2011 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Review
Even as BMW, Audi and Jaguar throw new cars into the luxury-flagship ring, Mercedes-Benz has kept its S-Class sedan competitive, with sedans that start below $90,000 and top out at more than double that.
The S-Class is still a spectacle of refinement — though it's dinged in small part by an inconsistent accelerator pedal.
While the S-Class is four years into the current generation, new for 2010 is the V-6-powered S400 Hybrid, which we cover in greater detail here. It anchors the bottom of the S-Class lineup. In order of ascending price, the rest of the lineup includes the S550, S63 AMG, S600 and S65 AMG. Click here to compare the group. All five models employ rear-wheel drive, but the S550 also offers all-wheel drive. I evaluated an all-wheel-drive S550.
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Switching on the manual drive program
The manual drive program is only available for
vehicles with the dynamic handling package
and for AMG vehicles.
Manual drive program M is different from
drive program S (in AMG vehicles, drive ...
Safety note
WARNING
The RSE CD/DVD player is a Class 1 laser
product. There is a danger of invisible laser
radiation when you open or damage the cover.
Do not remove the cover. The RSE CD/DVD
player d ...
Locking and unlocking centrally
The SmartKey centrally locks/unlocks:
- the doors
- the trunk lid/tailgate
- the fuel filler flap
When unlocking, the turn signals flash once.
When locking, they flash three times
When ...