LWB and SWB
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I thought the difference in the wheel base was 7 inches longer which added almost 4 inches of legroom according to the MB UK site.
"Take a seat in the S-Class long-wheelbase version and enjoy the ultimate S-Class experience. With ten centimetres more legroom at the rear, this S-Class offers exceptional comfort."
"Take a seat in the S-Class long-wheelbase version and enjoy the ultimate S-Class experience. With ten centimetres more legroom at the rear, this S-Class offers exceptional comfort."
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I thought the difference in the wheel base was 7 inches longer which added almost 4 inches of legroom according to the MB UK site.
"Take a seat in the S-Class long-wheelbase version and enjoy the ultimate S-Class experience. With ten centimetres more legroom at the rear, this S-Class offers exceptional comfort."
"Take a seat in the S-Class long-wheelbase version and enjoy the ultimate S-Class experience. With ten centimetres more legroom at the rear, this S-Class offers exceptional comfort."
In fact the LWB model is 130 millimetres longer than the SWB model and all of that is for the rear seat legroom. Everything else is the same, see dimensions here:
http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/...imensions.html
click the side view for both models.
You can see a 10 cm difference for the "rear seat space" but this must be from the fact that the SWB model has a different rear seat as standard and these dimensions are for standard options. You can notice the height of the front seat space being much higher on the SWB model (this is because it has no sunroof (as a standard feature).
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i don't think the SWB is offered in the usa. the rear seat is ridiculously spacious in my hybrid. i envy my kids when they are riding in the back. feel like a chauffeur in this car.
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I have the SWB W221 in The Netherlands.
Most of the LWB here in Europe are indeed used for chauffeur driven limo's.
Or SWB in Greece as Taxi of course !!
Most of the LWB here in Europe are indeed used for chauffeur driven limo's.
Or SWB in Greece as Taxi of course !!
Last edited by marthyh; May 17, 2012 at 04:55 PM.
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marthyh how did you get to post such a huge picture? i thought there was a limit to the size and byte? your technical sharing may be helpful to me, thanks.
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That S Class taxi looks like an S63.
It has the front air dam, tail pipes and AMG badge, but as many Europeans are wealth or environmentally conscious, the side and rear engine size descriptors have been debadged.
I wonder how it lasts in city driving.
It has the front air dam, tail pipes and AMG badge, but as many Europeans are wealth or environmentally conscious, the side and rear engine size descriptors have been debadged.
I wonder how it lasts in city driving.
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For cool lagoon : ICTdesign is right, if you click the 'insert image' icon; it wants you to enter a 'url' and then literally refers to another site.
So no data on the forumserver, disadvantage is; if the (refered) site goes down, you get only small red crosses instead of pix.
True Chris; also I think its much more practical to have the LWB in the US with all those larger and wider streets then in Europe etc.
In Berlin there's a bunch of dignitairy LWB W221's (seat of German government) cruising around : mopf and also still lots of pre-mopfs'.
So no data on the forumserver, disadvantage is; if the (refered) site goes down, you get only small red crosses instead of pix.
True Chris; also I think its much more practical to have the LWB in the US with all those larger and wider streets then in Europe etc.
In Berlin there's a bunch of dignitairy LWB W221's (seat of German government) cruising around : mopf and also still lots of pre-mopfs'.
Last edited by marthyh; May 18, 2012 at 01:00 PM.
