New Mercedes S-Class in the first test

Driving report Mercedes S 500 4MATIC

New Mercedes S-Class in the test: Yesterday’s battleship or true Tesla alternative?

Cattle man Mercedes S-Class 2020

• Site editor Sebastian Viehmann (Stuttgart)

Even before the market launch, the S-Class has to live a little with the flaw of being a kind of old men’s solution for Tesla refusers. The qualities of the limousine remain unmatched and 100 kilometers are even in it.

Sliding instead of driving, getting more relaxed than starting – this is connected to the Mercedes S -Class. And to anticipate it: Little has changed in the new edition. Daimler’s two-ton ship is still the most convenient way to drive from A to B in an automobile. Air springs, maximum noise-cropped and sublime you cancel the kilometers as calmly in the S-Class as if you were on a wellness vacation. You piloted a five-star escape capsule, which is discreetly illuminated with 250 LEDs and lined with leather.But the glow of the confidant. Especially when you sign the legendary signet "S 500" Stroked on the tailgate and then experienced the shock moment when looking under the bonnet: Instead of the good old V8 engine with five liters of displacement, there is now a charged three-liter six-cylinder in the machine room.

Daimler Mercedes S-Class 2020

The mobilizes lush 435 horsepower and 520 Newton meters of torque, but even an army of sound designers could not hide the fact that the voluminous eighers are no longer doing his job. the "real" 500 from Daimler should have increased in the collector’s value.

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But we come back to the positive. The S-Class may weigh more than two tons, but on the valance of the star cruiser you feel more like in a C or E-Class. At least as far as the maneuverability is concerned. The new rear axle steering hits the bikes up to ten degrees. The effect is much more noticeable than in the rear axle steering of the 7 Series BMW: Even 180-degree bends in the Swabian Alb takes the Great Benz like an agile mid-range car. This is also very welcome if you rank the 5.18 meter ship; Not to mention the long version, which it brings to 5.29 meters.

Daimler Mercedes S-Class

In the new edition, too, the Daimler engineers in the cockpit dispensed with the switch and ad overkill, which is known from the Audi A8. Of course, Daimler knows that you run the risk of being a kind of old men cruiser for Tesla refusal in terms of image. You can tell the Swabian if you are the new monitor as "as big as just as aesthetically justifiable" praise. But you shouldn’t be wrong: the interior of an S-Class has little to do with that of a Tesla Model S. The Tesla cockpit is ultimately like an Aldi branch, trimmed with decorative trends. The Daimler interior, on the other hand, is the precious wood desk in the boardroom. And both cars don’t even differ so much from the price.

Daimler Cockpit of the new S-Class

What Tesla has not brought about to this day has led Daimler to completion in the S-Class: the head-up display. The virtual monitor size with a diagonal of 77 inches works as if the picture is projected far away from the car directly onto the street. Including directional arrows, which are always on the right turn "lie" seem.

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If the driver does not look at the head-up display, then the 12.3-inch high-tech cockpit including a three-dimensional display. The latter is a visually impressive gimmick with two integrated cameras for facial recognition, but not really relevant in practice.

Daimler Central monitor in the S-Class

The XXL screen in the middle with an OLED resolution from 1888 by 1728 pixels in turn requires acclimatization time. The S-Class was a vehicle from the "analog era". What you also see from the fact that there is still a classic light switch, but it is in the door trim and not on the dashboard.

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Massage on the executive chair

However, the best place in the Chauffeurs sedan S-Class is behind right. And it can be converted into a lying seat with a tendency of 37 degrees. A number of massage programs are waiting.

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In the version with a long wheelbase, the backrest is even 43.5 degrees. On request, a control panel including removable tablet control screen and two thermal cupholder can be had that warm or cool the drinks. So that the noble head is also pleasantly embedded, the Mercedes luxury limousine offers heated additional pillows on the headrests.

Daimler Mercedes S-Class 2020

Parking of ghost hands

So the S -Class has plenty of comfort – it had to be defended by a call. In order to continue to play in the future, Daimler is installing further highlights in the S-Class:

• Projection headlights with 1.3 million pixels can project symbols forward onto the street, such as a warning for the driver of pedestrians on the roadside.
• The S-Class has the world’s first fund airbag, which unfolds directly from the backrest of the driver’s seat and does not only as usual as a side /roof airbag.
• A air suspension on board is as an option "E-ABC"-Chassis with separately controlled struts.

Motors: classic or partially electrical

Under the hood it usually remains classic:

• The sedan has a diesel engine in two power levels on board (S 350 / S 400 4MATIC)))-
• There are also six-cylinder petrol engines (S 450, S 500) with an eight-cylinder as a later top version. The twelve cylinder remains reserved for the future Maybach variant.
• At least one plug-in hybrid variant (S 580 E))). Thanks to the highly increased battery performance, this will be able to drive around 100 kilometers electrically.
• Daimler’s actual Tesla hunter, on the other hand, is being built on a completely new electric platform and is only on the market as EQs in one to two years.

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Autonomous driving: more possible than allowed

In the autonomous or. Automated driving, the S-Class is not a pioneer despite the concentrated sensor technology under the sheet metal. That hurts, especially since Tesla alone with his software is permanently optimized by his autopilot. Parking via Valet service (see video) works for the S-Class, but for security reasons, an employee with an emergency stop switch still has to run on the side-after all, the hurdle for series operations is a legal and no technical. The driver will leave the car in the future, activate the park app and hand over responsibility to Daimler at that moment.

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The S-Class then parks in a previously booked parking lot. However, it only does this at a step speed at a maximum of 10 km/h-and the whole thing only works in parking garages that have a corresponding camera monitoring. The Swabians demonstrated that in the parking garage of the Stuttgart Airport. If you pick up the S-Class, it will come forward automatically after activating the app.In the second half of the next year, the S-Class should also control autonomous driving at Level 3. However, the system is not much more than an improved traffic jam assistant and only works up to 60 km / h, and a previous vehicle is needed on which the autopilot can orientate itself.

The five levels of autonomous driving

The terms autonomous and automated driving are often synonymous, there are important differences. These are the five levels of autonomous driving:

• Level 0: The driver controls the car completely.
• Level 1: There are assistance systems such as distance control or lane change warning, which only support the driver. This technology is widespread today down to the small car area.
• Level 2: This is the level at which modern vehicles of the upper middle class and upper class are already located. Sub -automated systems can take over certain functions, such as track guidance or partial automatic parking. Models such as the current Mercedes E-Class, Teslas Model S and Model X or the BMW 5 Series are already dominating the level 2. At Tesla, even more functions were temporarily unlocked, but they were put back after a few incidents.
• Level 3: This is the (high) automated driving, in which the driver must be able to intervene at any time, but may also turn to other things if the system is activated. With a warning time, the driver can be asked to take the lead again. Level 3 is developed as standard, for example in the Audi A8 .
• Level 4: At the fully automated driving the driver can even intervene if the system fails, but as a rule the car should take over everything. This level is currently being tested in practice by various car manufacturers and suppliers as well as tech groups.
• Level 5: At the actual autonomous driving is no longer required. You no longer need a steering wheel or other controls. The occupants become pure passengers.

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Type	Mercedes-Benz S-Class S 500 4MATIC
engine	Turbo charging in line six-cylinder petrol engine
Displacement (cm3)	2999
Performance in PS (KW) at U/Min-1	435 (320) at 5900
Max. Torque (nm) at UMin-1	520 Nm at 180 rpm
Maximum- Speed (km/h)	250
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (sec.)))	4.9
transmission	9-speed automatic
drive	all wheel drive
Fuel	great
Consumption EU third mix (L/100 km)	9.5
CO2 emissions (g/km)	216
Length (mm)	5179
width (mm)	2109
Height (mm)	1503
Weight, manufacturer- Specification (KG)	2045
Max. Payload (kg)	765
Price (euro)	116.€ 232.00
Exhaust gas standard	Euro 6 d

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