S-Class (W223) [Official] Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W223)

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[GTA45E]

Beautiful spec.

From the May/June issue of Car and Driver.

Spend some time in one of America's high-rent districts, and you'll see plenty of Mercedes vehicles sporting AMG badges. Some are genuine AMG models; others may wear an AMG trim package. Their presence is symptomatic of well-heeled shoppers reflexively buying "loaded" vehicles even when the expensive performance features offer no benefit to their driving lives. Luxury automakers happily encourage this thinking.

MSN

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[Merc1]

The performance is searing for such a heavy thing.

M

 

[Design FIRST]

The performance is searing for such a heavy thing.

M

Exclusively in the context of "performance":

M-B spokespersons have confirmed that high-end M-B and MB-AMG MB.EA vehicles will be featuring the YASA-AMG.EA axial flux e-motors that will be producing the equivalent of some 500HP. This could indicate a full-fat future electric AMG S-Class sedan with some 1500HP in tri-motor configuration. For those who are willing to embrace fully electric vehicles, their minds should be absolutely boggled by the performance on tap.

 

[Pagani]

Beautiful spec.

From the May/June issue of Car and Driver.

Spend some time in one of America's high-rent districts, and you'll see plenty of Mercedes vehicles sporting AMG badges. Some are genuine AMG models; others may wear an AMG trim package. Their presence is symptomatic of well-heeled shoppers reflexively buying "loaded" vehicles even when the expensive performance features offer no benefit to their driving lives. Luxury automakers happily encourage this thinking.

MSN

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Though totally pointless in real life, I feel glee at a 2.6 second 0-60 mph acceleration for an S Class! And I agree, the specs on this are on point. I like the 4-seating configuration of this model, as it makes the rear seats even more special (after all, who loads their AMG S Class with a fifth passenger?!).

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

Beautiful spec.

From the May/June issue of Car and Driver.

Spend some time in one of America's high-rent districts, and you'll see plenty of Mercedes vehicles sporting AMG badges. Some are genuine AMG models; others may wear an AMG trim package. Their presence is symptomatic of well-heeled shoppers reflexively buying "loaded" vehicles even when the expensive performance features offer no benefit to their driving lives. Luxury automakers happily encourage this thinking.

MSN

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That spec really is perfect for an S. The only issue I have is something I have with modern Mercs: there's really no depth in the wood trim they use. Oh, also still too much black paneling used.

 

[J.E]

Another Nautical Blue S63.

 

[J.E]

 

[J.E]

 

[Rolf]

CAR Mag in South Africa tested the S63 and got some blistering figures.

Road Test Figures: Mercedes-AMG S63 E Performance
With a claimed 0-100 km/h sprint time of 3.3 seconds, we expected the new S63 to be quick. However, we didn’t expect it to tear up our test strip as it did. Here’s a closer look at the E Performance model’s astonishing test figures…
As the new Mercedes-AMG S63’s E Performance moniker suggests, its internal combustion engine (ICE) — the Affalterbach automaker’s 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8, producing 450 kW and 900 N.m — is supplemented by an electric motor. Mounted at the rear, the latter unit adds 140 kW to the E Performance-badged S63’s peak power output for a headline figure of 590 kW.

However staggering the 590 kW is, it’s the S63 E Performance’s combined torque output that will leave most wide-eyed. In total, the S63 E Performance’s plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain is endowed with a jaw-dropping 1 430 N.m, sent to all four corners via AMG’s nine-speed Speedshift MCT transmission.

According to Mercedes, these figures allow the 2 506 kg (tested) performance saloon to dispatch the obligatory 0-100 km/h dash in a supercar-levelling 3.3 seconds. So when we were handed the keys to the S63 E Performance, we were eager to test whether this AMG PHEV is, indeed, as quick as the marque claims.

We didn’t match AMG’s claim, however — we bested it! On our test strip, the S63 E Performance sprinted to the 100 km/h marker from a standstill in a whip crack 3.13 seconds, nearly two-tenths of a second quicker than the German marque’s figure and not far off the times of some of the supercars we’ve tested. This limousine reached 200 km/h in 11.02 seconds and was low-flying by the time it had travelled one kilometre; 20.53 seconds at 246.85 km/h.

In-gear acceleration was impressive, too. Between the 80-100, 80-120 and 100-120 km/h increments, the S63 E Performance recorded times of 0.86, 2.07 and 1.21 seconds, respectively.

In our stringent emergency braking regiment, the AMG astonished with an average 100-0 km/h stopping time was just 2.62 seconds, garnering it an ‘excellent’ rating by our standards, over a distance of 33.09 metres.

Road Test Figures: Mercedes-AMG S63 E Performance

The Mercedes-AMG S63 E Performance tore up our test strip. Here's a closer look at the astonishing performance figures we recorded.

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[MAJESTIC]

That is absolutely insane that a car this large can perform like that.

 

[sako97]

A little OT - As much as I like the W223, I miss some of the above and beyond touch points that were available in the W222. You can clearly see where development costs were shaved to meet current company direction.

Jesse Cannon-Wallace on Instagram: "Dear Mercedes, please do this again. I promise to sell a lot of them. #mbusa #designo #S580 #servicedepartment #leather #quilting #chanel"

1,259 likes, 38 comments - benzblogger on March 25, 2025: "Dear Mercedes, please do this again. I promise to sell a lot of them. #mbusa #designo #S580 #servicedepartment #leather #quilting #chanel".

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High-end engraved Burmester speaker grill. Now the same speaker grille is used on the W223 regardless of standard vs 4D.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

A little OT - As much as I like the W223, I miss some of the above and beyond touch points that were available in the W222. You can clearly see where development costs were shaved to meet current company direction.

While the standard Burmester on the W223 is superior to the W222, I'm convinced Mercedes has reduced the Burmester speaker quality on anything E Coupe and below.

 

[mr.Mister]

You can't compare the 222 to the 223.
The 222 is a perfectly designed S-Class, which will probably go down in history as the most perfect with top workmanship and materials.
Meanwhile, the 223 is a total disappointment, both in terms of design (where the car can be confused with its smaller brothers, as well as the two-part headlights for the first time in history, which are only rarely aligned in line) and above all, it is disastrously assembled with materials that do not deserve a place in an S-Class. Plastic, creaking, cracking, moving, cost cutting - the W223 for me is not a true S-Class at all and i would prefer another car for the first time in my life (a G90 or LS500).

 

[Serpens]

You can't compare the 222 to the 223.
The 222 is a perfectly designed S-Class, which will probably go down in history as the most perfect with top workmanship and materials.
Meanwhile, the 223 is a total disappointment, both in terms of design (where the car can be confused with its smaller brothers, as well as the two-part headlights for the first time in history, which are only rarely aligned in line) and above all, it is disastrously assembled with materials that do not deserve a place in an S-Class. Plastic, creaking, cracking, moving, cost cutting - the W223 for me is not a true S-Class at all and i would prefer another car for the first time in my life (a G90 or LS500).

The W222 was easily confused from behind with its smaller siblings. And for all of the W223's faults, I'd never consider a G90 or LS500 over it. The 7-series is strong competition though.

 

[kiki voinea]

The W222 was easily confused from behind with its smaller siblings.

Ask a non-MB fan what car is this....

And even if you would say "but it has the stars tail lights" , the facelift that it's around the corner will have the same tailights....

 

[Serpens]

Ask a non-MB fan what car is this....

And even if you would say "but it has the stars tail lights" , the facelift that it's around the corner will have the same tailights....

You could say the same thing last generation. It's not even worth debating, this was covered tons of times 10 years ago on this very forum. They look similar and continue to do so. The W214's tail lights are slightly different than the W223's in the same way that the W213's were slightly different than the W222.

I put the C-class in for good measure. I loved the W222 but let's serious for a second and stop denying the obvious.

 

[AbsoluteUnit]

Ask a non-MB fan what car is this....

And even if you would say "but it has the stars tail lights" , the facelift that it's around the corner will have the same tailights....

Most non-MB fans will see the silver arrow and know that it's a mercedes. They won't care past that.

 

[Merc1]

Most non-MB fans will see the silver arrow and know that it's a mercedes. They won't care past that.

Correct. Much ado about nothing. Non Mercedes fans haven’t been able to tell you which Mercedes is which since forever.

M

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

Correct. Much ado about nothing. Non Mercedes fans haven’t been able to tell you which Mercedes is which since forever.

M

Exactly. Furthermore, there's more variation in the ICE sedan's than last generation.

They are all very strong designs and that's all that matters.