S-Class W222 [Spyshots] Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W222) Facelift Spy Pics & Info

[mercpassion]

Can't wait.

It's always a moving moment for MB fans when it comes to new S-Class models, FL or new..

 

[Monster]

"680" Maybach. I think the Chinese will buy that car just for the "68" number on the badge.

 

[AHall]

What will happen to the non-Maybach S600? The grill used to differentiate the S600 externally from the others. Now it seems that all the cars will have the same grill. It seems to have almost gotten lost after the S600 Maybach was released. Perhaps they will change the Maybach to S680 and keep the S600 for the non-Maybach S class.

 

[Merc1]

S680? Interesting. I guess that will be like 650+ hp? Wish a new V12 came with that.

M

 

[Merc1]

What will happen to the non-Maybach S600? The grill used to differentiate the S600 externally from the others. Now it seems that all the cars will have the same grill. It seems to have almost gotten lost after the S600 Maybach was released. Perhaps they will change the Maybach to S680 and keep the S600 for the non-Maybach S class.

This makes perfect sense IMO. This makes the Maybach cars more excuslusive. Only they have the 650 and 680 tags.


M

 

[Deleted member 1071]

MB had a S680 in the 30s

...and there were also 6.8 liter derivatives of the legendary 6.3 liter M100 V8 (M-B 600 sedan + Pullman as well as the W109 300SEL 6.3 sedan) back in the late 1960s' through 1972. In top tune, racing specification 6.8s' produced approx. 430HP (the outrageous European touring car series entry "Die Rote Sau" based on the W109 SEL). Several examples of the 6.8 with slightly more "pedestrian" specific outputs around 320-340HP found their way under the hoods of a choice few public-roadworthy "experimental" vehicles. A further derivative can be found in the engine bay of the W116 450SEL 6.9 of 1973-1979.

 

[Star&Car]

"680" Maybach. I think the Chinese will buy that car just for the "68" number on the badge.

Haha,so true.

It's always a moving moment for MB fans when it comes to new S-Class models, FL or new..

Exactly.it's like yesterday when the car debuted at the Airbus delivering center back in May 2013.

 

[mercpassion]

Haha,so true.

Exactly.it's like yesterday when the car debuted at the Airbus delivering center back in May 2013.

Agreed, it does seem like yesterday, but now are around half way in the W222 life cycle and the new W223 will seem ever closer now..

 

[Merc1]

I wonder if the V12s will move over to the 9G transmission for this facelift? It's about time IMO.

M

 

[HUTSUTAo]

This makes perfect sense IMO. This makes the Maybach cars more excuslusive. Only they have the 650 and 680 tags.


M

Maybe the nomenture inflation will hit 700 series soon?

 

[Deleted member 1071]

The angle of the camera on the top photo deceivingly projects the image of a low-slung, very sleek automobile. "CLS-like" if you will. And absolutely beautiful. A pity that it is a bit of an illusion. The W222/V222 is a rather "tall" vehicle.

 

[W201]

Exactly.it's like yesterday when the car debuted at the Airbus delivering center back in May 2013.

Speaking of this, the whole presentation in the Airbus hangar was almost canceled because of the bad weather. If you watch the clip closely, at around 7:40 mark, you can actually hear the rain hitting the roof.

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In the end debut went well and the rest, as they say, is history. Almost 4 years passed since this car was introduced

The Palladium Silver one still looks amazing, especially in non-AMG trim and these 20-inch 5-spoke wheels

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[Deleted member 1071]

"Die Rote Sau" dicing it up with its' Zakspeed Ford Capri I, "Dog Bone" Ford Escort I, Steinmetz Opel Commodore I, Alpina and Schnitzer BMW 3.0 CSLs' and Alfa-Romeo Giulia 2000 GTAm competitors at Spa-Francorchamps in 1971. AMG was just a small shop back then.

http://nast-sonderfahrzeuge.de/fotosammlung/albums/userpics/10002/AMG-Geschichte_04.JPG

Sorry...I'll stop evading the original topic.

 

[Yaz]

"680" Maybach. I think the Chinese will buy that car just for the "68" number on the badge.

I'm just curious, but why?

 

[HUTSUTAo]

The angle of the camera on the top photo deceivingly projects the image of a low-slung, very sleek automobile. "CLS-like" if you will. And absolutely beautiful. A pity that it is a bit of an illusion. The W222/V222 is a rather "tall" vehicle.

 

[HUTSUTAo]

I'm just curious, but why?

68 are considered auspicious in China and Chinese think that bigger is better

 

[Monster]

I'm just curious, but why?

68 are considered auspicious in China and Chinese think that bigger is better

That is pretty much it, basically "68" means you keep getting richer and luckier.

 

[Rolf]

Next we may see a S800 Maybach, that will be the luckiest car around.

 

[Kowalski]

That is pretty much it, basically "68" means you keep getting richer and luckier.

Here's what Americans call "fun fact":

Alfa Romeo sold the 164 as the 168 for the Chinese market, because 4 means bad luck in China.

 

[Monster]

Next we may see a S800 Maybach, that will be the luckiest car around.

Oh no, that will be the Maybach S 888.