Mercedes S 600: Genius and insanity They know high performance upper class sedans of the impact of an AUDI A8 6,0, VOLKSWAGEN phaeton or the coming BMW 760i? Forget it all. With 500 HP and 800 Nm torque sets new S 600 of Mercedes immediately the yardstick. The s-class is world-wide market leader in its segment. And so it is to remain after the will of its creators also still for a long time. In order to strengthen the position on the overhauling trace and, those have the arising competition into the barriers to wise Swabia now their Topmodell, for which S 600 orders, an extensive Fitnesskur. If the old twelve-cylinder with its 5.8 litres capacity, already straight as weak, was not considered to 367 HP of achievement and a maximum torque of 530 Nm then new 5.5 derived from the May brook engine litre aggregate with Biturbo loading and full 368 KW puts (500 HP) as well as a maximum torque of 800 Nm the measuring pole equal two stages more highly. The broad Grinsen gives it free of charge Feel how 800 Nm in the everyday life? Simply gigantically! 2.1 tons finest automotive manufacture were accelerated more dynamically never before. An example obligingly/pleasingly: With cosy 80 km/h and numbers of revolutions scarcely over condition gas duempelt S 600 on the motorway behind a truck on the left trace ago. If the 40-Tonner yields of the lane, a short footstep is sufficient on the accelerotor pedal and S 600 presses - after a short instant of the meditation of the two exhaust-gas turbines - its passengers into the leather seats. The TAC hone aristocracy races over the indicator scale, like in other cars of the tachometers with accelerating in the small course, in order without noticeable leaving at the end of the indicator scale by electronics gently to be then in-braked. The driver can give itself the view into the rear view mirror thereby - to stand nevertheless in wind hurry over 250 km/h on the clock and all pursuers in the offside. The broad Grinsen in the face can hardly be avoided with this fundamental experience. Whether the average consumption from 14,8 litres to 100, indicated by Mercedes, can be reached km/h during such a quick progressive movement in practice, is however another question. The abundance can be enjoyed in addition, differently: with the quick Cruisen on the highway. There speed 100 brings hardly more than 2,000 routes on the clock, if necessary without jerking switching the mechanism remained in the fifth and highest drive position and always is the certainty to be able to settle overhauling procedures with the short twitching of the accelerotor pedal. Pour to the driving joy: Owing to two intercoolers and two superchargers the Zwoelzylinder carries out for 500 HP and lifts sayful 800 Nm on the crankshaft Further power proofs obligingly/pleasingly? Only 4.8 seconds indicate S 600-Entwickler for the Sprint on speed 100. Thus the luxury sedan pushes itself into the Doemane of hochkaraetiger sports cars. Also in things maximum speed could compete Zwoelfender, which is offered exclusively with long wheel base, with Ferrari & CO: Of the developers under the hand 310 is called nevertheless km/h as open Topspeed. Official however - electronically abgeregelt - with 250 km/h conclusion is. Top chassis, Top price Because the driver with as much power no pearls moisten the forehead, ensures the perfectly co-ordinated ABC chassis. Whether in the sport or image mode electronics reduces **** and slope movements of the body to almost zero. The thick ship retains thereby in all driving conditions absolutely the peace. With a handy chassis interpretation becomes combined so from that 5.16 meters long travel steamer even fun-mobilely for the bitumen volumes off the motorways. It harms only that Mercedes this driving fun can be paid expensively: At least 126,556 euro becomes due for S 600, which is appropriate thereby for approximately 7,000 euro over equally strong S 55 AMG. Has however "only" a loaded V8-Motor and a maximum torque of 700 Nm.

 

I hate translated articles.... context is something most translator algorithms can not cope with.
Just wait till we distributed computing geeks get our hands on natural language processing....

Other than that... nice article.