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Interior can be light or dark, wood trim is standard in ML500
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There's a huge quality improvement here. The new M-Class is designed and built to meet European, not misjudged American, standards of perceived quality, with padded surfaces down to floor level, fine fit and finish and the air of substance you'd expect from a Benz, especially an off-road one. Switches and controls operate with a damped, firm action, and the only slight doubt is something most owners will never encounter: on extreme off-road terrain, the body creaks a little. As for reliability, this is a complex car with ample scope for electronic gremlins. Unfortunately, some recent Mercedes-Benzes have proved problematic here, so we must wait for the M-Class to prove itself reliable. Durability is enhanced by galvanised body panels, a full-length plastic undertray and scratch-resistant 'nanoparticle' paint.
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