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Mercedes S Class 2013 |
After eight years of career, the W221 S Class generation hands over to his successor, coded W222 (V222 or long version)
Brochures scanned miniature traitor ... the new Mercedes S class has had all the trouble in the world to keep its secrets. But he had a few revelations in store, and a nice amount of official photographs.
The new Mercedes S-Class is a major project. Logically, it is officially presented in a hangar in Hamburg Airbus which usually assembles parts of the A380, its flagship. The king of the air and rubs the queen of the road. These two seem to be made for each other and share the same specifications: they redefine the term luxury, comfort and safety, without neglecting efficiency. Indeed, the new S-Class W222 Number for intimate, through the air with a drag coefficient of 0.24 or 0.23 on the new version S 300 Bluetec Hybrid. Aerodynamics contributes to its normalized consumption of 4.4 liters of diesel per 100 km, a straw for a limousine that ilk, available first in two sizes (5.12 and 5.25 m).
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The night light atmosphere has beenextensively studied |
Among the few details that have not been fanned before the official launch, we also find this essential figure: the S-Class will not tolerate any bulb on board, but lights with 500 LEDs, which 300 just for the passenger compartment and the trunk. Smaller, the range of engines is limited to four. Initially, two petrol and two diesel units should suffice, integrating the two hybrids. The range of proposed power is still wide: it goes from 204 to 455 HP, until the S 500 Hybrid, the first plug-in hybrid brand, which should settle for less than 4 liters of gasoline. Quite the opposite of that V12 will spray a part of the conservation effort provided by the most reasonable engines.
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This S-Class adopts softer lines, more curvedless muscular than its predecessor |
The S-Class is also and always a festival of unprecedented equipment. The most promising seems to be the Magic Body Control, an option available on the V8 versions. This device "scans" the road surface using a camera and change the suspension settings based inequalities detected in order to maximize comfort and safety. The system also operates Presafe: it uses the same camera and radar sensors to identify potential obstacles, and goes up to trigger an automatic braking in case of danger. However, if the crash is inevitable, passengers enjoy inflatable belts to soften the blow gently. But the raw S Class 2013 is far from having emptied his wallet. A year after its launch, scheduled for the summer, a new 9G-Tronic automatic transmission will appear. Thereafter, the brightest star in the Mercedes range also gain two versions lengthened and new orders incorporating a touchpad.
