Trick or treat! Mercedes-Benz delivers Easter Egg for Halloween

We love an automotive feature that dishes up some 'surprise and delight', or perhaps in the case of the Mercedes-Benz MBUX display today, 'spookiness and delight'.

Drivers of any Mercedes-Benz fitted with the latest MBUX infotainment operating system would have received a fun theme change to their regular login screen this morning, with an animated Happy Halloween message adorning the screen.

This (and other treats) are activated by turning the GRAPHIC GOODIES setting ON in the display settings menu.

Profile images changed to offer a vampire, witch, devil or zombie/monster motif, with ghostly icons, spider webs and illuminated jack-o-lantern pumpkins sealing the deal.

Prior to logging in with a fingerprint or code, the home screen delivered an animated sequence of autumnal leaves falling, as, despite Halloween being seen as a commercialised 'horror' dress-up and junk food eating day, it was traditionally marked as the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, when the leaves fell and the harvest was taken in to prepare for cold months ahead.

While traditionally carried on as a North American tradition, the less-serious side of Halloween is being felt around the world, as an opportunity for children to dress up as their favourite character, outside of book week of course...

Fun features like these are often referred to as 'Easter Eggs' for the similarity of providing a unique surprise where you don't expect one.

Whether or not you are a fan, this little bit of autumnal Halloween fun from Mercedes (as seen in our long-term C200) was a nice surprise, even for a cynical old man on a balmy spring day...

Have you discovered any fun Easter Eggs in your car? Let us know in the comments below.