2021 Mercedes S-Class wood trim

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Packard

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I was doing some online shopping yesterday.  I came across this option listed on a S-Class Mercedes that stickered at $131,870.00.

REQUIRED OPTION

SLATE HIGH-GLOSS POPLAR WOOD TRIM

Poplar for wood trim in a car that costs over $100,000.00?  I would expect some fancy burl, not some poplar that I can buy at Lowes or Home Depot. 

 
I just had to look...

It appears that Poplar is the "base" wood trim.  Burl maple is also a $0 option.

Piano black lacquer wood is an $800 option, they could put almost any wood they want under it.  Ash is also an $800 option.

Who knew?
 
PeterJJames13 said:
Just goes to show ya how much building materials pricing has increased in the past year  [tongue]
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That's why I went with particle board trim on my S-class. Couldn't afford MDF.
 
Svar said:
PeterJJames13 said:
Just goes to show ya how much building materials pricing has increased in the past year  [tongue]
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That's why I went with particle board trim on my S-class. Couldn't afford MDF.
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Yeah I went with OSB on my Bentley....

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I had cypress trim in my HUMVEE. That way if I left the top down and it rained or when driving through 3 feet of water it wouldn't ruin the trim.  [big grin]
 
Most likely about the desired color as poplar is very mild when in its natural color.

But still kinda funny.
[big grin]
 
It's probably painted and or covered in so many layers of finish it's unrecognizable.

Now my mother's bed made of poplar that I told her not to get... is showing a healthy amount of predictable impressions.
 
My Subaru has a high-grade burl plastic inlay.  Hard to get better than that, and it will never warp, shrink, stink, or fly apart at the seams.  [big grin]
 
Packard said:
I was doing some online shopping yesterday.  I came across this option listed on a S-Class Mercedes that stickered at $131,870.00.

REQUIRED OPTION

SLATE HIGH-GLOSS POPLAR WOOD TRIM

Poplar for wood trim in a car that costs over $100,000.00?  I would expect some fancy burl, not some poplar that I can buy at Lowes or Home Depot.
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Virtually guaranteed to crack and need replacement too - at least in North America. 8 of 8 panels in my last two Mercedes' cracked.

Don't know why they even offer it.

Rob
(Q7 Driver now......)

 
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