Mercedes-Benz S 450

The optionally available since the 2006 model year, Mercedes-Benz S 450, the Daimler Group offers another eight-cylinder variant of the well-established for over 50 years, Mercedes S-Class. Like all Mercedes cars in the luxury class is the Mercedes-Benz S 450 additionally available as long 450 S 450 4MATIC all-wheel drive version as well as a stretch version of the Mercedes S. Designed as an image bearer of the Daimler Group, the four-door luxury sedan shines as the sister model Mercedes-Benz S 500 and S 600, the twelve-cylinder version with numerous technical innovations : Standard features include, among others, an adaptive LED brake light or provided with an additional short-range radar spacer Distronic Plus. In addition, the premium Mercedes, thanks to its fully digital 5.1 surround sound system dignified concert hall atmosphere for stressed managers souls. The Swabian V8 sedan has neither behind a Lexus LS 460 still hide behind the competition from Munich and Ingolstadt, also in performance. That of a 340-hp V8 engine fueled Mercedes 450 accelerates in 5.9 seconds from 0 to 100 and is therefore only half a second slower than the slightly larger displacement Mercedes 500 variant. The engine of the Mercedes S 450, which would of course be enough for much more than the electronically sealed off 250 km / h top speed, with the comfortable 7-speed automatic transmission to the rear axle, in the wheel-drive version Mercedes-Benz S 450 4MATIC transmitted to both axles. According to factory specifications, the Mercedes Benz S 450 is content with 11.2 liters of fuel per 100 km, in everyday driving experience but this value is to be regarded only as a guidance for economical driving.