Thursday, July 18, 2013

First Drive: 2014 Mercedes-Benz S550

It lacks a kitchen sink.

There was already a lot going on in the S-class. In the latest version, almost every system has been improved, most of them having nothing to do with the traditional notion of a car.
The car part is relatively unchanged: The 4.7-liter V8 and seven-speed automatic transmission are essentially carry-over parts, with a little output tweak and updated shift logic. The wheelbase is the same as before. The biggest mechanical change is a switch to electric power steering. It improves efficiency but doesn’t really hurt steering feel, since the S-class never really had a ton. That would have been intrusive, antithetical to its nature.

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