This judge’s favorite is the lilac/white mix, although our photographer’s is orange as seen in the photo below. Per BMW standards, colors can be displayed alone or mixed with white. The feature softens some of the sharp lines and angles inside the sports coupe. The nominated 330i and X5 has it, as does our winning M850i. Given the A220 is Mercedes’ least-expensive car in the U.S., value-for-the-money will be important to its buyers.īMW for years has been making available ambient lighting in its interiors. It can be had as an option for a relatively affordable $310. The A220’s is the most expansive we’ve seen yet, with a whopping 64 shades to choose from, and color mix and flash settings to create a discotheque experience inside the car.īut perhaps the best part of the A220’s ambient lighting system is its cost. Since the feature’s introduction, the colors and color combinations available in many interior ambient-lighting systems have proliferated. Not only are the A220’s outer rings and control knobs illuminated, but so are each of the 12 fins on the car’s five round vents (three on the center stack, one each at the farthest ends of the IP). It highlights the expected spots (seams of door- and instrument-panel trim), but also makes the car’s circular blade vents even more show-stopping. The A220 has perhaps the best application of ambient lighting we’ve seen in an interior. The razzle-dazzle feature was found on four of our 2019 10 Best Interiors winners: the Bentley Continental GT coupe, BMW M850i sports coupe, Lincoln Nautilus CUV and Mercedes-Benz A220 sedan. The now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t design trend (that’s especially pertinent to us as we drive out of a dark and dank parking garage into daylight everyday) decorated a slew of vehicle interiors we evaluated this past winter.Īmbient lighting can make some ho-hum interior features (cupholders, door trim) into hoo-boy features and, in one case, for not a lot of money. Giving a leg up to quite a few vehicles in that department this year was ambient lighting. Aesthetics and design harmony is the category where the most points can be awarded in Wards 10 Best Interiors judging.
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