2011 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Review
Even as BMW, Audi and Jaguar throw new cars into the luxury-flagship ring, Mercedes-Benz has kept its S-Class sedan competitive, with sedans that start below $90,000 and top out at more than double that.
The S-Class is still a spectacle of refinement — though it's dinged in small part by an inconsistent accelerator pedal.
While the S-Class is four years into the current generation, new for 2010 is the V-6-powered S400 Hybrid, which we cover in greater detail here. It anchors the bottom of the S-Class lineup. In order of ascending price, the rest of the lineup includes the S550, S63 AMG, S600 and S65 AMG. Click here to compare the group. All five models employ rear-wheel drive, but the S550 also offers all-wheel drive. I evaluated an all-wheel-drive S550.
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Switching the rear window wiper on/
off
Combination switch
1. Switch
2. To wipe with washer fluid
3. I To switch on intermittent wiping
4. 0 To switch off intermittent wiping
5. To wipe with washer fluid
•► Turn ...
Glare from the side
Fold down the sun visor.
Pull the sun visor out of retainer 2.
Swing the sun visor to the side. ...
Engine number
1 Emission control information plate,
including the certification of both federal
and Californian emissions standards
2 Engine number (stamped into the
crankcase)
3 VIN (on the lower edge of ...