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The Most Tech-Heavy Benz Ever? The New Mercedes Benz S-Class
Ladies and Gentlemen, the new S-Class has debuted, and it really is something to behold. Featuring a new level of tech, luxury, and opulence, the S-Class is the culmination of everything that makes modern MB a brand we’ve grown quite fond of. Check out the press release below!
Preview: Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG
Mercedes-Benz has announced the newest addition to the S-class family, the flagship S65 AMG, which aims to provide “driving performance in its perfect form.”
Video: Mercedes-Benz S-Class Drives Autonomously With Intelligent Drive
Mercedes-Benz recently took the S-Class on about a 62-mile journey, with the car driving autonomously using Intelligent Drive. Using only production-based sensors, the car navigated country and urban roads with traffic, dealing with traffic lights, roundabouts, cyclists, pedestrians, and trams.
Frankfurt 2013: Mercedes-Benz S500 Plug-In Hybrid
At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz has added a new powertrain to the 2015 S-Class lineup with the S500 Plug-In Hybrid.
Mercedes-Benz Prices 2014 S-Class
The new 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class now has a price tag, and it starts $2100 below the outgoing model.
Video: 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Sneak Preview
Mercedes-Benz hasn’t revealed the all-new 2014 S63 AMG yet, but a video showing the production of the new S-Class contains a little surprise for those paying attention.
Preview: Mercedes-Benz S-Class
This is the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class. It is the most important car of the 2013, and is likely the most important car of the next five years. Yes, we’re serious. You see, the S-Class is genesis when it comes to production-ready technologies. If an option exists on your car, it was probably pioneered by the S-Class. In the unusual case that it wasn’t born in an S-Class, than this Teutonic limo probably perfected it.
Review: 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Back in December, Mercedes-Benz unveiled its updated E-Class Sedan and Wagon. Now, we’ve gotten our first look at the sportier-looking Coupe and Cabriolet. Immediately noticeable on all four variants are the new headlights. The dual lamps that have identified the E-Class for the past several generations have been replaced with a unit that is more in keeping with current design language.
Driven: 2013 Lexus LS460L AWD
There is no shortage of options when we’re talking about executive limos like this. Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi all make some very compelling vehicles. As much as we like the S-Class, 7-Series, and A8, though, were we getting chauffeured about, we’d have a very tough time ignoring the Lexus LS.
Rumors: Spy Shots—New Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Recent spy photos posted up on MotorAuthority show that Mercedes-Benz is giving its flagship vehicle, the venerable S-Class, the nip-and-tuck treatment. The updated car is apparently due out as a 2013 model sometime later this year with relatively minor changes. Updates include LED running lights, the introducing of a few new powerplants including a plug-in hybrid, and a bit of a stretch in overall length to name a few. The plug-in hybrid technology would be taken from the 2009 Vision S500 concept vehicle, which was first shown at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.
Quick Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz S550
The 550 is sort of in the sweet spot of the S-Class lineup. All the other ones are either smart on their fuel consumption, or are insanely powerful. If you’re a meat-and-potatoes kind of person, this is the model for you. It has plenty of power, but it feels perfectly relaxed and effortless under normal driving.
Quick Drive: 2011 Mercedes-Benz S350 BlueTec
If I’m buying either the S400 or S350 over the S550, part of the focus is on fuel efficiency. The diesel S-Class achieves 21/31 miles per gallon, while the hybrid only gets 19/25. If I own this car along with others, this is going to be the one I take on longer drives, where highway mileage is more important.
Quick Drive: 2011 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid
The M-B has a very slight efficiency advantage over the Bimmer and the Lexus, and a very significant price advantage. MSRP (with destination) is just under $92K for the Benz, about $103K for the BMW, and a huge $113K for the Lexus. Both of the competitors have V-8 engines, meaning they absolutely destroy the S400, and its V-6, in terms of power.
Brabus iBusiness 2.0 Is Serious Business
Brabus has created an updated executive tuning package for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class with Apple’s iPad 2 tablet computer as its centerpiece, called the Brabus iBusiness 2.0. Plus, Brabus can drop in an 800-horsepower V-12, so you can conduct business (even video conferencing) at 219 miles per hour.
First Look: 2012 Mercedes-Benz S350 BlueTec 4Matic
Mercedes-Benz continues to expand the S-Class family, this time bringing diesel power back to the iconic luxury car. The 3.0-liter oil-burning V-6 produces 240 horsepower and 455 pound-feet of torque, which goes to all four wheels through a seven-speed automatic transmission. According to Mercedes, that should be enough power to scoot the big S-Class to 60 miles per hour in about seven seconds and on to an electronically limited top speed of 130 miles per hour.
Driven: 2011 Mercedes-Benz CL- and S-Class
We’ve always wanted to be in love with the great big Mercedes CL proper 2+3 luxo-coupe, but it always ended up just sort of sitting there in the shadows of everything else going on around it in Stuttgart. It became such a wee niche that even the car’s project leader Hans Multhaupt was in favor of renaming it the S-class coupe. Frankly? We were always in favor of it, too. Still are
Driven: 2011 Mercedes-Benz E350 CGI BlueEfficiency, E550 Convertible
Two generations ago—the A208 CLK-Class convertible of 1996 to 2002—this was a masculine-looking car. Today’s recently discontinued generation A209 CLK convertible was more leaning toward the feminine side with nearly 65 percent of purchases having been made by the fairer sex worldwide.
Sneak Peek: Mercedes-Benz AMG Shows Off New Engine, New “Red Pig”
Out here on the flight-connection expressway, we’re right now in Stuttgart just before the Geneva auto show. We’re at this stop first and foremost to see Mercedes-Benz’s new direct-injected and twin-turbo engine called M157 that will fully replace the current M156/M159 (the latter in the SLS) within two years’ time. It’s still a big-cylindered V-8, but it’s now an all-aluminum AMG-specific version from scratch of the former Benz 5.5-liter motor that AMG had been using for a long time in previous-gen models (and still uses in the SLK etc).
Mercede-Benz Shows Forward-Thinking F800 Style Research Vehicle
Mercedes-Benz has shown us a glimpse of the possible future of it’s automobiles with the F800 Style research vehicle. The five-seater is meant to showcase design language as well as technology, and can use either plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell drive systems.
Spy Shots: CL65 AMG Successor – Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe
These spy shots show the successor to the Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG chugging along through the snow and ice.
First Look: 2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid, V-12 S600
We love it when automakers decide to unveil a new car, especially when they aren’t doing it at the auto show currently taking place. We may be knee-deep in New York materials, but Mercedes-Benz went and pulled the trigger on the new 2010 S-Class; more specifically, the S600 and S400 Hybrid.
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