New Mercedes Benz S Class 2012

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According to several review the S Class model is non competitive model in current year end sales. It is out bid by the Audi A8 and BMW 7 Series . I'm not really sure the reason of the drop sale.Daimler is busy laying the finishing touches on the next big Benz known as W222.

In 2012 and in an attempt to cover an even wider segment of the luxury car market, the new S will be offered in four different bodystyles: standard wheelbase saloon (2012), extended wheelbase saloon (2013), coupé (2013, replaces the CL), and finally a four-seater convertible (2014).

The new S-class is based on a brand-new components set known as MRA, for Mercedes rear-wheel drive architecture. MRA is subdivided into 93 different modules which is a good indication of how flexible this matrix can be. The only two fixed points are the front and rear firewalls in relation to the axles and the drivetrain.

The next S-class boasts a brand-new four-link front suspension designed to further decouple the steering, braking and damping forces. In the rear, we should find an evolution of the faithful multilink arrangement. Air springs are standard again, but the clever ABC anti-roll system costs extra.