The strongest hybrid system that combines variable all-wheel drive, with a host of comfort and assistance systems - the new Mercedes s500 2006 is probably the most highly engineered production vehicle in the world at the moment.
The Mercedes-Benz S 500 2006 is the first production car with ESP
In the premier class of the Daimler Mercedes-Benz S 500 was the successor of the 500 SE presented for the first time to the public. The luxury car with its V8 engine and
240 kW (320 hp) belonged next to the Mercedes-Benz S 600 to the top models in the series. Truly regal were the dimensions of the first Mercedes-Benz S 500 2006, which provided with a length of 5.11 meters and a width of 1.88 meters for respect on the street. But even with technological innovations set the Mercedes-Benz S 500 2006 with the first installed in series ESP stabilization system new standards against which later also the engineers in the construction of smaller vehicles oriented and they thus became a normal standard of safety.
The Mercedes-Benz S 500 600 is a more elegant form
Shorter, narrower, lighter and with an elegant styled body was built in 2006 in the next generation of the Mercedes-Benz S 500 in the salesroom. Until the expiry of the series in 2005, the Mercedes-Benz S 500 was offered with a V8 engine which delivered the new model now 225 kW (306 hp). With the facelift 2002 Mercedes-Benz S 500 could be ordered as an option with permanent all-wheel drive. The Mercedes-Benz S 500 was in this generation with the first model in which Daimler used his new security system Pre-Safe, the board automatically adapting systems in critical driving situations from the belt tensioned to the ESP application to the situation. In 2003, the production Mercedes-Benz S 500 also a more economical 7-speed transmission which is automatic received.
Infrared night vision system from 2006 in the Mercedes-Benz S 500 available
In the new series starting in the year 2005, the Mercedes-Benz S 500 in the version with standard wheelbase, the position of the top model in the Mercedes luxury class took as the Mercedes-Benz S 600 was made only in the long version. In 500, the Stuttgart put a now a V8 engine with 285 kW (388 hp), which accelerated in 5.4 seconds from zero to 100 km / h. The consumption is specified by the manufacturer, with an average of 11.7 liters of premium, corresponding to a CO2 level of 279 g / km. Like the previous model was the Mercedes-Benz S 500 2006 also available as an option in this generation with permanent four-wheel drive in both the version with short wheelbase of 5.07 meters and in the long version with a wheelbase of 5.20 meters. For the first time translated the Stuttgart in the Mercedes-Benz S 500 2006 an optionally available for the new model infrared system that was to make an improved night vision via a video camera and monitor at distances over 100 meters possible.