Tom in Austin

Thinking about the late, great V-12 S600 sedan - not a Maybach - and wondered if anyone knows the last year they made these? I'm thinking if must have been 2017 and then they didn't carry it on into the facelift years?

Looking at a 2015 with code 487 "ABC SUSPENSION (ACTIVE BODY CONTROL)" in the Datacard. I'm a little confused, I know MBC came standard on the S600. Is this just the transition of terminology in early years of the W222, that what we know as 'Magic Body Control' was still referred to as 'Active Body Control' in some places?

S_W222

Option Code 487 "Magic Body Control" is "Active Body Control v.2". W222 can be optioned with MBC, ABC was for W221. You can ignore what the decoder says and assumes it's actually MBC.

If the build has code 487, then yu have the Magic Body Control, which is standard on the S600

Quadrobenz

2017 was the final year for the S600. As stated, MBC was the standard suspension. If you want a V12 2018 or later, the S65 is the only choice other than a Maybach. The S65 has an AMG designed Adaptive Sport version of the MBC.

JohnLane

Tom find yourself an S65 with Carbon Ceramic brakes.

It will have MBC and brakes last a LONG time.

Tom in Austin

Thanks guys, these are rare beasts but very appealing!