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Bullitt417
04/08/09

In reply to 2010 Mercedes S400 Hybrid: World’s Most Efficient Gas-Powered Luxury Car
completely pointless... you know because people who are buying 100,000 dollar luxury cars really give a shit about gas mileage. Personally for my hundred grand I would go with either an XJR or a Quattroporte and sit in just as much luxury and not look like a European diplomats chauffer doing so.
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sos10
04/08/09

@Bullitt417: You do know they offer DIESEL S class cars too, since decades, and they sell pretty well.... so clearly MB didn't build it for you, but I'm pretty sure they know what they are doing.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
04/08/09

@sos10: An S320 Bluetec would have set them apart from the crowd and given me something to aspire to own.

This...not so much.
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DoctorNine's D9 Cat
04/08/09

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It's a nice car, but I also have to echo Capatain Slow's comments. The complexity of the electronics in this beast make me quake in abject fear. And it's not just this lovely Merc, it's getting the same way in almost all the luxury marques. Look at the 7 series BMW, for instance. I wonder if anyone is going to make a car for Luddites like me who just want luxurious metals, real leather and real wood interiors, and a simple six-speed manual transmission? I don't really WANT a flat touch-screen for controlling car functions. I like the tactile feel of switches that snick in a satisfying way when I press them. I like rotary knobs for fan speed, that are infinitely variable. I like paper maps, not GPS units. I am becoming techno-fatigued.

Don't look at me that way, kid. Now get off my lawn...
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
04/08/09

@DoctorNine: I think these are cars for folks who get them on three year leases (preferably picked up by their company) and then turn them in after two years. Thinking of the maintenance and repairs these will require in ten or twenty years is terrifying. Maybe it's time to get that doctorate in Electrical Engineering...

Maybe some clever person will figure out how to rip out ninety percent of all those electronics and get down to the basic, decent car under all of the gizmos.
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DoctorNine's D9 Cat
04/08/09

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: "..Maybe some clever person will figure out how to rip out ninety percent of all those electronics and get down to the basic, decent car under all of the gizmos..."

I may have to consider a career change...
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Bedheadjc
04/08/09

@DoctorNine: He said "clever" not "old"...
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DoctorNine's D9 Cat
04/08/09

@Bedheadjc: "..He said 'clever' not 'old'..."

True. But if you weren't suffering from cognitive impairment related to using too much toxic hair product, you would realize that the two aren't mutually exclusive.

Check and Mate.
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engineerd
04/08/09

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The ePRS (US Patent No. c11077983) translated the press release from the original German to this:

The 2010 Mercedes Benz S Class is exactly the same as the 2009 Mercedes Benz S Class, but different.

We know most of our customers would rather talk on the phone, play with the GPS, and drink their Chai Tea Latte from Starbucks all at the same time, so we will have Lane Keeping Assist so engineerd doesn't think murderous thoughts about you, PRE-SAFE® brake system linked to the proximity regulating radar so you don't have to worry about braking, ATTENTION ASSIST driver drowsiness monitor which will also send annoying jolts of electricity through your ass when you are focusing too much on your donut and not the road, and Active Body Control with automatic crosswind stabilization for windy days.

We also are excited about your greenish S400 HYBRID. It will get 29 mpg, which is a lot for this segment. The engine and electric motor will combine powers for 295 hp and 284 torques, with 20 hp and 118 torques coming from the electric motor.

In addition to the S400 HYBRID THUNDERCATS, the S550 will get 382 hp from a good ol' non-green, carbon footprint-enlarging V8. If you really want to get AlGore's panties in a bunch, spring for the 518 hp S63 AMG, the V12 510 hp S600, or the 604 hp S65 AMG with 12-cylinders of polar ice melting power.

We then blather on about how green we are, but do we really need to go on after that S65?
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brandegee
04/08/09

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"world's first car with a lithium-ion battery"

Huh? Apparently, the Germans don't feel the Tesla is actually a car then.
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Captain Liverspots
04/08/09

@brandegee:

I guess it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
04/08/09

@Captain Liverfailure:

I did not have sexual relations with that automobile.
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dirtyjerseysti
04/08/09

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I don't know about you but I am really feelin the LED's.
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engineerd
04/08/09

@dirtyjerseysti: Very Audi, if you ask me.
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captain slow
04/08/09

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It's great they are making it more efficient, but what about maintenance. This has more sophisticated electronics than early super computers. I enjoy luxury as much as the next monicled baron, but let's just hope it never ends up needing maintenance. When are they inventing that one, a maintenace free car. Nothing fails ever.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
04/08/09

@captain slow: Is that the same as a Lewinskyed baron? If so, I'm not all that impressed. Attention Assist will need to be standard from now on.
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