Edmunds First Drive: 2007 Mercedes-Benz S500

[Zim Hosein]

It's a balancing act that would challenge a Cirque du Soleil performer. When you're one of the most prestigious car companies in the world and it's time to update your flagship, certainly you want to wow the crowd with some new material, but you also want to maintain your trademark style and personality. Especially when you have a 90-percent owner loyalty rate (meaning the S-Class enjoys a helluva lot of repeat business) and you've dominated your market segment for years. A tough challenge indeed.

For Mercedes-Benz and its 2007 S-Class, that meant incorporating the latest performance, luxury and safety technology into an updated, yet still familiar package.

Edmunds First Drive: 2007 Mercedes-Benz S500

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[TNM93]

If I were to ever plunk down a sh1tload of cash for a car, I'd probably go with a BMW 7 series. Seems that German automakers are suffering in reliablility standings the last I heard.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: ysperalda
If I were to ever plunk down a sh1tload of cash for a car, I'd probably go with a BMW 7 series. Seems that German automakers are suffering in reliablility standings the last I heard.

And the BMW 7 series is somehow un-german?

 

[TNM93]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: ysperalda
If I were to ever plunk down a sh1tload of cash for a car, I'd probably go with a BMW 7 series. Seems that German automakers are suffering in reliablility standings the last I heard.

And the BMW 7 series is somehow un-german?

I never said it was un-german. 😕

 

[danklumpp]

I'd take the Mercedes over a BMW, I like the looks better.

 

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: ysperalda
If I were to ever plunk down a sh1tload of cash for a car, I'd probably go with a BMW 7 series. Seems that German automakers are suffering in reliablility standings the last I heard.

And the BMW 7 series is somehow un-german?

Yea, it's actually American engineered and manufactured. Leave your closet much?

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: ysperalda
If I were to ever plunk down a sh1tload of cash for a car, I'd probably go with a BMW 7 series. Seems that German automakers are suffering in reliablility standings the last I heard.

And the BMW 7 series is somehow un-german?

Yea, it's actually American engineered and manufactured. Leave your closet much?

I have yet to find a reason to leave my closet.

 

[geno]

I hate companies that don't stand by their naming conventions BTW