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Old 02-13-2006, 06:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Re: CanadianDriver: First Drive - 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550

Wow, 6K less than the previous S500 for the Canadian market. If they had done that for the U.S. market they'd sell a lot more than they already are!

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Re: CanadianDriver: First Drive - 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550

Please can someone explain to me why this car is called the S550 and not S500 for the North American market?

One thing I noticed is in one of the pictures there was an aerial on the boot lid, and I remember seeing that on spy pictures and everyone assumed it was testing equipment cause it looked weird! Sorry if this is old news but I'm a bit out of touch in the car world at the moment. What is it for?

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Re: CanadianDriver: First Drive - 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550

That extra antena is for the Satelite radio, but on production cars it will look like this:



a little bubble, not another antenna like the one on the roof.

I guess MBUSA wanted to go with "550" to emphasis the change over the old S500 and keep the naming system truthful.

I wonder if the E/CLS/CLK/R/ML will all change from 500 too 550 for the U.S. market when they get the new V8? Likely.

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Re: CanadianDriver: First Drive - 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550

Oh right, thanks for the quick reply!
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