Mercedes-Benz S 560 Sedan
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2018
- Mike Gurr takes the flagship Mercedes-Benz S-Class 560 long wheelbase out for a spin. Is this still the benchmark in terms of pure, traditional luxury? The S-Class is sold as a short and long wheelbase and is fitted with the latest in semi-autonomous driving aides. The S-Class sedan has room for 5-passengers and all ride in style
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My MB is the same color and oddly enough that is one of the things people compliment the most about my car. Having an AMG or the AMG package makes a huge difference in making this color work for this car. Thanks to Mercedes-Benz of Arlington in Arlington, VA.
I'm also decades away from my mid 60s. 😉
Me too, a huge sucker for these full size luxury sedans.
They're fantastic highway cars, but not great city cars. Heavy feeling, certainly not zippy, and not super easy to park.
OMGWTFLOL Mine is a 2013 S550, prior to that was a BMW 335i Coupe manual. Yes, it’s not zippy. But honestly I couldn’t care less about that. Comfort trumps everything in my book.
Excellent detailed review and you were able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly.
Good review Mike.keep it up.
Great review!
Nice review!
Even standing still, it looks like it's doing 250 km/h along the unrestricted sections of the Autobahn.
Excellent review of the s560, I enjoyed your narration instead of music playing all the time as other reviews do. The review of the systems was well done. Would it be possible to review the autonomous driving technology for the 2019 model . Thank you.
🔥🔥🔥 Mercedes s class for life
Mercedes Benz S class 😍 luxurious car's in Germany
Can't get more classy than this, W221 Fenders
Everything mike just said. Yes!
if you're driving your s-class, the short wheelbase is the way to go
tibchy144 what do you think makes it superior to the long wheelbase?
Excellent review, Mike!
I believe this car is so endlessly complicated because Mercedes intended for you to sit and set it up once, like you like you do when you get a new laptop or tablet, and commit that to the automobiles memory while making minor adjustments daily or when necessary. " I have not driven a car that more convincingly succeeds at what it was designed to do " that sir is how you end a car review Bravo! good job.
Shannon Stjulien Most of its fancy systems, the air suspension, radar etc are gona break within 5 years or less.
But at this price range, I guess the owners dont care, as they probably want a newer car in a couple of years anyways
cococly Most of these cars are leased and not purchased anyway so by the time they're in critical failure the owners on to the next one
Shannon Stjulien that's definelty inccorect. 7nseries and s classes are almost always bought. Look up the stats. This isn't a C class
Excellent observation regarding the icon of the 2 spoke steering wheel for the semi-atonamous steering! BTW..Is the term "wafting" the technical word for floaty boaty?
Making Mercedes great again.
intelligent review, I agree I like the new steering wheel design better
The V8 Comes pretty much STRAIGHT out of the C63 AMG. They covered it up INSANELY well!
On the Mercedes Benz 'build your own' website page, I'm not seeing an "extended version" option for this model. ???
Give me a 750i any day of the week, lads, rather than the S560... The V8 is an absolute gem in the Seven, the gearbox is as good as a Roller's or any number of performance cars (depending on your current disposition), the interior is of phenomenal quality, modern yet classical and easy enough to use, and it's whisper quiet at virtually any speed, so it does a luxury limo bit as good as (or better, in my humble opinion, than) the S560. All of this WITHOUT that staid, old man feel you invariably get in the S560, especially when you really want to put your foot down and enjoy your car... :-)
Nice video review IMO, S Class remains the benchmark of luxury sedan
Bong Lim - incorrect; Rolls Royce sedans are the benchmark of luxury sedans. BMW Owns Rolls Royce, therefore you can expect benchmark performance as well.
I said luxury sedan (7 series, Jag XJ, Audi A8, Lexus LS etc), not ultra luxury sedan (Rolls Royce, Bentley etc)
tinted one of these today pretty fuckin nice
Why does it say 6 cylinder on the engine cover at 6:07? Different car maybe
I don’t understand why car reviewers are always saying it’s not a sports car it’s not fun!!! LIKE NO SHIT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT A S CLASS IS YOU DONT NEED TO TELL US WE KNOW WHAT IT IS!!
Zack needs to teach this guy about lighting. He does a good job reviewing the car but half the video is near pitch black on the interior of the car.
Jasser Abu-Giemi it can be really difficult to manage lighting inside the car on a bright day, especially when using action cameras. I moved the camera and re shot a few scenes but as you can tell, still some lighting issues. Hope the rest made up for it ;)
You did a fantastic job with everything else. Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to knock you down but I think if you get the audio and lighting right your videos will take on new heights. It could be because your camera is on auto settings and since you're driving between bright and dark areas it's having a difficult time with the exposure. Zack probably has it easier in cloudy Vancouver for most of his vidoes but if you have to record in bright areas somethings you could try is recording in evening light, planning out your sequence so the shot is either all in sun or all in shade or use manual exposure on the camera.
Or it could even be as easy as sorting out where the center spot of the camera is and aim that at the driver's seat since it's going to use that area for metering.
Jasser Abu-Giemi I'm always open to talking gear and technique with someone who has some experience, and it sounds like you do. The action cams are tricky in light (my behind the wheel shots are always action cams). They've got a sweet spot and on this particular day I should have shot directly at me - head on- rather than a side profile. The side profile is a more attractive shot but since I'm a one man "crew" I didn't realize that at times I veered into over or under exposure. I often use the sunroof to help here but again, tight timelines and one man crew sometimes results in surprises in post.
What are you hearing with audio that you think needs an improvement? This is a constant pain the ass for me. I have a wired lav mic into my phone and I find the ambient noise to be quite loud.
Actually the audio sounds really good to me. I think it's one of those things where the person creating the content always notices more than the viewer.
I'm surprised how small the trunk is. It's not alone in this failing among luxo barges and it's certainly not tiny but its volume doesn't seem adequate for a car like this.
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it's people like you who are the reason that 95% of the cars on the road are black, white and fifty shades of gray in between! MB's PR team will watch this video and think: "they don't want unique colors, just keep pumping out those gray cars!" This anthracite blue color is gorgeous! especially when equipped with the porcelain interior.
Otherwise good review!
Mikes got a new drone. Ace!
I like Mike's reviews, great addition ...the British Guy I have yet to watch one of his reviews as I find the guy exceedingly annoying. Mike and Zach though overall do a great job.
FYI, there are 2 more levels to the food chain... you have the Maybach S650 sedan and the grand daddy of them all is the S65 AMG....
You seem to be describing Magic Body Control features like looking ahead for bumps and leaning into curves while driving a 4Matic car. Magic Body Control is only an option in RWD cars. Which is it?
Magic Body Control is available on the S65 in Canada, which is RWD, so he may have been referring to that. But you're right, the car he was driving did not have MBC.
Magic body control is also available on the s560 and s63 models but the rwd ones which are available in the US not canada .
The seats are good but there's a lack of bottom bolstering. It feels very flat when sitting on them and u can't change that adjustment
JS1 Eat more ice cream cake. That’ll bolster your bottom.
Old people need this.
Close to mid April 2022 I test drove a 2019 Mercedes S560 and I’m sorry to say that I felt every bump, crack and any other imperfection on the road.
I don’t know what is the hype about its great suspension, and its celebrated smooth ride.
It honestly did not feel any different from my existing 2018 Toyota Camry, in terms of the smoothness of the ride on those road imperfections.
He's a troll and puts this ridiculous comment on every old S-class review he can find. I owned and drove a 2015 S550 for 80K miles and now own and drive a 2019 S560. My S550 had the 19" AMG wheels, and my S560 has the 20" wheels. Even with the smaller sidewalls on my S560 the RIDE COMFORT is superior to any other vehicle out there. My previous vehicles were a Lexus LS460 and two Acura RLs, all great luxury rides in their day. When I purchased my S550, both my wife and I agreed it was in a whole new higher level of ride comfort and quietness. All the magazines and video reviews out there also say the same thing.
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I commented a few times, to see what people will say in response.
I since purchased an S560 with 19” wheels (end of July July this year).
The ride comfort is very good (seat, roominess, etc.), but even in full comfort mode I still feel every crack / bump / unevenness / imperfection on the road.
Riding on a cloud is only in fantasies.
@@johnsmith100 I understand your perspective now and withdraw my troll comment - sorry. The road imperfections never go away completely, they just sink to a level that is not bothersome to most people. You may be much more sensitive than most to any road imperfection, as in the fairy tale story of the Princess and the Pea (no slur intended). At speed on a decent highway I notice almost no road bumps and the noise level is very low, so that is the "riding on a cloud" that reviewers refer to. In the future I may move from my OEM run flats to non run flats to improve the ride, and I may even return to 19" AMG wheels. These extra-cost 20" AMG wheels were ordered on this car by the first owner, and I just bought it with only 7500 miles on the car so leaving them awhile. I recently test drove the new BMW iX EV and it also had extremely good ride comfort, a close match to Mercedes S-class. I am not ready for full EV yet.
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Thanks 🙏🏼
I guess I was more sensitive to the reviewers promising a total smooth ride, regardless of the road conditions, which cannot be a real life promise :)
Overall a great car.
In 3 years, I’ll try trading in to the coupe :)
So confused between getting this Big gal (S Class)..... Or the Family mover (2015 GL 550 or GL63......for those Road trips
Where’s zacky wacky man?! And his wife?
S-Class cab with my wife coming soon.
Nothing inexplicable about the spelling of COMAND, it's an initialism standing for COckpit MAnagement aNd Data System.
CLASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE BEST OR NOTHING.
GERMAN engineering !!!!
lol "loose bag of diamonds"
I agree 100% with your comments about the great looks. The Mercedes has dignity and maturity and serenity, things Toyota and Lexus cars no longer have because of the giant grill fad they are currently going through. Their cars look like childish cartoon caricatures of cars. The Germans and the British (Bentley and Jaguar) are the kings of design.
I think I will just keep my S55 AMG
s560 big daddz until someone with s63amg shows up or even s65amg
Good review, but to take 60 seconds to describe a similar storage compartment available on $25k car, for an S Class is silly.
I'm a man of simple interests.
yeah my old 2003 lincoln town car had that lol its nothing new
Perfect example of why cars are just overly complicated for no reason. Way too many headaches inspired from daily operation
that center console is nothing new it was used on the Lincoln town car back in 98
People who can afford this car can pay someone to set it up every day. Some people just want a fully loaded car that they do not understand to impress their 25 ear old girlfriend.
This car does not have magic body control because that option does not come on 4 matic vehicles. Cheers .
The system is not supposed to be something you must rely on because it needs to be an assistant. Not to take over the driving becaude it is not legal and people are generally stupid about it and do silly things. However that may not apply to S Class buyers only to that of another certain manufacturer.
The all black interior and the cheesy wood steering wheel..... both have to GO!
It's a laptop on wheels folks.
when Mike and Max test the likes of Toyota Yaris - omg Zak don't let them test nice cars? when Mike tests the S Class - I wish Zak could have done the review. can't please these losers eh Mike?
Your perspective is way to reasonable for CZcams, my friend!
Nickolas ... is just another frustrated wannabe. Who would bother commenting as you've done? A frustrated wannabe.
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GREATEST MERC IS THE 1997 W140
He let you drive a nice car????
Stewart Foulds lots of nice stuff coming up for the summer. Zack's the one who pushed me into these vehicles and made the connections!
The choice car for all the war lords and drug dealers of the world.
Tesla review plz
Melvin Lai Tesla doesn't make their vehicles available. However I'm working with the owner of a Model S right now and hope to have a review some time this summer.
Great review and video, keep up the good work. .."Yeshua (Jesus Christ ) is the way "
i wish zack would have reviewed it ...
when Mike and Max test vanilla cars, people like you said how come they don't get to test nice car. now that they get to test nicer car, "I wish Zak would have reviewed it". how is Mike and Max suppose to get better, if all they review is Toyota Yaris?
Looked like a perfectly fine and fully comprehensive review of a motor vehicle. I thought he covered everything clearly and concisely. Let's enjoy the motor vehicle experience whilst we can - because it's slowly being taking away from us, especially in the UK - land of the petrol head.
Why do you just throw out a statement without reasons. Without it your comment is just dismissed as adhock.
I think you mean 'ad hoc'. There's not enough room here for me to go into all the reasons, but you're welcome to look into what's really happening in the automobile industry yourselves, (which is why I made the statement, and which is why it should be looked at as a sign-post - not a fountain of knowledge).
Lexusfan100 You again
Zack should review cool cars like this one. And let this guy the ones that nobody cares about.
and how are Mike and Max supposed to grow/get better that way?
Because of your age don't know much about Mercedes Benz cars or their history. Traditionally way back in time (60s & 70's) they had basically 3 or 4 cars S class, The 6.9, the SL and then they began to produce the SLC and a station wagon. There is no comparison between the E cars the C cars or any of the other far too many cars they make now on any level. Still the best cars they make are still the S class cars.
They would not admit that or they would say it used to be that way, but the quality of those cars is much less than the S class.
I did have a couple of 300 D cars back in the 70's which were nice but not S class cars. Most especially you will find many
CLS sedans because people, meaning a lot of men find that the roof is much too low for them to get in and out of the car as they have no pillar in the center. If you want to see what cars are the lesser of a brand go and look at the ones that people return within a year.
You rarely find S class cars in those used lots.
The lots are full of the E's Cs and CLS's and so forth. And I disagree with you saying they are not fun to drive. They are incredible to drive, They are smooth, quiet and are so well engineered they are a dream to drive. They float around corners, they dismiss potholes and I find them to be wonderful to drive. And by the way I am probably around the same age as your Father and I have no problem navigating my
S500. Don't sell your Father short.
Those stupid low profil tires ruin the ride quality. I dont understand why the luxury car manufacturers keep putting them on their cars.
Najib Taibi surprisingly they actually don't. Blindfolded and dropped into the car you'd have no clue it was riding on 20s.
It needs bigger wheels
This was rolling on 20s that had zero impact what so ever on ride quality. In theory I guess you could fit something larger, but I would want to ensure it retained it's chilled out character.
What for?
I'll take the LS over this any day...
saadms Shows that can’t buy taste.
With the ugly Predator spindle grill? No thanks. Lexus will never get my business with atrocious designs like they are currently offering. Besides, a Toyota is no Mercedes Benz, and when you're paying for cars in this league, prestige and heritage play a role in many people's purchasing decisions.
saadms LOL.... good one Bud.... good one........ funny guy...
I'll take an LS as well ... The Benz will be in the shop 6 years from now ... But to each is own ... I know.better lol
I would agree with you except the new LS looks tacky and nasty. I think this looks more refined
Kia k900
Is better for me
If I could, I would tell this reviewer to his face, try living with this thing for a couple of years, it'll be in the shop more than it will be in your garage. These cars are highly overrated. There are better cars out there for the money.
That interior is hideous. Well put together no doubt, but hideous nonetheless. And I certainly wouldn't classify the exterior as understated. For a truly elegant and understated exterior and interior, the Volvo S90 is the current standard bearer. The Swedes in Gothenburg are doing amazing things, and speaking as a fan of German luxury automobile, I hope zee Germans catch up.
Soooooo boring im sleeping 😴 💤