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The updated S-Class is expected to make its debut at September's Frankfurt Motor Show

The updated S-Class is expected to make its debut at September's Frankfurt Motor Show

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The 2010 Mercedes Benz S-Class has officially been launched. Click here for all the details and images.

The current generation Mercedes Benz S-Class and its associated AMG performance models have been on the market since the middle of the decade and are due to receive a minor update later this year to keep them fresh for their rivalry with the recently revealed BMW 7-series and next-generation Audi A8 arriving in 2010. Recent prototypes seen testing in Germany and the U.S. reveal that the only major exterior updates for the car are a set of new bumpers, new side mirrors, and revised headlights.

Scans of a brochure for the new car have surfaced on the Internet, revealing every detail and technological update, albeit in German. New LED headlights, shown clearly in the scans, will be among the updates. The thin strip of LEDs serves to give the front end of the car a more modern look without spoiling the car's reserved lines with a garish grille or extra-large intakes.

Some of the other new features were previewed recently at an event in Leipzig, including driver assistance systems, advanced radar and camera based sensing technology, intelligent situational awareness software, and electronic crumple zones.

As for the new car’s powertrain lineup, most engine options will likely remain the same, but there will be a few new models, including the S400 Bluehybrid.
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Comments (26)

  1. By justin Posted: 8/20/2008 1:13pm PDT

    what is happening on this car, make the bottom of the grill sharper is that a joke. And the projector fog lamps look like somethin out of some power ranger show. I hope they don't make any sales off of this car.
     
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  2. By Gus Posted: 8/20/2008 3:11pm PDT

    I like the front end, it's the bangle-butt back end I have a problem with.
     
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  3. By HECTOR Posted: 8/20/2008 7:52pm PDT

    I actually have more taste than money so if I could afford a car in this class I'd pick the A8.

    But I have one question: Will MB be doing anything to remedy what is - without question - the ugliest and most disgusting interior in a luxury car EVER?
     
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  4. By NoNameDenton Posted: 8/20/2008 8:24pm PDT

    Looks like some of the cues from the F700 concept, not too much but they are there.
     
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  5. By NoNameDenton Posted: 8/20/2008 8:25pm PDT

    Hector, what are you smoking, the S-class sets the standard in this class of vehicle, the A8 and the BMW 7-series are trying to catch up to topple it.
     
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  6. By SteveSteve Posted: 8/22/2008 5:05pm PDT

    The S Class maybe the most refined and luxurious of the A8, 7Ser, but the A8 is the most subtle and classier. The S Class wreaks nouveau now. The 7 Ser would be my choice though.
     
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  7. By justin Posted: 9/4/2008 7:33pm PDT

    the S-class shows power out of people, the A8 shows class and the 7ser shows sportiness. But, the S-class almost excels in every catagory anyone can throw at it. Just come down to ny and 4/5 luxury cars are S-classes
     
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  8. By Gus Posted: 9/4/2008 8:04pm PDT

    Still hate the butt.
     
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  9. By HECTOR Posted: 9/5/2008 5:59am PDT

    Justin: You just said it all: NYC. Same thing in Miami and likely in LA. So basically we're talking about places where people have a lot more money than taste or class.
     
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  10. By Gus Posted: 9/5/2008 9:48am PDT

    Hey, I live in LA and I have no money OR class, so I take issue with that! :)
     
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  11. By NoNameDenton Posted: 9/5/2008 1:19pm PDT

    Still the standard for the class, though I am wondering if MB is throwing a DiesOtto engine in there some day.
     
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  12. By nbsmatambo Posted: 9/5/2008 10:09pm PDT

    still not liking the back =/

    its bgining to look like they wont ever change it ='(

    still best in class though =D
     
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  13. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 11/16/2008 9:04pm PST

    Still take this over the A8, the 7 series, and the Lexus
     
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  14. ma_danDAN avatar danDAN Posted: 11/26/2008 3:35am PST

    You know you probably can't afford an S Class when you walk into the showroom and buy an S250 CDi. Nothing says unsuccesful more than that on the back of a Merc. Even those in a 320/350 will laugh at you.
     
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  15. ma_rawashwan avatar rawashwan Posted: 12/11/2008 11:15am PST

    big deal
     
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  16. ma_justin avatar justin Posted: 12/11/2008 3:44pm PST

    ok wow i thought the S-class already had LED's. Good job mercedes for falling behind
     
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  17. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 12/12/2008 5:17pm PST

    These are LED headlights justin, the S-class already has LED tail lights
     
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  18. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 12/12/2008 5:18pm PST

    danDan, that engine is a good idea for countries like China where if you have an engine larger then a certain size (Think it is 2 liters in range) you get hit by taxes.
     
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  19. ma_vbfsvsha avatar vbfsvsha Posted: 1/4/2009 10:17pm PST

    the s claas is the best car in the world
     
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  20. ma_vbfsvsha avatar vbfsvsha Posted: 1/4/2009 10:17pm PST

    the s claas is the best car in the world
     
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  21. ma_end avatar end Posted: 4/28/2009 9:30am PDT

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  23. ma_TheChosenOne avatar TheChosenOne Posted: 8/1/2009 1:32am PDT

    danDan I have a 320 and nothing is wrong with that. Anyway who would walk into a show room and see the A8, 7S ans a S class and wouldnt pick an S class. True quallity and status.
     
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  24. By Loopus Posted: 8/24/2009 12:24pm PDT

    The S-class is too nouveau riche; I'll take an Escalade with 26" rims, lamborghini doors, 12 TV screens and an unnecessarily powerful sound system over that German monstrosity any day of the week.
     
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  25. By EZin'AUG Posted: 1/2/2010 8:54am PST

    Have the 06 love it, hate the new body style, now I might look at the Lexus
     
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  26. By poo Posted: 8/26/2010 3:36pm PDT

    anyone who thinks the S class looks new money is unlikely to be wealthy themselves. The new A8 coming out looks like an A4 with a sad/depressed face with those slanted wing like LED headlights and on the inside its cluttered to shit n doesn't provide the same relaxing environment the S class does. Not to mention all the technology and safety innovations make the S class better cars than even Rolls Royces
     
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