What you need to know about Mercedes-Benz W222

Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse W222 (S from “Sonderklasse”, from German “special class”) is the sixth generation of the advanced series of luxury car cars of the German brand Mercedes-Benz, which was launched in 2013. Presentation of the sixth generation of the S-Class, W222 was held May 15, 2013 in Hamburg.

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The new Mercedes-Benz S-class W222 is constructed on a completely new platform. Fundamental changes were required because of the increased amount of aluminum in the design of the car. In particular, almost the entire body is made of "winged metal." It affected not so much the weight (it decreased by approximately 100 kg, and the rigidity of the body grew by 50%), but rather the number of technological possibilities with are presented in great abundance in these cars.

Only imagine: the top-of-the-range Mercedes S-Class can move independently in traffic jams, stopping, moving and following an ahead-going car; The active suspension here is tied to a stereo camera in the Magic Body Control complex and knows how to adapt in advance to the situation if the car indicated an unevenness on the road; the night vision system is now able to recognize not only people, but also animals, and is also trained to highlight the obstacle with headlight, for which a special section is intended in them. By the way, the new S-class is the first car in the world, in which there is not a single incandescent lamp. All interior lighting and headlights are LED lights.

Changes in the design of the novelty can be called evolutionary. The radiator grille is enlarged in size, the head optics received beautiful LED bends, the rear lights were slightly reduced, and the appearance of the stern from some angles is now similar to the one on the large Mercedes CL-Class coupe. In its dimensions, the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2014 has turned out to be longer, wider and lower than before, its length is 5 116 mm (+20), width - 1,899 (+28), height - 1,496 (-25), and the value wheelbase remained unchanged (3,035 mm). The length of the Mercedes-Benz W222 Long version has grown to 5,246 millimeters, and the distance between the axles is 3,165 mm. As for the interior of the S-Class sedan W222, it became more spacious and significantly remodeled. There's a two-spoke steering wheel, and a completely new instrument panel, combined under one hood with a large 12.3-inch screen of a multimedia system, and four circular nozzles of a ventilation system with round analog watches on the center console.

The equipment of the novelty can include heated door armrests, rear seats with a massage function (six types) and a change in the backrest inclination (up to 37 degrees in a car with a standard wheelbase and up to 43.5 with an elongated one), an automatic air fragrance in the cabin with several odor options and a powerful 1500-watt Burmester audio system. As previously reported, the basis for the Mercedes S-Class W222 lay the new modular platform, with the original version of the Mercedes-Benz W222 Long originally developed, and the base model was obtained by reducing the wheelbase. The body of the car is facilitated by the extensive use of aluminum (the mass of the sedan was reduced by 95 kg, but the rigidity of the body was 50% at once), the suspensions are completely new, and the engines are modernized to improve their fuel efficiency. True, the transmission is still the same - it is a seven-speed automatic 7G-Tronic Plus, although it was assumed that the new S-Class W222 can get a nine-speed box.

Like the previous generation of luxury Mercedes-Benz cars, the S-Class W222 set a new standard in automotive safety. Sedan received the complex Intelligent Drive, which includes many security systems. The car is equipped with different sensors, cameras and radars along the entire perimeter, preventing emergency situations.

For example, thanks to the active DISTRONIC PLUS cruise control, the car is able to self-drive in traffic ahead of the car, the updated Night View Assist Plus, displays the image of people and animals on the instrument panel, PARKTRONIK and Park Assist systems park the car by themselves (both in parallel and perpendicularly), and when driving intersections, the driver receives a warning signal about approaching the outside of the visibility zone of other cars.

Among other things, the new S-Class is equipped with inflatable seat belts, all-LED lights (not only the headlights and lanterns, but also the interior of the car is illuminated by 300 LEDs), not blinding the oncoming drivers, and the rear lights are equipped with automatic brightness control, which changes the brightness of the LEDs depending on the time of day and driving conditions, as well as the force of pressing on a brake pedal.

The new adaptive suspension Magic Body Control can independently adjust to the current traffic situation not in real time, but in advance due to a specially installed stereo camera at the top of the windshield, scanning the roadway in front of the car and transferring the data to the control center of the suspension.

At first, the buyers were offered three modifications - for every taste. Among them, a diesel with a three-liter V6 engine with a capacity of 258 hp. (620 Nm), petrol with V8 4.7, giving out 455 forces and 700 Nm, and a hybrid with the total output of the power plant in 306 horsepower (370 Nm). Later this year they were joined by the diesel hybrid S 400, and in 2014 a powerful version from AMG came out on the market and the most economical version of the S 500 Plug-in Hybrid, its average consumption in the mixed cycle was less than 4 liters per 100 km, and carbon dioxide emissions are less than 75 g / km.

In Europe, prices for the basic "short" S 350 BlueTEC start at 79 789 euros, the long version costs 85 323 euros. The S 400 sedan will cost € 85,204 or € 91,094, depending on the wheelbase, and the S 500 modification is estimated at € 104,601 and € 107,635, respectively. After the presentation, Dieter Zetsche said that the ambitious plans to create such a S-class sedan, in particular, served as an excuse to close the Maybach brand as a separate unit. Seeing the results, it's very difficult to argue with the validity of this decision.

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