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02-13-2006, 06:16 AM
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| GCZ's High Court   Join Date: Sep 2005 I drive: BMW E60 535d, Carbon Black, M Package
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  | CanadianDriver: First Drive - 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550  In the eyes of luxury car shoppers, bang-for-the-buck just took on a whole new meaning. - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER  |
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02-13-2006, 06:37 AM
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| Contributor  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Aurora IL USA I drive: 2003 Mercedes-Benz CLK430 Cabriolet
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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! M |
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02-13-2006, 06:47 AM
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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. M |
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