2012 Mercedes S class

2012 Mercedes S class 

 2012 Mercedes S class 

 2012 Mercedes S class 

2012 Mercedes S class 

The new 2012 S-Class will be offered in four different body styles in an attempt to appeal to a wider range of luxury car buyers: standard-wheelbase sedan (2012), extended-wheelbase sedan (2013), coupe (2013, replaces the CL), and four-seat convertible (2014).

The brand new S-Class will feature a new four-link front suspension designed to further decouple the steering, braking and damping forces. The Mercedes-Benz Active Body Control (ABC) system will be offered at an additional cost, but it can be combined with Magic Body Control (MBC) which employs cameras to scan the road at speeds up to 80 mph. MBC compensates for surface irregularities just milliseconds before the vehicle encounters them.

Mercedes-Benz’s new Magic Light Control (MLC) will add LED head lamps with free-flow light patterns that vary depending on the speed of the vehicle, weather conditions and steering angle. Under the hood, we’ll see an engine lineup ranging from a 200 hp 4-cylinder to a V-12 that’s been tested at 544 bhp.For Canada, we’ll get three flavours: the SLK 250, SLK 350 and of course the SLK55 AMG.

The SLK 250 will get a 1.8 litre 4 cylinder engine making 201 horses. The SLK 350 gets a 3.5 litre V6 making 302 horsepower. It was also get a 0-100 time of 5.4 seconds.

What I’m really interested in, though, is the SLK 55 AMG. This bad boy will get a normally aspirated 5.5 litre V8. This engine is expected to replace the 6.2 litre V8 found in many AMG models. As such, there are no horsepower ratings yet, but stay tuned.