S-Class W222 [Official] Mercedes-Benz S 65 AMG (W222)

[Pagani]

^ I was about to point out that your interior is the exact one I saw on the S 600 in Detroit in January. It is the best car interior I have see in my life. On a 65, it looks even better.

 

[JLamg]

^ I was about to point out that your interior is the exact one I saw on the S 600 in Detroit in January. It is the best car interior I have see in my life. On a 65, it looks even better.

Thanks - what the pictures don't show is the metallic sheen to the grey leather on dash and trim. And I haven't done pictures of interior finishes like the leather around the roof, sunroof and door handles.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Thanks - what the pictures don't show is the metallic sheen to the grey leather on dash and trim. And I haven't done pictures of interior finishes like the leather around the roof, sunroof and door handles.

Please do so, JLamg? I'm so intriged by this leather roof....
EDIT forgot to say that your car is absolutely magnificent

 

[Rainer271]

@JLamg: Would you be so friendly to give us information about the consumption?

 

[Pagani]

What I had written soon after seeing this interior on the S 600 in January:

"I just saw the S 600 at the show. The interior is head and shoulders above the S550 and S63 - the latter two quite literally appear to be a whole model-line lower in the sense of occasion their respective interiors represent. The diamond-pattern, even where not exclusive to the S 600 (as in the dash area) is simply more three-dimensional, with real stitching and thick padding. The effect is, like I said, a $100k difference in value perception."

 

[JLamg]

@JLamg: Would you be so friendly to give us information about the consumption?

Can't give you hard numbers. First we live in Miami - and can't use the "ecostart" system - it is the first button I push after starting the car. Simply too hot here.
Second - am doing mostly short (max 20 minutes at highway speed) through the break in period and am only 550 miles. Am guessing that we are at about 15MPG. Also, getting used to not having a gas gauge - instead, just percentage information - which causes me to go to the gas station a bit more often. Will update at a few thousand miles

 

[JLamg]

What I had written soon after seeing this interior on the S 600 in January:

"I just saw the S 600 at the show. The interior is head and shoulders above the S550 and S63 - the latter two quite literally appear to be a whole model-line lower in the sense of occasion their respective interiors represent. The diamond-pattern, even where not exclusive to the S 600 (as in the dash area) is simply more three-dimensional, with real stitching and thick padding. The effect is, like I said, a $100k difference in value perception."

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Rainer271]

Thank you for the first insight, JLamg.

 

[JLamg]

Please do so, JLamg? I'm so intriged by this leather roof....
EDIT forgot to say that your car is absolutely magnificent

Thanks Mick! Attached are a couple that show the finishes. . not the best pictures. .

 

[Yaz]

Simply in awe, @JLamg .
Questions time:
How do you like the 3D Burmester sound? Is there really a difference? Please make a video.

Magic body control, a gimmick? And how does it drive in general compared to other cars you've owned (what were they BTW?)?

New touch pad COMAND controller, any thoughts?

How would you compare it to comparable Bentley's and Rolls Royce?

Any regrets or shortcomings you think this car has? Anything you don't like at all?

Those wheels are the $h!t, remind me of Brabus wheels. What made you get them instead of the standard five bolt wheels? You got the tools to unscrew them, right ?

PS,
You'd think that MB would have sorted the Eco button turning on every time you start the car by now. I mean BMW has, why not MB?

Thanks .

 

[JLamg]

Simply in awe, @JLamg .
Questions time:
How do you like the 3D Burmester sound? Is there really a difference? Please make a video.

Magic body control, a gimmick? And how does it drive in general compared to other cars you've owned (what were they BTW?)?

New touch pad COMAND controller, any thoughts?

How would you compare it to comparable Bentley's and Rolls Royce?

Any regrets or shortcomings you think this car has? Anything you don't like at all?

Those wheels are the $h!t, remind me of Brabus wheels. What made you get them instead of the standard five bolt wheels? You got the tools to unscrew them, right ?

PS,
You'd think that MB would have sorted the Eco button turning on every time you start the car by now. I mean BMW has, why not MB?

Thanks .

Thanks again! We are currently driving the S65 with the 3D and a 2015 S550 (loaner while we are waiting for delivery of a 2015 911 Carrera 4 S Cab) with the standard Burmester. From a sound perspective - the 3D is clearly superior in multiple dimensions; and they are really cool in appearance. The downside is the loss of room in the trunk (we are golfers and need to get travel bags in from time to time) and can't with the 3D. I really like the Magic Body Control as well - can tell the difference - especially on speed bumps. We were very close to getting a new Bentley - had it spec'd out. At the end of the day a few things put us in the S65: 1) S65 has more attention paid to the driver while the Bentley was focused on rear passengers; there is no comparison in technology - the Bentley is one generation behind; both have a lot of torque - I find that the MB is just a notch more refined; finally style - the S65 is a very muscular car in person while the Bentley feels like an "older" persons car (not that I am that young!). Don't use the new touchpad, but love the HUD and 360 camera. The wheels are S65 standard in the US (796). Shortcomings - small trunk for a big car; don't really need or want the rear monitors; parktronic sensors seem slow to activate; the WLAN, MB apps and retrieval of texts/emails are primitive (hopefully the latter two will be corrected by a software upgrade). Hope that helps!

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Thanks for the interior pics JLamg. That roofleather makes my alcantara/dinamica roof look like "standard"

 

[hannaz]

JLamg; thank you for sharing the ownership experience of your beauty.

 

[JLamg]

One more update - related to all S-class Sedan's - about the internet interface, WLAN, MB-Apps. While there is a lot of information in brochure ware and manuals, these are "embryonic" at best. Text's don't reliably load; the apps are slow and "clugy"; and generally not worth the time. I hope these will be improved with software releases in the future - you can see the future, but not here yet. Concerning mBrace - there are many decent features on mBrace plus and mBrace smartphone app.

 

[Yaz]

I really don't understand why car makers can't just put an option to mirror everything from a smartphone, a tablet , or even an iPod touch.
Some of my family members prefer to use their smartphone's navigation than the car's.

 

[Monster]

I really don't understand why car makers can't just put an option to mirror everything from a smartphone, a tablet , or even an iPod touch.
Some of my family members prefer to use their smartphone's navigation than the car's.

If only car manufacturers allow people to use the car display as a bigger screen for their phone as in people connect their phone to the display and use that instead.

 

[Pagani]

That can't be done, because not all apps are engineered to be used while driving. Honestly, I would not want people to have access to all of their iPhone functionality when they are driving next lane from me. It is bad enough to be away from one's phone on the crapper nowadays. I can't see people star away from it in traffic and that would be an issue.

 

[Yaz]

Well, you wouldn't be able to use it if the car is in motion. Just like there's a safety feature on TV and DVD players in cars now.

 

[MajBliss]

Well, you wouldn't be able to use it if the car is in motion. Just like there's a safety feature on TV and DVD players in cars now.

Some apps you would want available when the car is moving, such as navigation. This is why Apple has their Car Play program they are working on with auto manufacturers as this will provide a way to approve or clear each application that will be displayed from the phone to the car display to ensure that distractions are kept to a minimum.

http://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/

 

[Yaz]

Of course you'd want navigation and music working when in motion. What am I gonna do with it if it only works when I'm stationary.

From the looks of it, car play sucks. A simple cable like that of the aux cable to mirror your phone or tablet is more than enough.

Like I said earlier, a lot of times we use our phones for navigation and music now via the aux input and it works just fine. Better than the cars OEM system.