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The S-Class Mercedes-Benz has always represented the ultimate in technology is the car that the German manufacturer's engineers and technology experts are really going to town on pushing the envelope of what is possible in production cars today.
It's a theme that continues with the new version of the luxury Mercedes flagship, available in the UK from October 2013.
The futuristic technology used in the new Mercedes S-Class includes the suspension Magic Body Control option that continuously adjusts to the most comfortable ride possible by taking data from cameras sweeping the road, mapping parcels of rough macadam and adjustment of the dampers accordingly.
Nearly 500 LEDs in total are the headlights, taillights and interior lighting, which makes the S-Class in 2013 the first production car will have a single standard bulb.
What is more, it even has the ability to more or less hard himself this last point is not an exaggeration; the previous generation S-Class featuring radar guided cruise control which may follow a defined distance from the car in front and brake to a complete stop if necessary.
The new car takes the system to the next step Take information from six cameras and six cameras, the S-Class will be able to change lanes and exceed the other autonomous vehicles in conditions of stop-start traffic the system requires the driver to keep hold of the steering wheel, however, reducing the chances of getting a little too relaxed and dozed.
Unlike previous models that started with a standard wheelbase and raised in a model stretched down their development cycle, the long wheelbase S-Class in 2013 came first with plenty of room for rear passengers and a reclining seat that folds the most in the industry he's most comfortable luxury limousine available.
The model will eventually sit on four different wheelbases, including extra long model and the coupe version.
Standard car seat comes with a conventional three people, or it is the option of two individual seats full of electric motors for a wide range of adjustment.
Three hybrid versions available S 400 combines a V6 gasoline engine with an electric motor; S 300 an electric diesel four-cylinder engine and the engine and plug-in S 500 combines a V6 gasoline engine with electric motor and a much larger battery pack which can be pre-charged with a larger single electric uptime.
The plug-in is capable of more than 100mpg on the combined cycle with CO2 emissions rated at just 65g Km This means that while cheap to tax for private drivers and fleet, he'll also be congestion Charge exempt in London thanks to the 100 discount for low CO2 cars.
There are also two variants conventionally powered S 350 BlueTEC diesel V6 likely to represent about 90 sales in the UK with a claimed 51mpg and 146g km of CO2 and fuel S 500 V8.
Other technological highlights include the rear lights that automatically dIM depending on ambient light to save energy, seatbelts with inflatable sections to reduce the risk of injury and even a fragrance replenishable system for air conditioning.
All this has a price of course, and you will need somewhere in the region of 62,500 just to get the last rung of the ladder S-Class.
At the launch of the company had 20,000 pre-orders worldwide, suggesting that it will be just as suddenly as hope Mercedes Read our full review Mercedes-Benz S-Class to know exactly why it is evidence already so popular.
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