New Mercedes

[xviciousx]

http://www.autoblog.com/2005/12/28/m...g-for-detroit/



I don't like European cars too much, but this did grab my attention.

[Rally Sport]

That thing is beautiful.

[xviciousx]

and quite, quite powerful...

[ThatRoundHeadedKid]

beautiful yes, powerful yes.....forced induction, unfortunately yes...It's a mercedes-benz? yes....unfortunately.....and they jumped from 4th place in the JD Power Customer Satisfaction to 9 from the bottom currently.....pathetically yes.

[2.2 Straight six]

that thing is fugly, i saw one on the street yesterday. i hate it.

[BP2K2Max]

Originally Posted by 2.2 Straight six

that thing is fugly, i saw one on the street yesterday. i hate it.

are they even out yet? the article said the car made its world debut at detroit auto show only 2 weeks ago.

[ThatRoundHeadedKid]

Originally Posted by BP2K2Max

are they even out yet? the article said the car made its world debut at detroit auto show only 2 weeks ago.

That's for the S65 AMG only...I've seen a few new S550s because the Mercedes-Benz of NA is only 3 minutes from me in Montvale, NJ, and BMW of NA is their neighbor. So they're probably coporate test cars that I see every now and then.

[xviciousx]

I don't think they're out... this was the first I had seen of them

[2.2 Straight six]

they're out. i saw one. yes, that's right i saw one.

[Toksin]

yummy!

[goat_launcher]

Gey. Mercedes have become nothing but fast moving lumps of crapily designed metal - kinda like BMW, but with less dedication.



Karl

[blindside.AMG]

The 221 chassis is currently out in the 550 version and dealerships are taking orders. I don't think we've delivered one to a customer yet but we have a demo vehicle that barely rests due to all the test drives. The 220 S65 version is a blast to drive and I'm sure the 221 will be even better. I'll let you guys know after I get it sideways in Beverly Hills....

Originally Posted by goat_launcher

Gey. Mercedes have become nothing but fast moving lumps of crapily designed metal - kinda like BMW, but with less dedication.

DUMB!! Mercedes and BMW's are the most technologically advanced vehicles on the road, PERIOD. Not to mention the S-class is arguably the safest production vehicle ever built. But I would love for you to explain how Mercs and BMW's are "crapily designed"....

[GForce957]

Maybe he means they dont look as good now, although i like the new looks better

[vinnym86]

surprised they ditched the trademark benz headlamps

[ThatRoundHeadedKid]

Originally Posted by blindside.AMG

The 221 chassis is currently out in the 550 version and dealerships are taking orders. I don't think we've delivered one to a customer yet but we have a demo vehicle that barely rests due to all the test drives. The 220 S65 version is a blast to drive and I'm sure the 221 will be even better. I'll let you guys know after I get it sideways in Beverly Hills....



DUMB!! Mercedes and BMW's are the most technologically advanced vehicles on the road, PERIOD. Not to mention the S-class is arguably the safest production vehicle ever built. But I would love for you to explain how Mercs and BMW's are "crapily designed"....

I can support the crapily designed quote. So about that new version of the Active Cruise Control....It's supposed to now aid you when there's low to no visibility by detecting an obstruction in the road and by sensing that obstruction, it automatically brings a car to a immediate halt without driver intervention if the computer senses a possible damaging collision. Well, to prove this, TopGear (yes the show) had requested that mercedes show an experiment. So off the Mercedes goes.......Beep Beep (brakes apply).....BAM....a little too late....yes the Mercedes crashed into the test obstruction, gave it a nasty fender bender and bent the hood.

I saw it on Google Video but I cant find the video any more...maybe come back in a lil bit.