My Opinion

MERCEDES-BENZ S-320-L

By admin ⋅ May 16, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

The 320 CDI diesel with 398lb ft of pulling power provides strong performance yet is very refined and reasonably frugal. It’s our favourite.

The stretched models get all the luxury kit of standard cars, but you also get parking sensors, noise insulating glass and a six-disc DVD changer.

Be prepared for a deluge of annoyances and pointless features symptomatic of the modern trend for complication! While the engineering and quality are improved no end, actually living with the car can at times be genuinely irritating.

Aside from COMAND, which is the crowbarred-in nuisance we now expect from the Germans, the single most aggravating thing is the car’s seven-speed box. It holds onto the wrong gear, snatches/thumps when you hesitate (eg. at busy roundabouts), and searches endlessly on a trailing throttle.

My old S-Class allowed you to select comfort suspension and a sports box, giving you the ideal combination of responsive throttle but pliant ride. The new one links the two settings, meaning if you want fast reactions to your right foot you also have to have to have firm suspension. So it stops feeling like a luxury car.

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