Hoovey689

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Mercedes gives a crash course in S-Class history

The new S-Class might be the latest and greatest from Mercedes-Benz, but the groundwork for its emergence at the forefront of automotive development was laid back in the 1950s with the Type 300 – also known as the Adenauer. Mercedes chose the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance to showcase the 2014 S-Class alongside some of its predecessors, and earlier this month it released an interesting look at this luxury sedan's pedigree.

Following the Adenauer, the S-Class made huge advancements in luxury, safety and performance on cars like the 220SEB Fintail, the 300SEL 6.3 (marking the "birth of the AMG series"), the ultra-luxurious 600S, and the 450SEL, which Mercedes claims as the first car to ever offer anti-lock brakes.


http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/23/m...history-video/

Hoovey689

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Around 5:00 they skip the 80's and 90's S-Class and move right to the 2014

rominl

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those cars were insignificant obviously

dc893

I'm sure they don't like to think about the 90s too much. When Toyota made a flagship luxury car that was able to show Benz how to make a modern luxury car that wasn't in the service dept. 50% of the time.

jwong77

Not accurate, Mercedes were well known for being extremely reliable and over-engineered when the LS400 came out. (That happened in the 89 btw not the 90's)

dc893

OH REALLY? I didn't know that!!! Thanks for the info!! I had no idea a 1990 would have been originally sold in 1989. Again thanks for the info!