2006 Mercedes-Benz Sec 350 Lwb - Just final weekend, I was checking the classified ads looking for how much a novel identify mightiness cost these days. After a few flips, I institute an interesting middle-class real-estate projection amongst prices that outset at P8 million. The units bring no furnishings—just painted concrete shells amongst metallic tin roofs. This took identify just a few minutes earlier I got to travail the similarly priced Mercedes-Benz S350. And later spending the amend business office of the 24-hour interval inward the flagship Merc, all I tin sack say is that the identify volition definitely bring to wait.
As the Iridium Silver S350 drove up, I couldn’t fathom the air of majesty that this machine brought amongst it. Although well-nigh people complain that the novel S-Class doesn’t bring the same build clean lines as its predecessors’, the grade of attending to special is amazing.
The crisp canvass metallic remains unadorned (no protective strips or body moldings) together with yet it doesn’t await similar a bar of soap. The creases that run through the top together with bottom of the body assist mask the S-Class’ volume fifty-fifty if it’s significantly larger than the model it replaced. The S-Class typically doesn’t polarize inward terms of looks, but this one’s different.
The well-nigh controversial aspects are the exaggerated fender flares together with kicking lid lines that, for about people, echo those institute on the BMW 7-Series. According to the S-Class blueprint team, these bulges be non to outdo Chris Bangle (BMW’s infamous blueprint chief) but to give the novel S-Class unequalled rider together with luggage space. Stepping into the cabin confirms this.
Opening the door gives off a whiff of high quality. Sitting inward the driver’s spot is similar settling downward inward a lounge chair: soft, relaxing together with comfortable. The black-and-gray interior makes the S-Class visually inviting, spell the walnut forest cut back together with chrome accents add together a combat of warmth together with hominess.
Despite the complexities of the S-Class’ interior system, the cabin is build clean together with without fuss. The view cluster is uncomplicated amongst just a colored eight-inch LCD screen, ventilation command adjustments together with an analogue clock. The residuum of the controls are at 1 time incorporated into the COMAND system, located where the shifter unremarkably sits. The organisation uses a command cycle amongst a view clit to navigate through the complex listing of features that fifty-fifty this “base” S350 has. Everything is customizable on the S-Class—from the means it reacts when yous unlock the machine to how the body lid opens together with how sensitive the parking sensor should be.
After 5 minutes of tinkering amongst the COMAND system, it was fourth dimension to larn downward to the trace organisation of driving. Before yous practice that, yous adjust the driving position—after which yous can’t assist but smile at Mercedes’ trademark electrical seat-adjuster icon. This makes the 14-way adjustable spot easily adjust to whatsoever form of form together with size. Even the parent seats are electronically adjustable—in no less than vi directions—making everyone extremely comfortable within the S-Class.
The parking brake is electronically actuated, but for quondam time’s sake, yous even hence bring to gently nudge on a grip to loose or to force the grip to engage. The novel S-Class also uses a novel column-mounted shifter that’s fairly straightforward amongst just Reverse, Neutral together with Drive selections (Park is engaged past times pushing on the shifter stem itself).
With all the vast on-board sensors, computers, wirings together with servos, it’s surprising that Mercedes has kept the weight downward to 1,925 kilograms—around 50 kilograms lighter than a Ford Explorer.
The steering is responsive together with accurate, making the S350 a please to toss around. Of course, the surprising agility of this Mercedes doesn’t hamper its riding comfort as it tin sack smoothen out whatsoever form of bump together with rut. The NVH insulation is as impressive, making 100 kph experience to a greater extent than similar twoscore together with countryside roads experience similar the autobahn.
As wonderful as the S350’s chassis dynamics is the real travail train. At the view sits Mercedes-Benz’s universal 3.5-liter DOHC 24-valve V6, an engine shared amongst the novel E-Class together with the SL-Class roadster. For service nether the S-Class, it generates 272 horsepower (modest) together with 350 Newton-meters of torque (impressive). The engine is excellent, providing instant overtaking footstep thank yous to its diesel-like low-range punch.
Equally suited to the S-Class is the novel 7G-Tronic automatic transmission. With vii frontward gears, it provides shine together with seamless progress.
Aside from the common myriad of airbags, the S350 has ABS, stability control, traction command together with adaptive braking. Making its debut on the S-Class is Pre-Safe—an intuitive detection organisation that lessens occupant injury fifty-fifty earlier the collision tin sack occur. Basically, it preps upwards the machine for a possible collision past times adjusting seatbelt slack, steering cycle together with spot adjustment together with hence forth. In addition, the S350 has Parktronic, a parking assist organisation that uses sensors together with a rear-view photographic tv camera to assist inward fifty-fifty the tightest of spaces.
After a 24-hour interval within the luxurious cabin of the S350, it’s difficult to imagine people comparison it to an empty trounce of a house. Getting a novel identify only fulfills a need. It’s non precisely the well-nigh passionate of purchases, but yous practice demand a identify to slumber inward at night. On the other hand, the S-Class fulfills a desire—an individualistic controversy of wealth together with powerfulness that exclusively a few could e'er achieve.
Car Review - 2006 Mercedes-Benz Sec 350 Lwb Features & Specifications
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