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Being the best at something year after year is no small feat, but that's precisely what the Mercedes-Benz S-Class has accomplished. Even as the last-generation S-Class drove off into the sunset, it stood atop the large luxury sedan class. The pressure was on yet again for the new S-Class to uphold its tradition of excellence and, by all accounts, Mercedes-Benz has done it. The redesigned S-Class earns the Edmunds Top Rated Luxury Sedan award for 2022.
"A new Mercedes-Benz S-Class always carries a weight of expectation for next-level comfort, technology and opulence. Thankfully, the new S-Class doesn't just meet expectations — it exceeds them."
The latest S-Class takes everything that made it great and makes it just a bit better. Comfort is well represented with impressively accommodating seats and a ride quality that remains glassy smooth even on the roughest of roads. Helping matters is an interior that is as stately as the exterior, with premium materials that seem impossibly perfect. And if that wasn't enough, the S-Class also boasts a wealth of advanced driver assistance features, fuel-efficient engines and a feature-rich infotainment system.
It's no surprise that the Mercedes-Benz S-Class remains the best you can get. It may not be within reach of most budgets, but we're confident that it will exceed many of your highest expectations.
Somehow takes a bit of credibility when they for example praise the seats, "it even has massage seats". Massage seats have been there at least since the W211, probably earlier on the S-class (since W220?).
It is the same with all brands, a lot of features are advertised as new even if they already existed on their previous models. Reporters should not blindly refer to the material car makers provide them. The W223 has enough genuine news to be reported.
Bloomberg also had plenty great things to say as well, with their Automotive Journalist even giving it the title of The Best Car I Drove in 2021
Originally Posted by Bloomberg
Devoted collectors with the means to buy the very best supercars in history and the most exciting new cars today, they asked me to name the best car I drove all year.
I didn’t hesitate: It was the 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class.
I was almost as surprised as they were about that answer. After all, 2021 was the year of the electric vehicle. Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz introduced more battery powered concepts, cars, and SUVs than ever. Hennessey and Rolls-Royce announced plans for opulent EV stunners; even 112-year-old Bugatti is going electric. Motown’s OEMs said they were going all in on an all-electric future, while Wall Street poured billions of dollars into EV startups, including Rivian, which had made hardly any vehicles before it went public.
But after driving at least 50 new coupes, motorcycles, SUVs, trucks, wagons, and supercars this year—which included electric vehicles from the BMW i4 and iX to the Cake electric motorcycle and a Ferrari hybrid—I can tell you that here’s the thing: Electric vehicles aren’t perfect yet. Some lack the quality craftsmanship that decades of European artistry have refined; others are being sold in haphazard ways that detract from their true benefits. Many have technological glitches in their windows and mapping systems. All lack the kind of charging network that would make many consumers finally confident enough to own one as their daily driver...
...All told, the extensive creature comforts, safety technology, and quality of materials and fabrication in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class put it ahead of competitors like the Audi A8, BMW 7 Series, and Porsche Panamera. It’s all the trappings of wealth in a stately package that feels just festive enough for any occasion.
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Having extensively driven the S, A8, 7er and LS, there is no comparison, the S-Class remains supreme.
