Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Mercedes Benz S-Class




The S class of Mercedes can trace its roots to past many of the decades, but it was in 1973 that company took up the S-class name for its sedan. In 2000, the generation of S-class which was codenamed W220 was introduced. The W220 was quite smaller than its original S-class, but it has a more of leg space's-class came with variety of engines in different markets, the North American ones had V8 power under its hood. In 2000, 4.3 let and 5.0 its engines were there. Mercedes added 5.5 liter and 5.8 liter in 2002 to power the S55 AMG.

The 4MATIC all wheel drive was introduced in S430 and S500. The S55 got supercharged 5.5 its V8 while S600 got a turbocharged 5.5 liter V12 along with an awesome 590 lb ft of torque. W220 continued to be same throughout 2006, the S500 was removed and S550 was introduced which had the next gen S class design and S65 AMG had a turbocharged 6.0 V12 at 604 HP and made it to the top range of cars.

This model variant was a flagship of the Mercedes Benz lineup, the S-class has seen many of the latest innovations being fitted onto it, including the drivetrain mechanism, several of the interior features like climate control and safety systems like seatbelts. In 2005, the S340 used to be sold in 4MATIC and seven speed forms, the S500 could be in RWD or AWD form and S55 and S600 came with the rear wheel drive and a five speed gearbox for the required power. In the year 2006, the new style S550 used the seven speed gearbox while the others used five speed grearbox.The short wheelbase version was offered only in the S430 while the normal length model was about 100 mm more between the wheels.

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