Bozzor

This has not been reported yet but the results are available on the JD Power website.

Go to:

- ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

You can select the 2007 S class there are see what ratings it has. Overall not very impressive, but better than

To summarize...

Overall quality - Manufacturing

SDNR

Oh dear .........waiting for the avalanche of hate mail

Bozzor

You will not read about this yet in the media but the results are in for the first batch of 2007 S class cars in terms of initial quality. Overall figures are a little below average, but not a complete disaster, unlike the previous generation.

The url is:

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This is a Flash based page, so can't copy and paste, but here are the numbers:

Criteria Rating (out of 5 stars)
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Overall Quality - Manufacturing 3 stars
Mechanical Quality - Manufacturing 3 stars
Body & Interior Quality - Manufacturing 4 stars
Feature & Accessory Quality - Manufacturing 2.5 stars
Overall Quality - Design 3 stars
Mechanical Quality - Design 4.5 stars
Body & Interior Quality - Design 2.5 stars
Feature & Accessory Quality - Design 2.5 stars
Overall Appeal 4.5 stars
Performance 4.5 stars
Style 4.5 stars
Features & Instrument Panel 4.5 stars
Comfort 5 stars

Still niggling bugs but overall owners like their cars and could not be happier with comfort levels.

SDNR

You're enjoying this aren't you Boz

Osnabrueck

Here it comes... any minute now...

Mr. Mercedes

Let meeee start.

JD powers sucks A**.

lol...nah I'll have to have a read of the criteria etc. later when I've got more time.

Yannis

Wow, the Russian mafia bosses and the dictators of African countries will be very disappointed with the result.

GrimReaper

OK, no hate mail but any idea where they got those ratings from? As in customer survey/independent testing or what?

I test drove an S500 with medium options and the quality was just superior to BMW, Audi etc. My cousin has a fully loaded 750Li and he too agreed that comfort/quality levels were better in the S. Maybe because they must've tested the lower end leather or cloth?

SDNR

I agree entirely with you GrimReaper ...I don't know what they were comparing the S class to ..but most of us agree that the W221 is superior to the A8 and 7er overall. As far as build-quality goes, Bentley FS, Maybach, and Roll-Royce are superior ...but they cost a lot more too.

Merc1

In these 5 areas:

Overall Quality - Manufacturing 3 stars
Mechanical Quality - Manufacturing 3 stars
Feature & Accessory Quality - Manufacturing 2.5 stars
Body & Interior Quality - Design 2.5 stars
Feature & Accessory Quality - Design 2.5 stars

I just don't see what how people could rate this car so low. It doesn't make sense.

If MB can't change their standing within the world of JDP with the new S-Class they don't stand a chance of ever getting to the top in these surveys.

M