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...From the middle of this decade the systems used to build all Mercedes-Benz cars will switch over to producing electric models....
...While South Korea is the world’s 11th largest car market, it ranks in the top four for popular top-end models such as Audi’s A8 and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class line....
...His delegation was greeted in Tripoli by a fleet of black Mercedes-Benz S-Class 600. The trip to Zintan took two-and-a-half hours....
...It has since regained ground thanks to a new range of sporty compact models and the new S-Class, a luxury saloon. In January sales in China surged more than 40 per cent compared with a year ago....
...Last year, Mercedes-Benz tested a fully autonomous car on public roads along a 100km route in southern Germany and its flagship S-Class saloon already has many autonomous functions, including traffic jam...
...Mercedes-Benz new models – the compact A-Class, sporty CLA, upgraded E-Class saloon and luxury S-Class limousine – have reassured investors that the company is leaving behind its stuffy image and winning...
...Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz showed an ultra fuel-efficient version of its luxury S-Class saloon, that also requires just three litres of fuel to travel 100km and can cover 30km emission-free in full electric...
...Both Daimler and VW still expect a pick-up in the second half of the year and tailwinds from new models: at Mercedes-Benz this includes the launch of its high-margin S-Class limousine....
...Daimler expects second-half earnings to be higher than the first half of 2013 and Mercedes-Benz aims to exceed a 2-4 per cent growth in global car market sales this year....
...The Model S, which starts from $62,400 inclusive of a $7,500 federal tax credit offered on all new EVs, trails only the Mercedes-Benz E-class and BMW 5-series in luxury car sales in California this year....
...Still, the Stuttgart-based company expects a better second half due to the launch of models, including its S-Class....
...“We are market leaders with our S, E and C-class limousines. So it is obvious which market position we are due in the small premium car segment,” Mr Zetsche said....
...The S-Class car, a “mild” hybrid that will still draw most of its power from petrol, is unlikely to outsell Toyota’s top-selling Prius, nor – though fuel-efficient for its size – will it be the greenest...
...Over poor surfaces, the shocks transmitted by potholes or surface changes seem to travel that little bit more audibly and tangibly through the body shell than they do in a Mercedes-Benz S class or 7-Series...
...For instance, Windows controls the navigation systems in BMW’s latest 7-series and the new Mercedes S-Class....
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