2005 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Consumer Discussions

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Mercedes-Benz V12 and AMG cars

Written by: benztuner on Aug 14, 2007 09:26 PM

The S600 catch. The reason you find all of these slightly used Mercedes-Benz V12 and AMG cars that are a couple years old is because of service fees. It is extremely expensive to repair almost anything on the V12/AMG cars because they are so intricately designed. Also witht these cars they have more "stuff" under the hood, therefore there is more to go wrong. There ... Read More...

Re: 2002 S430 won't start HELPPP [2002s430amg]

Written by: benztuner on Mar 19, 2007 07:12 PM

Let me warn you now about dealerships, esp MB dealerships. Now I work with them everyday so I know all the little tricks and whatnot they pull to make extra money, and Ive seen them do it time and again racking up thousands of dollars and hand the bill to the customer, who has to pay it to get their car. Not all dealerships are like this, but be aware. I have a customer of ... Read More...

High End Luxury Cars

A SOON-TO-BE OBITUARY FOR MERCEDES BENZ

Written by: dewey on Feb 05, 2007 01:45 PM

I hate being the bearer of bad news and unfortunately this is very very bad news. MERCEDES BENZ AS WE KNOW IT WILL SOON BE DEAD! CAUSE OF DEATH----KILLED BY DR. ZETSCHE'S MALPRACTICE: Read the following blurb from Wall Street Jouranl today and you will know what I am talking about: Although some shareholders have called for DaimlerChrysler to sell off its U.S. ... Read More...

BBC Top Gear Survey 2005

Written by: houdini1 on Dec 06, 2006 01:35 PM

76,050 people, 159 car models from 36 manufacturers-It's the U.K.'s biggest independent car satisfaction survey. Top Gear Survey 2005- Each of the 76,050 viewers and readers who took part in our survey this year were asked to reveal how every aspect of the car ownership experience matched up to the expectations they had when they first took delivery of their ... Read More...

Canadian Sales Results for November

Written by: tagman on Dec 02, 2006 03:58 PM

Dewey, just for you - Here is the complete list of Canadian sales results for the month of November. The overall market was up 2.7% compared to November 2005. Winners (November 2006 vs. November 2005) Acura - up 27.9% (down 5.6% YTD) Audi - up 12.5% (up 13.3% YTD) BMW - up 3.8% (up 11.1% YTD) DaimlerChrysler - up 8.4% (down 0.1% YTD) Ford - up 15.4% (up 8.4% YTD) Honda ... Read More...

Re: November Sales Data for Lexus LS and Mercedes S-Class [tagman]

Written by: jcoby on Dec 01, 2006 05:05 PM

The sales comparisons for the monthly data are year-over-year. Lexus LS sales for November 2006 increased by 116.3% compared to November 2005 and Mercedes S-Class sales for November 2006 increased by nearly 100% compared to November 2005. Read More...

November Sales Data for Lexus LS and Mercedes S-Class

Written by: jcoby on Dec 01, 2006 03:52 PM

Lexus and Mercedes-Benz have their sales data on their websites and is as follows (I found Lexus data at Toyota website): Lexus link title The LS 430 and the all-new LS 460 reported combined sales of 3,613, an increase of 116.3 percent. Mercedes link title (You will have to select December's data) Sales of the newest generation S-Class were nearly double this ... Read More...

LS460L

Written by: syswei on Oct 22, 2006 03:46 AM

There's an interesting early owner review on CL from a fellow who also owns a 2004 Phaeton and 2005 E55. He says among other things: 1. The Phaeton is bigger... 2. The Phaeton has more "road-hugging weight"... 3. The Phaeton cabin feels significantly wider, with commensurately greater shoulder room... 4. The Phaeton trunk is larger and more usable (our LS460L ... Read More...

Re: BusinessWeek on BMW - Great Article [hpowders]

Written by: drfill on Oct 10, 2006 08:08 PM

When looking for "off the wall", HP, just read you posts! I agree. BMW will be surging ahead while Lexus, as I see it, has already begun its sad decline. With the new LS, Lexus has managed to "evolve" this vehicle backward. Compared to the outgoing LS 430, it takes the new LS 460 thirty more feet (!!) to stop the car from 70 mph, according to Car & Driver-a performance ... Read More...

Latest U.S. Auto Sales Data

Written by: tagman on Oct 03, 2006 02:29 PM

This is what I call The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly. According to Forbes: U.S. automakers released sluggish September sales results Tuesday, while Toyota continued to gain market share against its U.S. competitors after posting another month of solid sales. Of the three major auto manufacturers, Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) was the only one to post sales ... Read More...