August 2019 President’s Message
MBCA Los Angeles Section Officers, Board Members, & Chairs Amir Rudyan President Amir.Rudyan@la-mbca.com
Chase Kaufman Vice President Chase.Kaufman@la-mbca.com
Kevin Wright Treasurer Kevin.Wright@la-mbca.com
Mindy Rudyan Secretary Mindy.Rudyan@la-mbca.com
Brigitte Trapp Event Coordinator brigittetrapp@me.com Tina Wright Board Member
Is it a C-Class? An E-Class? Or, an S-Class? Since I was a kid, I could easily tell the difference between the various Mercedes models. Furthermore, I even recognized the different model
years
just
(Headlights,
taillights,
etc.)
it
I
find
minor
nuance’s.
frustrating, when I see a nice Mercedes up ahead and can’t tell what model
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it is. In 2014, Mercedes
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their
really
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by
came out with the current
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S-Class design. It was so beautiful that they quickly applied
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that same look and feel to both the E-Class and the C-Class.
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Now, all three look the same. The new S Class is coming out at the end of 2020 (as a 2021 model year). From un-official
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pictures, they changed the very recognizable (and very
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beautiful in my opinion) front grill to a trapezoid shape.
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(Similar to Genesis) The dash had a very large screen in it,
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similar to the one you would find on a Tesla. (ok, maybe not
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quite as big). I am not a big fan of either of these changes but will reserve my final judgment until it comes out. All this
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made me realize – if I pay this much attention to detail, I must really love the Mercedes Benz brand.
Amir Rudyan President, MBCA-Los Angeles Section