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November 14, 2016 at 12 noon 53 by Jens Meiners photography by Marc Urbano and manufacturer.
The S-class Mercedes-Benz introduced in 2014 is due to a mid-term facelift next spring, and the most interesting changes occur in the plutocrat barge the Benz hood will be the first model to house a part of the new generation of the company inline six-cylinder engines although won t be coming to the United States later.
We'll get a new being called S450, which will employ the M276 twin-turbo V-6 found in GLS450 today and SL450, where it is valued at a generous 362 horsepower entry level S-Class to put it in perspective, which is just 27 horsepower short of the iconic 6 0 12 liter V-launched S-class W140.
Europe, however, will see the new 402 on horses and charged M256 Tech 3 0 liter inline six-evaluated with the use of an electric turbocharger, a large exhaust turbocharger and an integrated starter generator then he won t be offered in the uS first, we expect to see it migrate to our market in the coming years.
Those who think that the prestige of an S-Class requires extra power and number cylinder of a V-8, the smallest available engine today, should monitor a change in the M176 4 0 liter V-8 will on it, which was developed by AMG, but is expected to replace the current 449 hp S550 4 7 liter eight-cylinder in-badged models Benz, too, it will use a cylinder deactivation system to operate as a V-4 under low and medium load conditions, and it will be much more fuel efficient than the outgoing engine Moreover, we believe will carry a plate that should appeal to traditionalists between the owners of Mercedes-Benz.
Both engines six- and eight-cylinder will be paired with a clean automatic transmission nine Benz speeds Beyond these innovative powertrains, we expect the S600 to continue its impressive 523 horsepower 6 0-liter V-12 The photo below S550e likely to remain unchanged for some time mechanically, but must share available to external and internal day to come for the year 2018 model.
As for the high power versions AMG, the AMG S63 will move to clean M176 AMG Version 4 0 liter V-8 instead of its current 5 5 liter V-8 and AMG S65 retains its sharp 6 0 -liter V-12 rated at 621 horsepower.
Beyond the new powerplants donation groups not expect a change for the American market in Europe impressive diesel engines are relatively marginal There will be new head and taillights, new front and rear fascias, new wheel designs and a inside, the S-class will use most TFT displays in front of the driver, and they will now visually connected in a common piece of flying glass unusual bifurcated today will disappear in favor of a more conventional design with guessed three rays, as we have reported before class S will play catch up with the average size E-class in terms of security and advanced semi-autonomous driving technology.
Watch for new models to appear in showrooms in summer for model year 2018 changes will be reflected in the V-8 and V-12 powered Maybach derived from the S-Class We expect that prices will remain close to those of the current S -class, ranging from 97525 to 173375 in the Mercedes-Benz range, except the new base model S450, to be competitively priced against les six-cylinder BMW 7 series in the lower 80K scene the performance-oriented Mercedes-AMG models can be significantly more expensive.
This is what Daimler has in store for 2018 SCLASS New Car and Driver Car Driver and Blog, 2018, driver 2018 model year.