"The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league."

You could have just as easily said:

"... the C class interior (or the 3series or A4) is worlds better. Not even in the same league."

It's stupefying how poor and sparse the Model S interior is. Setting aside issues of taste (that is, adjusting for the fact that it is a minimalist design) it's just completely out of place in a 100k+ car.

Not everybody likes wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling. I really feel good in the model S.

> wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling

every high end german car interior is completely customizable. all that wood can be replaced with plastic, or carbon fiber. all the leather can be replaced with alcantera. all the bling bling can be replaced with lightweight alternatives, or just omitted entirely from the build. you can literally change the seatbelt colors on a porsche, or the color of the stitching in the leather.

you wouldn't know this, because you probably never actually shopped for one, you decided on tesla because you like the fact that it's electric and are a fan of the company. there's nothing wrong with this, that's how many buyers of porsche, audi, etc, operate -- but it shows that you aren't really the target market for the german stuff.

"Not everybody likes wooden panels, leather seats and all the bling bling. I really feel good in the model S."

That's why I said "adjusting for differences in taste".

The A4[1] has a very tasteful, restrained design that is also extremely high quality with high end materials. It also is much, much nicer than the Model S.

[1] Low end, entry level Audi.

The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league.

The S Class interior looks gaudy, over-the-top, and old-fashioned to me — something from a bygone era:

http://www.arodmercedesbenz.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/S...

But I say this as a millennial with an engineering degree, so I don't really know if the marketers particularly care about my opinion on what is stylish or not.

Another millennial here. Your S Class interior image looks great to me. I'd go black over brown but still looks great. I just looked at some pictures of the Tesla and my god that looks awful inside. The inside of a luxury car should be a lot nicer than that. Also why the giant screen? Knobs and buttons make so much more sense - they're easier to use without looking while driving. I've also heard various stories about people rebooting their cars essentially because everything is baked into that screen. It just seems like a downside to me in every way.

You picked like the most old-fashioned style you could.

http://automiddleeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AMG-spo...

I'm 25 and I would pick this over plastic and poor leather in tesla any day.

Go sit in both, they're not even close. I'm a millennial too, but that has nothing to do with being able to appreciate a luxury car interior. FWIW neither the S Class or Model S appeal to me because I like going to the mountains and drive on sketchy forest roads.

> The Model S has the S Class beat in acceleration if you drop the extra $10k for ludicrous mode, but the S Class interior is worlds better. Not even in the same league.

You don't need to pay anything extra to beat an s-class, based on their website. The slowest Tesla, the station wagon/suv x version on the slowest/lowest end battery (75kwh) was 0 to 60 in 6.0 seconds, beating all model s's-class mercedes. This was the easiest comparison site I could find, the various models of both cars makes it a little hard to pick one spec model to compare. Never the less, the low end tesla suv beat all s class.

http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/mercedes-0-60-mph-...

http://www.zeroto60times.com/vehicle-make/tesla-0-60-mph-tim...

The s class interior is nice. My dad has one, so many buttons, but it's smooth, etc. Soon, Mercedes will start advertising that the new s class is not like your dad's oldsmobile, i mean mercedes.

You dont need to pay for Ludicrous mode for the Tesla to be quicker than the Merc. I think a vanilla 90D (without the P) is sufficient.