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The revamped S-Class is set to hybrid and more fuel efficient engines. The fact that the Stuttgart flagship for "Rainbow Warrior" mutated, is not expected. Is already secured by the newly revised versions of top-AMG and the mass-market U.S. and China. kd186 battery
When the new BMW 7 Series came on the market, the S-class suddenly looked very old. In terms of assistance and high-tech gimmicks, the Munich Stuttgart its competitors had overtaken the right and left. Now wants to strike back and make the revised Mercedes S-class as was the E-Class to a "thinking with whom the driver."
Presented were the new cars at the Shanghai Motor Show. There are a few visual retouching, for example at the grill and the headlights (now standard with bi-xenon technology), but above all a lot of new electronic helpers.
These include a high-beam assistant that varies the beam without blinding the oncoming traffic, a night vision system with pedestrian detection and lane-assistant. He warns the driver with vibration on the steering wheel when a lane marking without signaling runs over. tc030 battery
Lane Warner, there are also other manufacturers, but Mercedes wants a particularly sophisticated version developed: the electronics to detect whether the driver has inadvertently or deliberately left his trace. "The warning is not so if the driver accelerates, for example, before a passing maneuver or when driving on the highway when it brakes hard or directs in a curve," says Mercedes.
Also new is an "attention-Assistant is:" Does the electronics Lenkmuster unusual, it closes on a fatigue of the driver and chases a tone through the cockpit. Other high-tech helper is a system similar to BMW and Opel with a windshield camera reads signs and inform the driver in the jungle of signs on the valid speed limit.
The navigation screen is optional with a "SplitView equipped" technology. This driver and front passenger can have different functions: while the driver sees, for example, the map of the navigation system, the passenger on the same screen simultaneously watch a movie from DVD.
The main market for the new Mercedes S-Class is China. Not least because of the Swabians their automobiles figurehead at the Shanghai Auto Show for the first time presented to the public. "Nowhere else we sell as many S-classes, such as in China," says Ulrich Walker, Daimler CEO for the Asia Pacific region. Last year, China sold 14,000 S-class. hd438 battery
"Dreams about in China, any successful businessman. Only if you drive an S-class, one has "done it, says Lu Yuedi, successful owner of the real estate company Xidi as his marketing department that formation would have put into the mouth," In 2003 I had my first S-Class, S 350s purchased. Now I have a S 500, S 600, and two old S-class. "
Lu Yuedi is just 50 years old and is one of the league of self-made millionaires, the big cities like Beijing or Shanghai impress their mark in recent years. He also drives luxury cars from BMW and Porsche. But the day's work he performed alone in the back or at the wheel of his S 600 L.
The S-Class, together with its main competitors BMW 7 Series and Audi A8 luxury sedan in the upper ten thousand. Many are waiting for the new model and rub at the sight of the new model has the hands. "I will soon," still buy a S 65 AMG and Maybach, is proud to Lu Yuedi log as proof that his business is in the real estate world, seemed splendid.
In contrast, the S-class interest in Europe will focus on many of the diesel versions. In the United States are the top models S 550 4Matic, S 600 and the AMG models at a premium. From August, the new generation has to get with a hybrid drive. The ecological figurehead of the revised S-Class, the S 400 hybrid with lithium-ion battery that, according to factory specification achieved an average fuel consumption of 7.9 liters per 100 kilometers. lenovo thinkpad x60 battery
Interesting, especially for frequent travelers might be the S 350 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY (235 hp), which should be satisfied on average with 7.6 liters of diesel. Overall, the engine range include, in addition from the Hybrid eight gasoline and diesel engines, including the eight-cylinder Diesel S 450 CDI (320 hp), the base petrol engine S 350 (272 hp), the two eight-cylinder S 450 (340 hp) and S 500 ( 388 hp) and the top model S 600 with a 517 hp twelve-cylinder biturbo engine, with the luxury saloon accelerates in 4.6 seconds from 0 to 100 km / h.
The most powerful S-Class models, but as usual Affalterbach and listen to the names S 63 AMG and S 65 AMG. The V8 version brings it to 525 hp and a torque of 630 Newton meters, the sprint from 0 to 100 Km / h in 4.6 seconds. The S 65 AMG has a six-liter V12 engine with dual turbo under the hood and can come up with 612 hp and 1000 Newton meters of torque.
The acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in 4.4 seconds. AMG trim, alloy wheels, double-end exhaust pipes and special daytime running lights mark the steam hammer with a star. That should please both S-Class-Fan Lu Yuedi.
The sports suspension, the AMG sedans equipped with a side wind stability. The work is varied within milliseconds by a wheel load distribution, drawing upon the yaw rate and lateral acceleration sensors of the ESP.
Further, a system called "Torque Vectoring Brake" is standard on board should: When cornering, a targeted short braking intervention at the inner rear wheel a "defined screwing" effect of the vehicle and thus allow more control in heavy cornering. lenovo x60 tablet battery
These systems are also available for the normal S-Class. The standard equipment of the two AMG-force air-conditioned hum sports seats, leather upholstery and a seven-speed automatic (five-speed automatic includes the S 65 AMG). The S 63 AMG is with a long or short wheelbase, the S 65 AMG long version only.
