Spy Shots: 2012 Mercedes ML Nearly Camo-Free, Interior Spotted Too

Just a few days ago, one of our readers grabbed snaps of the next-gen Mercedes Benz ML (and if you click over to that article, you can read the details on what to expect when the luxo crossover is revealed this summer). Today, we caught the crossover out again—and this time, managed a clear shot of the vehicle’s interior. The center stack has received ample attention by Benz’s boffins, with the corporate HVAC system nicely integrated, as well as a horizontal strip of silver-colored switches like those found in the new 2012 C-class. The column shifter, which was used in the last-gen ML and has since been deployed throughout most of the other Mercedes models, returns here.

While not a surprise, it’s also nice to see that the ML will receive the company’s modern COMAND infotainment system—again, probably using the same next-gen tech launching in the 2012 C-class that goes on sale this summer—which is controlled by a console-mounted wheel rather than the last-gen ML’s lousy buttons-on-dash input. Beside the knob, we can make out switches to control the ML’s ride height, suspension dampening for sport or comfort, and a button to activate a general sport mode. An entire redwood tree apparently was sacrificed for a wood panel on the passenger’s side of the dash.

We look forward to seeing the ML when Mercedes officially reveals it this summer.

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