuinely can't believe that was ever signed off. It looks so half arsed, almost some stupid after market shit you see idiots doing to "modernise" their shitbox.

At least other manufacturers make an effort to integrate the stupid screens, but that is taking the piss. Might be acceptable on a Renault or a Vauxhall, but on a fucking Mercedes? Who buys these?

I think that the new A class 2018 model is much better than what it was 20 years ago.

I don’t mind it at all on mine. Better visibility imo.

That's because the original A class is complete trash.

Nice watch senpai. Omega is the best.

Not a very original choice tho. Seamaster is the go-to fuccboi watch. [>implying I'm not jelly]

Ty user, cars were always my first passion but I love the quality of nice watches. My bae's in pic.

>2 tone submariner with strap scratched to shit

Beautiful. I got the 2220.80 myself, from Casino Royale. It's my first, looking for a nice dress watch.

Why not? It shows that he actually wears his. The wear and tear shows history.

It is about 23 years old user. Hasn't been polished in years.

>he judges interiors based on pictures from the internet

Holy shit. Is that 2018 a real car? I cant believe how stupid that looks.

W204 had a bounce back imo with a pretty decent interior but then MB went too far with W205

W204 was actually a great Mercedes.

I cringe every time I see this gimmicky touch screens.

>diesel autotragic

How do you keep yourself awake while driving?

Nothing uglier than this.

someone post the clown edit

dumb user, thats a pre-cerachrom model so its at least 10 or so years old
guy wears it instead of putting it away so i dont see the issue, if he can afford it why not wear it too?

Yeah it is real. It will became available in the spring of 2018. They revealed the interior of the car already, but not the exterior, but there are some good spy shots of it.

Modern Mercedes diesel engines make stupid amounts of torque

At least post the face lifted version

Fucking this. You're all retarded

>the whole red triangle for the hazards lights up
I like that way more than I should.

>How can we convince people to pay $50k for a VW Jetta?
>We should use the same low quality injection moulded plastics for the interior, but literally just slap a Walmart-tier tablet in the middle!

I don't know. BMW has gone down the same path of shit.