ManuelCarrillo3

Ned Flanders may get nervous at the remarkable length of this S-Class Pullman, but it's really Mercedes-Benz executives who need to get nervous. This thing's going to be a 21-foot flop.

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Jason B

At 1.6 million, it is gonna flop!

I'll take this for a cool $100k

hyperion667

why Ned Flanders?

Germancar1

The car isn't going to cost 1M.

M

Jason B

Correct, it's going to be 1.6 million. Yes, crazy! Read the full article from the first post. Ouch.

Germancar1

The car above is not going to be a million dollars, the article is just mere speculation not official. Mercedes-Benz knows they can't charge that much for what is nothing more than a stretched S-Class.

M

Jason B

Here is some more info. This one mentions about the armor plating mmaking the cost high.

http://www.carscoops.com/2014/08/1-m...n-aims-to.html

hyperion667

survival will cost you extra LOL

absent

Looks like a run of the mill O'Gara Hess limo/wedding/prom/airport service stretch.
Not impressed at all.....

equetefue

yeah, but it pulls a .97 in the skid

K-A

An S Class limo version. Cheesy to me, but it's obviously to serve a purpose, not be a beauty queen. I don't think it does the regular S Class any favors, especially in cities where S Classes are most known as limo services already, though at least maintaining their proper proportions as having a "limo version" is kind of awkward for a line of cars. Now, the legendary Benz 600, that was a thoroughly revamped and redesigned car, i.e not just a stretched version of the "S Class" of the time. Thus, it was worth its price.

I don't get the Ned Flanders reference?

Chucky300

^^ Nonsense..as always.

Mercedes has been making Pullman's for decades. It's not a "cheesy" concept. Like it, don't like, I don't get how you put "limo version" in quotes as it's something that quotations are not be appropriate for.

I think you are blinded by your rather distaste for Mercedes in general. That's fine - but what I don't get is why you continue to put forth really silly arguments here. Is it mental masturbation or are you really very bored?

K-A

No nonsense about it. I think it's cheesy looking when there's a stretched limo version version of any car. Hummers in Vegas included. I actually thought that MB hasn't made a Pullman in some time. And at $1.6 million, if true, that's insane.

The newer ones are literally stretched versions of the original car. The 600 Grosser was a much different car from the standard fare "S" at the time, which is why I don't quite think the stretched S' belong in a lineage pic pic with it.

Edit: Maybe they technically can belong in a lineage pic with it, but I don't think they do it justice. It was a lot more than "just" a stretched model. The architecture even being more redesigned.

hyperion667

that's a great pic, and that Gross on the end it superb!

absent

Must be the end of the World, God help me, I agree with K-A!!!!!

WSH

Limos are 3rd World/trailer park creatures

S65 sedans are merely essential, safe family cars for anyone who understands absurdly inept safety engineering of any SUV (incl any from MB/P)

Rich in US' 3rd World town of NYC have been driven ard in scuffed-up, normal, blk/blk S550s (w/inept, hired drivers at wheel) for decades

Most rich in BH/SV aren't into cars and can't drive but tend to want to appear younger&more in control (and are in a car-centric culture where having a driver is a sign of ineptitude, not wealth/status) and often drive self in own S Coupe (often lame 550s/63s, occasional 65s) or some MB/P SUV if truly can't drive

Marketers often have imaginary caricatures of what actual rich dudes in US want to drive (and are willing to pay for, no matter how wealthy)

K-A

Lol. Throw enough of 'em at the wall and one's eventually gotta stick!