I viewed 2 of these new S class Benz's on the I70 from Denver to Beaver Creek in August. I was impressed by the good looks and it appears that the engines are grunters with the 3.5 V6 producing 200kw/272hp, and the engine for the S500 develops 285kw/388hp which should propel the beast from 0-100kph in around 5.4 seconds. That is enough to beat the BMW 750i and whip the A8.
The output of the twelve-cylinder engine in the top-of-the-range S 600 has increased to 380 kW/517 hp, while torque has increased by just under four percent to a remarkable 830 Newton metres from 1900 rpm. WOO HOO, tire burning power.
As standard equipment, the V6 and V8 engines in the new S-Class are combined with the unique seven-speed automatic transmission 7G-TRONIC. Hope they fixed the teething problems.
Every 5 - 7 years BMW and Mercedes Benz bring out a stunner of a car. It looks like it is time for MB to shine.
