奔驰近日发布了2019款G级车内装照片，这款车将在2018年北美车展首次亮相。虽然新车外观从整体上看仍是人们熟悉的方正造型，只是进行了一些渐进式的改款。但打开车门，你会发现内装无论是设计还是科技含量都有巨大进步。最值得注意的变化之一是采用了更昂贵的数字显示屏，而且整个屏幕从仪表群到中控台信息娱乐系统显示屏是一个整体。这种布局首现于新一代E级车和S级车型。这实际上是两个12.3英寸高清显示屏拼接在一起的。在它的左侧，驾驶员正对的方向是固定的速度表和转速表，在两个仪表中间有一个小显示屏，右侧是另一个12.3英寸显示屏。车厢内的四个空调出风口采用与G级车标志性的圆形前大灯相同形状，每个出风口中间的那部分用来水平调节出风方向。在中控台两个出风口中间是三个镀铬装饰差速器锁止按键，这一设计继承自现行版车型。另一个值得注意的变化是宽度的增加，每个乘客的肩部空间增加了1.5英寸（约合38.1毫米）。新车的宽度并未超过老款车，但由于内装进行了更精细的设计，因此内部空间更宽敞，此外前排的腿部空间也增加了1.5英寸。而后排乘客的腿部空间升级巨大，后排座椅可以向后移动，从而使腿部空间增加5.9英寸（约合150毫米）。后排乘客的肩部空间增加了1英寸（约合25.4毫米），后排座椅可以按照40/60比例分开放平，椅背也可以倾斜。行李箱储物空间很宽敞，尾门上继续设置了备胎（奔驰坚持这一设计）。虽然整体储物空间略小于现行版，但仍很充裕。2019款车型的内装最棒的地方是每一个方面都很好，内饰材质更优异。座椅提供了更好舒适的坐垫并具备更好支撑性。甚至车柱和车顶内衬的表面材质都无可挑剔。
2019 Mercedes G-Class Interior Revealed: More Space, More Luxury
There’s a camouflaged 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class parked in a very dark room. I’m instructed to get inside – don’t look at anything else – and take a few minutes to see what’s new. The door handle is the same, it clicks as the lock releases. I step onto chunky sills, and the door of the new G-Class shuts with the same German-bank-vault precision I know and love. The dashboard is short, just like it’s always been. The headroom is ample, as expected. But this isn’t like any G-Class I’ve been in before. It’s way, way nicer.
When the 2019 G-Class is revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in January, it’ll have a familiar shape, with only an evolutionary update of its design. But as you can see from the image above, the cabin takes a huge step forward in terms of design, technology, and – I assure you – comfort.
The first thing you notice is the expansive digital display that extends from behind the steering wheel all the way out to the center stack. It’s the same setup as the new E- and S-Class models, housing two 12.3-inch high-resolution screens. Certain G-Class trims will use two fixed gauges for the speedometer and tachometer, with a smaller screen between them, and just one 12.3-inch display off to the right.
The shape of the G’s iconic round headlamps are reflected in the four air vents that face the front occupants, with adjustments controlled by the horizontal portion in the center of each opening. Smack dab in the center are the G’s three chrome-finished differential lock buttons – parts intentionally carried over from the current SUV. The other big thing you notice up front is the increased width: an extra 1.5 inches of shoulder room for each passenger. The new G-Class isn’t any wider than its predecessor, but instead, the cabin is better packaged inside the SUV’s bones. There’s an additional 1.5 inches of front legroom, as well.
Speaking of legroom, there’s a huge improvement for rear seat passengers. The rear seats are pushed further back into the cargo hold, yielding an extra 5.9 inches of leg space. There’s an extra inch of shoulder room in back, and that rear bench now 40/60 split folds, and even reclines. The cargo area itself is still spacious, accessed by a single-piece, side-hinged rear door, with the same spare tire cover as before (Mercedes insists this piece carries over unchanged, as well). The overall cargo space measurement will likely be a tad smaller than the current G-Class, but trust me, there’s still ample storage back here.
The best thing I can say about the 2019 G-Class’ interior is that it feels so much nicer in every single way. All of the materials are better. The seats offer more cushion and better support. Even the material on the pillars and headliner is top-notch stuff. In the U.S., the G-Class is as much a style icon as a go-anywhere machine, and you’re far more likely to see these cruising Miami and Beverly Hills than Moab or the Rubicon Trail. For those customers, every single one of these interior updates will be appreciated: it’s the same iconic G-Class, with a more functional, comfortable, plush cabin.
As for the rest of the G-Class, there’s not much I can say. Full photos and details will be available in just a few weeks, when the SUV is presented at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.