This is something of a marvel, a relic from the Ulm Design School ethos at Untertuerkheim.
This article is one of three items today which pay special regard to ashtrays.
For the 1991 W-140 rear ashtray the designers located the tray and adjusted it to the surrounding forms and materials. That meant it got a matching carpeted panel when, purely functionally, a one-piece cover in plastic might have sufficed. The Ulm attitude involved taking great care to Continue reading “Micropost: Mercedes-Benz W-140 Rear Ashtray”
