S-Class Favorite Mercedes-Benz S-Class?

[Rainer271]

 

[WAND]

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Lower row, W140 and W222.

 

[Mr Robert]

W140

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Torn between W116 and W126.

 

[klier]

Glad there is a NONE option!!!!

 

[Leech]

is it me or there is no W222 option?

edit: sorry I've just seen it's an old thread ...

 

[hannaz]

Couple of interesting old videos of W140 S-class

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[sako97]

Was a bit surprised we don't have a dedicated W126 thread after a search. Wow, this might be the cleanest, non-museum W126 out there. Flawless

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[MAJESTIC]

There is no such thing as a bad S-Class. At worst, it's marginally great (W220) but my favorite has to be the W140 or W221, they just have that stern German gravitas, especially in the interiors. I noticed the doors of my W222 to be much lighter than my old W221 and I find that to be concerning (unless they changed the build materials steel --> aluminum).

 

[Serpens]

There is no such thing as a bad S-Class. At worst, it's marginally great (W220) but my favorite has to be the W140 or W221, they just have that stern German gravitas, especially in the interiors. I noticed the doors of my W222 to be much lighter than my old W221 and I find that to be concerning (unless they changed the build materials steel --> aluminum).

It's hard to find a car with heavy doors these days. There are aluminum aspects to the door, yes.

 

[sako97]

There is no such thing as a bad S-Class. At worst, it's marginally great (W220) but my favorite has to be the W140 or W221, they just have that stern German gravitas, especially in the interiors. I noticed the doors of my W222 to be much lighter than my old W221 and I find that to be concerning (unless they changed the build materials steel --> aluminum).

W222 doors are aluminum with minimal steel, so it's hard for aluminum to have the old school feeling of steel solidity.

 

[MAJESTIC]

It's hard to find a car with heavy doors these days. There are aluminum aspects to the door, yes.

It is so sad because I love those big and heavy solid feeling doors. Even though I know it is not true for modern cars, the feeling of light doors= cheapness for me. The doors on a client's 2009 Phantom Coupe are like literal bank vault doors! Good thing they have the power closing mechanism...

 

[Betty Swollocks]

The facelifted S 400 d 4MATIC I've been driving around in for the last four days is my favourite. Absolutely stupendous.

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

It is so sad because I love those big and heavy solid feeling doors. Even though I know it is not true for modern cars, the feeling of light doors= cheapness for me. The doors on a client's 2009 Phantom Coupe are like literal bank vault doors! Good thing they have the power closing mechanism...

And the Phantom is all aluminium.

 

[Serpens]

And the Phantom is all aluminium.

Those doors are simply massive though. The Ghost doors don't feel super heavy but they shut nicely.

 

[hannaz]

I think its the most appropriate video for this thread, how ever I wish it was in English or had subtitles.

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[Merc1]

We Drive Every Generation of the Mercedes-Benz S-class | Flipbook | Car and Driver

A drive over every generation S-Class by C&D. Good reading.


M

 

[sako97]

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We Drive Every Generation of the Mercedes-Benz S-class | Flipbook | Car and Driver

A drive over every generation S-Class by C&D. Good reading.


M

90 years of excellence right there. We can forgive the W220 for being a reliability disaster because it was revolutionary when MB needed it most.