- Mercedes-Benz Vision V features a 65-inch 4K Dolby Vision screen, 42-speaker Dolby Atmos audio and seven themed cabin modes.
- Concept previews upcoming VLE and VLS luxury people movers, with the first production model due in 2026.
- Integrated 168-cell solar roof generates up to 3.44kWh daily, providing approximately 22km additional range.
Fresh from a stopover in Los Angeles and bound for Pebble Beach Automotive Week (August 14 to 17, 2025), Mercedes-Benz has detailed fresh entertainment upgrades for its Vision V show car: a rolling “Private Lounge” that previews the brand’s next top-end people-mover.
The tour follows its world premiere in Shanghai earlier this year and adds two headlines for the US: a new English-language karaoke track and Dolby Vision for the 65-inch 4K screen.
The setup works with a 42-speaker Dolby Atmos system, including seat exciters, plus seven projectors that extend visuals across the side glass for a 360-degree cocoon. Control comes via the rear centre-console touchpad.
Seven “worlds”, one rolling lounge
Beyond movies and music, passengers can toggle between seven themed experiences: Entertainment, Relax, Gaming (with an included controller), Work (turning the big screen into a virtual desk), Shopping, Discovery with AR-enhanced surround navigation and Karaoke.
Up front, a pillar-to-pillar “Superscreen” serves the driver and passenger with real-time graphics and a customisable UI, while a switchable glass partition can turn opaque in milliseconds for privacy or projection effects.
VLE and VLS: names to watch
Mercedes-Benz says its future privately positioned MPVs (“Grand Limousines” in the company’s phrasing) will be called VLE and VLS.
The VLE (up to eight seats) lands first in 2026 on a new modular, scalable van architecture that separates private “GL” models from commercial vans; VLS will push further into the top-end segment.
Consider Vision V the mood board for where those models could go in packaging and digital theatre.
Elsewhere, the concept leans hard on spectacle outside and in. Dimensions are 5486 mm long, 2100 mm wide and 1892 mm tall on a 3530 mm wheelbase; the right-hand “portal” door and both front doors open automatically, and nearly every surface seems to glow, from the grille louvres to the 24-inch wheels and the rear’s 3D light array.
Up top, 168 IBC solar cells (539W module output) can add energy to the high-voltage battery; Mercedes cites an average 2.08kWh per day, rising to around 3.44kWh in peak summer sun (Madrid), which it equates to roughly 22km of range at 15.5kWh/100 km.
Inside, crystal white Nappa leather, silk and open-pore burr wood frame lounge-chair seating that reclines fully flat, with neat touches like display-cabinet storage and a fold-out table finished like a chessboard.
Mercedes-Benz has not disclosed powertrain, battery capacity, output (kW) or production timing yet.
