New S-Class revealed

Moses7

“Rather than being about safety or aesthetics, power or efficiency, comfort or dynamism, our aspirations were ‘the best or nothing’ in every respect. No other car stands for the Mercedes-Benz brand promise more than the S-Class.” commented Dr Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars.


full details and gallery here

AugustusMinimus

IMO, its not near as good looking as the previous model.

From a looks perspective, the A8 is now easily the best looking of the A8, S Class, 7 Series trio.

Ardennes1944

They need to shave about a third of the grill off for a start

Viper_JB

Interior looks great though, I'd say it'd be a nice place to sit.

Tea 1000

After nosing around a new 740d recently I concluded that Mercedes really do blast the competition out of the water when it comes to ultimate luxury. Their level of detail goes way beyond BMW, and it looks a lot closer to a 6-figure car than the 7.
I like the 7-series, I may even pick up a nice used one some day, but if I were wealthy with a lot of money to spend on a new car in this class, I'd feel kinda ripped off if I bought one.
This is the benchmark here!

Ilik Urgee

I think that's the best looking S Class yet. Gorgeous from all sides.

mullingar

An S-class with a 4pot? Ewwwww

furtzy

That grill is awful. Being able to see engine internals through it is a no no for me. Interior is beautiful though

MadYaker

AugustusMinimus wrote: »

IMO, its not near as good looking as the previous model.

From a looks perspective, the A8 is now easily the best looking of the A8, S Class, 7 Series trio.

Are ya well?? The A8 looks like a fat A4. I like the look of the 7er with the m sport pack but I think this new S class will look the business with the AMG bodykit. I hope they took plenty of styling from the new CLS class.

Seweryn

mullingar wrote: »

An S-class with a 4pot? Ewwwww

There is plenty of other options to choose from in the engine range department .

choons

The lights remind me of this lad:

pburns

Looks fine in most other pics I've seen, that shot ain't flattering to be fair. Have to laugh at these threads on new designs tho - 90% will be unfavourable and pretty soon someone will be saying the rear-three-quarters look like a Kia Optima and the C-pillar resembles a 1983 Opel Kadett.

MadYaker

I don't think the previous model was particularly good looking, it was imposing for sure, but it wasn't a pretty car.

Celly Smunt

Reminds me of an insignia

mickdw

That is a fantastic thing. Stunning imo from all sides.
Wouldnt mind a 3 or 4 year old one of those in a few years.
Even the current car is fantastic.

Stallingrad

It was never going to be pretty, but it sure looks imposing. I'd say it has tremendous road presence. It makes the 7 series look like a 3 series. The default choice for our few remaining dictators.

L-M

The lights look a bit small and the grille a bit big.

My money would be on an A8.

lomb

The current model S is a looker and has fantastic detail on the interior. Everything else is really second class. They are becoming silly cheap for what they are.The new one is not as pretty but looks fantastic on the inside. Looks quite butch actually.

SomeGuyCalledMi

omg, a two liter diesel doing 64mpg in an s-class. That will take getting used to.

mullingar

The depreciation is fairly massive on older petrol ones.

Mmmmm, A S550, 5.5 V8, near top spec.

New, nearly €200k (apparently)




Now €19k

Yup, thats €180k lost in 7 years (a bit like your average house!)

Ninap

Headlights seem to have become the single most important design feature of modern cars

galwaytt

...sorry, but yet another epic fail on the front end design from Unterturkheim. The car may well be fab - and this iteration may well be the first S-Class ever to NOT suffer catastrophic depreciation.

But it's still something Namyang would have come up. Before even they copped on. Grille proporations are all wrong. 'Melted' front end thing - a hint of the first CLS.