For the first time in its history, the three-pointed star on the bonnet lights up. It seems Mercedes has finally decided to make a statement again. And it needs to, the W223 S-Class while a great seller — was a safe design, which was refined, predictable, and arguably a little too subdued for what is meant to be the ultimate #Mercedes. This facelift feels like an attempt to correct that, with the most extensive facelift the S-Class has ever received. Not just visually, but technically too - where Mercedes claims around 50% of components are new
More crucially, we have a completely renewed engine line-up that doubles down on combustion. First an all new revised V8, an updated straight-six petrol, new diesel, and plug-in hybrid — and even a V12 in the S Class Guard!
Mercedes calls this a “Welcome Home” for S-Class customers. The question is: have they actually achieved it? So today’s episode is a first look and fairly deep dive of thw new car — I’ll break down what’s really changed, inside and out, using RBR’s VFX approach to show you the detail most channels simply can’t.
In this video we cover: Why the W223 needed a major facelift in the first place Exterior design changes and road presence The illuminated Mercedes Star & New grille Technical updates beneath the skin The new M177 EVO V8 Engine + AMG Link Straight-six petrol and diesel EVO engines Plug-in hybrid layout and electric range Suspension, rear-steer, and E-ACTIVE BODY CONTROL updates S-Class GUARD VR10 and the return of the V12 Interior review and details What this facelift tells us about AMG, Maybach, and the future S-Class
This car marks 140 years since Carl Benz’s Patent-Motorwagen — and there is no other manufacturer that can make that claim with more legitimacy than Mercedes-Benz. The S-Class has always been the reference point, so let’s see if Mercedes have strengthened its appeal in this facelift!
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This is the new 2026 Mercedes S-Class and no, that's not VFX. For the first time in history,
the three-pointed star lights up on the bonnet. The world's best car is back with an extensive
facelift, the biggest facelift that S-Class has ever had and I think impact that it really needed
in this generation that it didn't have previously. But it's not just an update that's skin deep.
50% plus of the components of this facelifted S-Class are either all new or revised and it's
got an engine line-up that shows Mercedes' renewed commitment to ICE, featuring not just
a revised V8 and an i6 but also a plug-in and indeed a guard V12 version. So guys, I'm Raz,
welcome back to the channel and what a car to be standing in front of. I love the S-Class,
huge fan of it, had a ton of them in my family, my father was a huge fan of them and this car
represents 140 years since Carl Benz made that patent motorwagon and it's been 140 years
of slowly refining, improving and perfecting the car. It began not just with the patent
motorwagon but we go from the Pontons down to the first true S-Class and the W116. Every
generation since then has pretty much been the leader in its segment, some by a larger margin
than perhaps others but undoubtedly the S-Class has always been the S-Class, right? And in our
newest current generation of 223, that was also true but it was a little more subdued. It set
the course for every other Mercedes-Benz as S-Class often does with that new interior with
the vertical screen but almost to a fault because then we saw that in a lot of other cars, it kind
of diluted the impact of S-Class. Similarly, the outside looking very similar to predecessor
and kind of blending into the other saloons within the lineup as well. I think that the facelift
actually addresses a lot of that, particularly visually and visual aesthetic impact is really
important on this side of the market and I think this facelifted car looks absolutely stunning the
first time that you see it. And it's not just from a design perspective, it's from a technical
perspective as well where as I said 50% of the components in this car are either new or revised
but let's start from a design perspective, right? The best way to analyse that is to compare this
directly to our pre-facelift. There, now you can really appreciate the 20% larger front grille,
you can appreciate how much impact you get from, I keep using the word impact, please forgive me
because that's the only word that's coming in my mind at the moment. So you have the ambient glow
around the grille which makes it more obvious, helps the thing stand out and talking about
standing out, how can we not talk about the lighted star which is incredible. Now yes,
it does match the styling of the E-Class and I know I said, look, the previous one was guilty
of the fact that it was very similar to the other saloons but I think it really suits this face of
the car. It's funny how the linked lights and grille didn't work at all for their dead EQ series
but somehow for the E-Class and the S-Class seems to work so spectacularly well. It's almost like
it was designed for these first and then they were rolled onto the EVs later. That's a really
good look. The other thing you'll notice is just how S63 the lower air intakes are, like massively
so. It's the first thing I thought when I saw the AMG line here that that is pretty much copy
paste S63 which is a huge upgrade for the standard AMG line. So guys, as we start, this is what the
front end looks like without the lights on which I think is important and probably not enough people
are going to show you because often this is how the car will look and the other thing that you
must understand about this particular one, it's high-tech silver and it's got the night package
so it hasn't got the bright chrome work, it's got the darkened chrome. Now, if I take the key out
and one nice thing is, just before I turn this on, bear with me two seconds, is that the key
is the traditional metal bigger Mercedes key and I make reference to that because CLA, GLC have
seen this newer, I'm going to say it, poxier, smaller, plasticky key that looks the same but
almost feels like a USB stick version. S-Class doesn't have that, it has a proper key. Now,
I'm going to unlock it, see the star lights, two big stars on each side, our illuminated star in
the middle which I think is such a great idea. We first saw it in that Vision V concept and
we theorised then, yeah, it's probably going to come on something like S-Class. Well,
here it is and it won't be in every territory because the EU has some law where an ambient
light can't be a certain distance away from, I think, the grille light or something ridiculous.
I don't know, I don't make these rules but if you can get it in your territory, get it because that
looks great. Apart from that, of course, you have the ambient light surround around our new grille
which highlights it really nicely. It's subtle. I have this in my E53 as well and it's something I
love because it just brings out a bit of where the grille is and this is a bigger grille, it's 20%
bigger like I said. It really looks it. What's lovely is, and you won't see it in this one,
you'll see it more in the black car that we're going to look at, it's a very angular grille now.
The other one seemed really oval to me in the predecessor and you could see that when we used
our RBR VFX just now but yeah, a lot more angular, a lot bigger. You've got the stars in here,
the press stars sitting within the grille here in a dark chrome which look great. They also exist
within our radar as well so they haven't skimped out there which is fantastic. Then, of course,
you've got the black gloss element that links it to the lights like we said, like an E-Class
but I think that helps. Lower air intakes as well. Very, very S63. They might be identical.
They might be. My VFX would have told you whether they are because I would have done that work
already by now. Yes, I do all the VFX, it's just me. I need to keep telling you that because
everybody gets surprised like, what, it's you? Yes, I have some talent guys. I'm not just a pretty face.
Shut up, Jamie. But yeah, that's the front end. It's beautiful. It's nice. The lights,
new digital light cluster and these have seen massive upgrades in fact and we'll go more into
that when I drive the car because I think it's more relevant then but 40% better in terms of
being able to light a road. It's got greater distance. It's got the ability to now curve
based on map data. These lights are going to be absolutely insane and I can't wait to
actually experience them when we're going for a drive. Now, if we start to come around the side
of this. Again, you can see most of it is blacked out. You'll notice this. Now, every S-Class will
have this element which is extra sensors and cameras. These are to, at some point when your
region allows for it, give you full point-to-point autonomous driving that is possible at the moment
in the world. It will start in China where it is possible. Maybe roll out in the US where the
regulations are a bit better. Europe will probably get it in 2200 or something like that.
Or maybe not even then, knowing them. What's cool is and this is again us coming back to a more,
I want to say retro, it's not retro. It's the great design of the 2000s with Mercedes.
The twin highlighted wing mirror here and your indicator which last time I think we saw this was
C190 AMG GT, I think. So, it's nice to have that back. It was such a Mercedes thing and we got rid
of it for no reason. So, that's lovely. The trims here, they look great. They look a bit different.
I'm pretty sure those are updated to my memory. And what's nice is that our door handles,
because this is night package, they also match in night package as well. They're not chrome
like they used to be. So, everything harmonious, everything, if you've blackened it out,
it will be blackened out properly. These wheels are a new AMG line design.
They're lovely. First time I saw them was on E53 where they are an option, I believe. And they've
got the high sheen finish with the gloss black inside. Probably my favourite of the ones I've
seen on this launch so far. There is a new multi-spoke 20-inch wheel that is finishing
the all new high pressure process. That is so intricate that it can only be done by that process.
If I'm able to show you the B-roll of that, I will because I'm intending to go see that car later.
If I can't, then I'll chuck some images on the screen, but really impressive.
Then we come to the rear, which predictably has the upgrade that we thought it did, which was
the star lights sitting within here. They have three. The designers were saying they wanted to
have three as it's always been three dots or three lights for S-Class in the modern era.
And they wanted to do that on the front, but it didn't quite look right. But they maintained
that on the rear, which is good. Now, if I wake them up, you see you get this welcome animation.
A lot of people don't like these. Again, I live with it with my E53. And I find it such a nice
feature that immediately you just know that this is a Mercedes-Benz. And what other brand is really
doing something like this at the moment? Now, the best example of this is looking at the pre-facelift,
particularly in the dark where the light silhouette is just a straight line. It could be any car.
With the new one, you just won't mistake it for anything else but a Mercedes-Benz.
We often complain that a lot of brands have very similar lighting ideas. Well,
this is not a similar lighting idea to anybody. Now, what's nice is in the facelift is you can't
see it as well in this darkened one, but the chrome strip is much slimmer and then you have a
black gloss strip that goes underneath that. We'll show you that on the black car where you'll get a
much better idea. This is, of course, the plug-in hybrid, which means the battery is right there.
So, there's been no additional development in terms of getting you more space in there. That
is exactly as it is. Now, let's head to the black car, which has got an all-new paint shade that is,
I don't even know if it's going to come out right on screen, but in person, it is spectacular.
Right, guys. Now, that is going to look much more familiar to you. S-Class is only an S-Class,
really, for some people, when it's in all black. And this is a new manufacturer,
sparkling black, which in person, it is absolutely stunning. Apparently, there is glass flex in the
paintwork and I can believe it looking at it. Why don't you come in closer? Let's get the
paint out the way first. Can you guys see that? Can you see the sparkle in the paintwork? That
is the nicest black shade, I think, that Mercedes has ever done. There's a lot of sparkles of other
colour in there as well. And it is really, really stunning, particularly then against the bright
white manufacturer interior that I'll show you in a minute that I love. And I've got that on my
GT as well, so I'm a bit biased, but it's beautiful in this. Now, when you look at the front end of
this all-black car, you don't notice that E-Class style gloss black part that connects the light to
the grille as much. So, the whole thing looks a bit more traditional S-Class, if you're not a fan
of that. I think that that element is nice, but you also get a much more uniform look with this
particular spec. The other great thing about this spec is the chrome work. I love chrome work on
cars, particularly Mercedes-Benz cars. And for S-Class, this looks amazing because look at how
much clearer now we can see the illuminated star on the hood against both the chrome and the black
paintwork. And now I think on this spec, you can truly see how much bigger the grille is. You can
see those elements that I spoke to you about, the angular shapes on the edge of it, even the stars
in between, you can see them better because of the chrome work. So, I really like that. I like the
fact that you see it around, like even the AMG line air intakes, they're much clearer on this.
So lovely. If we come around the side as well, wheels as we have on current S-Class, they look
great in the silver here. You've got your welcome light carpet here that says Mercedes-Benz and
that's a lovely welcome to your passengers and yourself when you get in the car. And then when
we come around the rear, as I said, you can see that chrome strip a bit better now. It's a very
slim chrome strip. It's really nicely done. Then you've got the gloss black at the bottom there,
so that ties that off. We've got our silver exhaust at the bottom as well. Are they real? Yes,
they're open. The exhausts are open. They listen to feedback. How much have we moaned about this?
That's fantastic. But yeah, that looks great. That is your typical S-Class look. Black with a nice
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much needed upgrade versus the predecessor. That all looks great but that's just skin deep. Let's
go under the skin and the engine lineup is just fantastic. Let's start with the S580 which is
a V8 and this is an all-new generation. What you're going to find with these engines is
this is Mercedes renewing their commitment to ICE cars going forward. Now with this V8 it's
the M177 Evo. It's an evolution of the V8 that we had previously but this is revised in many ways
including the fact that it's a flat plane crank versus a cross plane. Now AMG fans ears may have
perked up there and they should if they haven't because I have told you that the future AMG engine
potentially, not potentially, they've confirmed it. Ola Kolonais did. It's a flat plane crank new V8.
This M177 Evo is probably the basis for that going forward. So this is exciting and it means that
this engine is going to last a long time but in this S-Class it's been developed in a way that
it's A. Compliant for many years in the future but B. Also provides more power than we had in
the previous version. So we've seen an uptick of I believe around about 35 horsepower in this versus
what we had in the last V8 and thanks to all those revisions we get a little bit more torque as well
and it's great to have then a V8 S-Class sitting right at the top as your flagship. So that's
great. It's so great to have a great V8 as your flagship S-Class but it's not just the V8 that
has seen improvements. Our i6 has also got an evolution engine here with the M256 Evo seeing
significant upgrades to give it a bit more torque and it's got better NVH now as well but the one
that I'm going to tell you to get, predictably if you follow the channel, is the plug-in hybrid which
already was a fantastic car. Now improved with that new i6 paired to the e-motor and the battery
in a P2 hybrid setup but now giving you 75 horsepower more but still maintaining that great
100 kilometres of daily electric miles which is fantastic. In addition to this I love the fact
that Mercedes still believe in the diesel and they've upgraded their fantastic diesel engine
here to now have an electrically heated catalytic converter that essentially helps deal with exhaust
gases etc in a better way and they've upgraded again their diesel to be more future-proof than
before which I'm so happy about because the S-Class diesel has just been such an icon all around the
world and I really believe in the diesel and I'm sure that this is going to be a fabulous car.
Now let's talk about the suspension where airmatic comes as standard which is fantastic.
The other thing that comes as standard is 4.5 degree rear wheel steering and you can option up
to 10 degree rear wheel steering which is quite good but there's another suspension option the
e-active suspension which uses the 48 volt system here in order to manage the damping at each wheel
individually and it also uses cloud data in countries where that is available. It gives
you things like the curved driving mode and essentially allows the car to react at a thousand
times in a millisecond. So your e-active suspension will be the best thing to make this the most
luxurious S-Class possible. Now there's other variants to this car as well. One involves a V12
and that is the S-Guard. The S-Guard has a history of being one of the safest cars on the road and
the newer version here adheres to VR10 which is the greatest of passenger safety. It's got the
ability to deal with explosives, it can fire suppress as well just by itself, it has an emergency air
system to help you against air attacks as well which is quite useful. I'm okay, it's fine. And of
course it's got a V12 so it will simply just soldier on. Now in terms of other variants,
yeah they'll probably be on my back. I can't talk about that, I'll let you surmise why I can't talk
about that, let's ignore that for a second. The other one of course will be the AMG the S63 which
currently is a P3 hybrid car right in our pre-facelift with the V8. But now that we know
that this flat plane crank horn is coming, my question is and I don't know the answer to this,
I'm just musing with you, will it be again a P3 hybrid car just with the new engine? Which it
could be. Would it be a P2 hybrid which I would prefer because you'll get a lot more range and
it's a simpler system? Or could it just be a mild hybrid S63 this time with essentially just pure
combustion engine? I have no idea. What I would wager is that it's going to look something like
that which is not too dissimilar to what it currently looks like and pretty similar looking
to what the E53 is which is a good thing. I think it's one of the best looking cars that they
currently make so yeah that is probably what the S63 will be like. One interesting thing though is
there is of course no EV. This is a hybrid or plug-in and they still have the EQS which
apparently do a facelift if spy shots are to be believed. But the interesting thing for me
is we recently had this unveil of the iconic grille and it was in that beautiful animated
series Batman style concept car and I think a lot of people wrongly thought that that would come
straight into S-Class immediately. Obviously not, that's a new concept. But that concept seems so
suited to what an S-Class could be going forward that I wouldn't be surprised when we come to next
generation and I'm going to save this clip somewhere as one of my many predictions that
the future S-Class will make use of that iconic grille in a much more retro looking 116-ish
style car that could probably be both hybrid and EV. A little prediction for you today that I'm
making. Now we have to look at the interior. The previous one it kind of set the tone for what
every other Mercedes interior would do to its own detriment. This one has seen quite the upgrade
and it looks actually very very different. So welcome to the interior of the new S-Class
which is significantly different to the pre-facelift because they've redone the entire
screen structure in here and this screen will be quite familiar to you guys because this is
the super screen that we saw first in the new E-Class. It's probably what I said back then is
one of the best screens they've made because it makes use of not just a large screen here and a
passenger screen which is all great but a dedicated driver screen as well and because
they're both separate it allows this one to set back a bit more and it's in better reach than
the hyper screens they've done in the past. So I'm a big fan of it and it's nice to see it here
in S-Class. The downside to this is of course that it is then very similar to E-Class. This is
probably then the most similar looking S-Class interior to an E-Class that we've ever had.
Though the devil is in the details because there are elements around it then that are undoubtedly
S-Class and I want to show you those. I just first wanted to show you that initial impression that
you get that okay this is actually from that side really really quite different. Now this is the
view that you guys want to see. From the driver's perspective you can see a big change for the S-Class
a lot more E-Class like but there are certain details in here that have levelled up this
particular style of interior let's call it that way. First of all the thing that you notice is of
course your ambient light bar that goes across the entire dashboard and flows basically across
the entirety of the car even in the back leading across our two individual seats. You see the
welcome home there which is the theme of this car but yes the ambient lighting flowing all around
here and that is kind of your first impression. Then we look at what they've changed in the
details here for example these lovely new vents in here which are all new shape they have the
ambient lighting highlight around the edge of them and in fact these vents can now be digitally
operated via the system here and it's simply a matter of choosing from here and then you can
see the vents move and that includes the vents that we have over here. However if you want you
can simply move them by hand as well so you don't need to go through the entire digital process.
In addition to that something I found quite lovely surrounding the screen is this metallic
strip which gets much thicker and larger near the bottom and then you can see in there you've got
your hazard light element, you've got your climate, you've got your dynamic select, 360 parking etc
your volume all sitting within there. Here we've got two spaces to charge mobile phones which is a
bit of a weird one isn't it it's a lot of space taken for mobile phones that may change a lot
long time into the future. Is that super future-proof? Should mobiles be given that much
priority in a car? I'm not certain I mean I know a lot of us just keep them sitting around anywhere
so there's an argument that a dedicated space for them particularly one that's leather lined and
stitched is not a bad idea and of course you can see the perforation in here this is going to be
cooled so that's interesting. Centre console you can see you've got Manufacture here sitting within
this metal mesh style trim finish and then we have our cup holders usb c's etc all the usual there
but this is a big change for s-class we've got the new fourth generation of mb os in here which
then features a 14 something inch main display 12 inch passenger display all sitting under the same
glass you've got your driver's zone which can be 3d optional as well then of course the big
heads-up display that I hope to experience when we actually drive this car in the future. So that is
your basis right at the top of all Mercedes cars in terms of software the other update here is in
the steering wheel whereas I showed you in the CLA shooting brake we've brought back the rocker
switches a for your distronic and mb drive and secondly with your volume rocker as well and it's
really great to get that physical element back into the steering wheels because apart from that
these steering wheels have been lovely and it's just having too much haptic stuff has put most
of us off and that is nice that they listen to us on the feedback. Now in terms of the mb os system
the changes are significant first of all you can swipe through different styles say a more sporty
one like we have here we've got this cosmic style and it changes the ambience of the entire
interior really quickly it's really slick actually this one's called asphalt it's one of my favorite
ones in terms of like an amg style one but it's easy to switch through then these themes and you
get a completely different look inside your interior and indeed your driver's zone then
changes commensurately as well depending on which one you are in as well so lots of customization
possible customization very important for the s-class customer so that's great to see in here
more crucially for the user is the more intelligent mercedes system that exists up there in that
corner and that incorporates chat gbt gemini bing into search when you require it to in order to
give you information that you're looking for and otherwise is apparently more intuitive than what
we've had in the past in mercedes assistants and the past mercedes assistants have been quite
brilliant so that's a high bar to beat we go into our virtual assistant here we can modify the
assistant they have a number of different ones we have the star as we have currently you can do
the more humanoid looking one or one that i really like which is the little mercedes bob he's so cute
we're going to keep him around apart from that it's a pretty intuitive system it's a lot more
smartphone feeling if that makes sense you've even got gaming on here that's going to be much
more useful for your passengers over there where that screen will blot out for the driver so you
have that ability in here which is great and then you've got the ability to buy digital extras
within here there's loads of apps we've got youtube we've got movies we've got weather
we've got conferencing there's a camera up there if you want to have a meeting it can be an office
for you if you want it to or somewhere just to play some games when you're getting bored so
extensive particularly compared to previous s class i found the mbos to be good i want to see
them build on it more particularly with more driver zones not just limited to the themes that you end
up with this in here the other innovation they have done is let's say it's a cold morning and
you don't take your jacket off and you just jump in the car with your jacket instead you tap on the
seat heating here and they've got heated seat belts which is fantastic a for the fact that you
could sit in the car without your jacket on but being a cold morning that's going to be just a
game changer for the driver and the passengers so love that but yeah tell me what you think
is it different enough it's definitely better in terms of utility but will it stand out enough
compared to e-class one argument is that of course it's trimmed that much better we're sitting
in a manufacturer interior here bright white it is gorgeous like i have in my amg gt i want to
steal this wheel and take it home it is lovely you look at the seats and the soft pillows that
so s-class this interior just looks absolutely gorgeous in the rear we have the individual
seating option here which you can see trimmed so nicely with the ambient lighting flowing around
each seat we've got the welcome home on the pillar rest as well now this is your individual
seating on the rear which is your executive seating where of course you'll be able to
recline further back in that passenger seat with the seat going up and then we have the two 13 inch
displays here now i'm not going to delve too much into this because i want to live with it like i
did the 7 series the 7 series of course has that massive theater display that comes down from the
top the issue with that is it blocks completely your rear view and there's no alternate digital
view for you to see behind so actually kind of dangerous and these 13 inch displays in reality
you're going to see just as much content because on the theater display it's compressed so
hopefully in the uk when we get this car to drive for a longer period i'll get one with the rear
entertainment pack and we can see what the kids think of this in real terms because they are the
experts versus having a big theater screen like the 7 series had now this rear space this is what
s-class is all about and it's nice and spacious in here let's see if we can ah here we go this is
going to be our executive seating position so our front passenger seat goes all the way forward
and then this seat begins to adjust we get our leg rest moving forward at the bottom here so
my feet are up i'm sitting here rather relaxed in the back this is the only way to travel in
a mercedes now look our screen is all the way over there that's not great is it which is why
mercedes have created instead well almost dropped it this no it's not a phone but essentially what
this will do is allow you full control over everything that this system would otherwise
allow you to do which is great so we can instead go in here we can choose the ambient lighting
say we want to move to we're in malibu sunset at the moment and we want to go into the burning blue
well you can do that through all the controls available on here and then
that allows you to control everything as the boss of the car via these rather than having
to interact with that that's not a bad way of actually doing this quite i think
a well thought out solution for someone who's going to spend a bit more time
in the rear of these cars this is absolutely beautiful isn't it with the ambient lighting
surrounding it looks as nice as the ones in the front you've got your heated and cooled
cup holders in here of course tons of ambient lighting that highlights your experience our
nice soft cushion covers i love how the ambient lighting flows in the back there
a bit of storage in the back there for glasses and the typical s-class refrigerator this i'm
not sure about i know it's a big charging unit but really right in the middle of the interior
in the back and like it doesn't retract strange one that so what is nice in this individual
interior is for the serious business user you have a proper table here that's also leather
trimmed so someone like me who wants to edit on the go absolutely perfect or you can sit here and
have a meal because with the active suspension it's going to be damn comfortable and your food
isn't going to go anywhere so all bases covered if you want an executive interior in the s-class
the rear of this you know pretty damn similar to my back if we're honest okay guys we have a third
car here with those lovely new multi-spokes and this has a new interior option which is the beach
brown interior and it is very nice you guys know i love brown interiors and it's um i think it
kind of takes from that type of high fashion uh idea of you know brown being akin to luxury
with your diamond white stitching it's it's a very uh cool brown as well i don't know if that will
translate on the screen i'll try and get the the color right in post-production but it's lovely
it's got a bit of a terracotta feel to it and i think it really getting a color in the s-class
i hope people just don't spec black because it really helps you see just how lovely the interior
structure of this car is otherwise you're going to lose a lot of that a lot of the excitement
if you don't get the trims right and you don't get the leather right now if an s-class with
pre-made manufacturer options is too basic for you too commoner you can get their made to measure
service where they have over 150 paint shades over 400 interior shades and you get a one-to-one
consultancy at the center of excellence or anywhere you want they will do it around the world if you
want to sit at your home and choose out your own paint colors and your leather and they have a
proper visualization tool as well to show you what your final spec will look like so if you want to
have you know something a bit zany something a bit different like a sand color or azure blue
and you want to match that with some classic nappa red that's up to you and there's so many colors
here so many from history you'll see green hell magno from the gtr you'll see hyacinth red magno
from the g63 squared really it's up to you what you want to do with a manufacturer s-class
so really this made to measure service it's individualization at its finest there's it's
bespoke suit it's exactly tailored the way you want it to be so guys that's the new s-class the
biggest facelift mercedes has ever given an s with an exterior that's finally worthy of the
ultimate three-pointed star and a proper engine lineup it genuinely feels like a welcome home
can't wait to experience it behind the wheel if you've enjoyed this episode of rbr drop a like
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