S-Class
« PreviousThe Airbus A380 as the backdrop for the world premiere of the new S-Class
Donnerstag, 16.Mai 2013Yesterday evening, Mercedes-Benz presented the S-Class in a special event. At the Airbus A380 delivery centre in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, the new Mercedes-Benz flagship met up with the world’s largest and most advanced passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380.
As “Germany’s most valuable package”, the star of the event had previously been flown from Stuttgart to Hamburg in an [...]
The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class – The aspiration: the best automobile in the world
Mittwoch, 15.Mai 2013With the three engineering priorities “Intelligent Drive”, “Efficient Technology” and “Essence of Luxury”, the new S-Class extends the boundaries of technology on many levels. The S-Class is not just a technological spearhead for Mercedes-Benz but for automotive development as a whole.
As with every generation before it, the customers expect the new S-Class to set standards [...]
Mercedes-Benz: Real Life Safety – First assistance system in the fight against vehicles driving on the wrong side of the road
Montag, 21.Januar 2013In recent months there have been a shocking number of fatal accidents caused by so-called wrong-way drivers. Mercedes‑Benz has now developed an assistance system which aims to eliminate this threat and can even prevent drivers from driving unintentionally in the opposite direction to the flow of traffic.
The new traffic sign assistance system designed by [...]
Beltbag – An airbag for seat belts: improved protection for passengers in the rear
Freitag, 20.Juli 2012The Beltbag, one of the highlights from the ESF 2009 Experimental Safety Vehicle, is due to go into production in the S-Class (W 222)luxury model. The inflatable seat-belt strap is able to reduce the risk of injury to passengers in the rear in a head-on collision by lessening the strain placed on the ribcage.
Should the [...]
MERCEDES-BENZ S 250 CDI BlueFFICIENCY Declared 2012 World Green Car
Sonntag, 8.April 2012At a press conference hosted by Bridgestone Corporation and the New York International Auto Show, the Mercedes-Benz S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY was declared the 2012 World Green Car.
The Mercedes-Benz S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY was chosen from an initial entry list of 23 new vehicles from all over the world, then three finalists: the Mercedes-Benz S [...]
“AUTO TEST WINNERS in GREEN!” Mercedes-Benz S-Class and M-Class are the most environment-friendly
Donnerstag, 29.Dezember 2011The “ÖkoTrend” institute has declared the S 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY and the ML 250 BlueTEC 4MATIC to be the most environmentally friendly cars in their class. This is what lay behind the professional journal AUTO TEST’s decision to present its “Winners in Green” awards to both Mercedes-Benz models.
Since 1997 the ÖkoTrend institute has been publishing [...]
Mercedes-Benz Guard – Development, testing and production: Safety is always the top priority
Sonntag, 3.Juli 2011Mercedes-Benz engineers always start thinking about safety at a very early stage. And the developers of the armoured special-protection models that go by the name of Mercedes-Benz Guard are no different. Their work begins with the specifications book as long as two years before the first pilot-production model of the conventional, non-armoured series even takes [...]
All-round security – Mercedes-Benz Guard: Stars with a hard shell
Donnerstag, 30.Juni 2011With seven Guard models, Mercedes-Benz offers the widest ex factory range of special protection vehicles in the world. This range has models from the S, E and G-Class, and continues the unrivalled tradition of the world’s oldest automobile manufacturer in the production of armoured vehicles.
In 1928 Daimler-Benz was the first manufacturer to offer specially [...]
Special-protection target groups and markets: Mercedes-Benz Guard models are used around the world to counter acts of violence
Montag, 27.Juni 2011Violent crime has become a fact of life. And car occupants are all too often the targets. This is borne out by statistics which show an increase in gang-based crime, armed robberies and carjacking. For many years now, heads of state, leading diplomats and top managers have only ventured out onto the road in armoured [...]
Mercedes-Benz Guard – Eight decades of Mercedes-Benz special protection: A unique tradition of building special-protection vehicles
Samstag, 25.Juni 2011Mercedes-Benz has never seen any contradiction between innovation and tradition. On the contrary, as the inventor of the automobile, the world’s oldest automaker has always felt a special obligation to drive forward the development of automotive technology at the highest level and to keep on setting new standards for the industry.
This demanding objective which [...]
Mercedes-Benz Guard safety philosophy: Licenced to protect
Donnerstag, 23.Juni 2011With its Guard models, Mercedes-Benz offers the world’s widest ex-factory range of special protection vehicles. The range comprising E-Guard, S-Guard and G-Guard features tailor-made protection to European standards.
A high level of protection is provided by armour made from state-of-the-art materials such as glass/plastic composites and high-strength special steel in combination with plastic elements. All [...]
Mercedes-Benz awarded a pair of fleet world honours
Mittwoch, 25.Mai 2011Mercedes-Benz landed a stunning ‘winning double’ in the 2011 Fleet World Honours automotive awards, to reaffirm its leadership of the sector’s luxury car and light commercial vehicle segments.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Saloon and the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van took top honours in their respective categories – both retaining titles they already held.
The S-Class won for the third [...]
S-Class news: S 350 BlueTEC now with ECO start/stop function as standard
Montag, 11.April 2011With immediate effect, Mercedes-Benz is combining the V6 diesel engine in the S 350 BlueTEC with an ECO start/stop function.
As a result, the fuel consumption of the luxury class saloon has been brought down to 6.2 litres per 100 kilometres (NEDC combined). The S 350 BlueTEC is also one of the world’s cleanest diesel [...]
Grand “auto, motor und sport” readers’ vote: The S-Class and SLS are the best cars of 2011
Donnerstag, 27.Januar 2011he Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the best car in the luxury class, and the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is the best sports car. This is the result of a readers’ survey by the major German motoring magazine “auto, motor und sport”.
For two years in succession, the SLS has therefore been voted the “Best car of the [...]
2010 Year in Review: July to September
Donnerstag, 30.Dezember 2010Part three of our year review with the hightlights of the months July to September.
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class
With a design perfected through an immaculate sense of style, highly exclusive appointments and cutting-edge technology, the extensively updated Mercedes-Benz CL-Class underscores its claim to supremacy as the summit of automotive refinement.
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Active Night View Assist Plus – In detail: how the spotlight function actually works
Donnerstag, 9.Dezember 2010The Night View Assist Plus with new spotlight function is a complex combination of a variety of technical functions. Infrared headlamps, night vision camera, multipurpose camera, spotlight headlamps, instrument cluster display and headlamp switch are all coordinated by several control units using complex
software.
This is how the innovative safety feature works in detail: the spotlight function [...]
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