ChuckLane

Anyone know when the S500 4matic will come out and will it be the 7 speed or the 5 speed like the current 220 has right now. Father is considering swapping 03 s55k for a cls55 and then to a 221 s500 4matic late next year if thats when its coming out.

Need some help if you guys can

Thanks in advance

MBZFAN55

A Google translation from www.jesmb.de states:

01,10,05 s-class 4matic & CL

"On that Geneva automobiles salon Mercedes Benz will probably present the new CL (C216, s-class Coupé) to the public. In the autumn 2006 it rolls then to dealers.

In September 2006 the new s-class will then have to be had with 4matic (all-wheel drive). Beside the V6 and V8 Benzinern probably S 320 CDI optionally with 4matic available will be."

Looks like September 2006 for the S500 4matic, along with the new CL.

ChuckLane

Sweet now just wondering if they can hook the 7 speed or they going to use the 5 from the 220 4matic

MB Fanatic

They seem to be moving everything to the 7spd transmission, so I hope they can get all the bugs worked out in the programming and get the internal strength of the transmission up to par with the current 5spd.

Royal

Yes there will be 4matic. I think the 4matic will be out November of 2006. Check out the Is there going to be a 450? forum and go to the link that says carconnection. It has all the details of the new S. It evens tells what they think the base price will be.

MBZFAN55

It's interesting that in the TCC article mentioned above, that the 7spd will be available in just about the entire S-Class line, including the S600 4matic, but not the S600 2wd. Maybe it's a misprint???