2017 Mercedes Benz S550 Cabriolet Review

2017 Mercedes Benz S550 Cabriolet Review

2017 Mercedes Benz S550 Cabriolet Review - The Mercedes S-class has dependably been synonymous with extravagance, and it proceeds with that glad custom. The back wheel-drive car comes standard with a 449-hp 4.7-liter twin-turbo V-8; all-wheel drive is discretionary. The staggering car has the V-8 and all-wheel drive; it's very deft for its size. A back drive cabriolet is accessible with the same motor. At that point there's the S600, with a 523-hp twin-turbo V-12 and back wheel drive. A module mixture is accessible, appraised to procure 58 MPGe joined.

Let's assume you have a gigantic heap of money reserved for a major, agreeable convertible, however you're not feeling what Bentley or Rolls-Royce are putting down. Other than the maturing BMW 6-arrangement convertible which, let's be honest, is excessively plebeian the Mercedes-Benz S-class cabriolet is the main decision.

2017 Mercedes Benz S550 Cabriolet Review

Be that as it may, what a decent decision it is. Fitting to its nameplate, the S-class convertible is the greatest and most rich among Mercedes' 12-profound lineup crosswise over five model lines of cabriolets. S63 and S65 AMG variations are on offer, each with more than 500 strength, yet the standard Mercedes S550 cabriolet tried here, with a 449-hp twin-turbo V-8 and back wheel drive, is the best articulation of the S-class ethos. Its absence of wearing claims is self-evident, notwithstanding when prepared, similar to our test auto, with a $5900 Sport bundle with AMG haggles body pack. Rather, the S cabriolet's streaming lines, overwhelming extents, and rich nearness summon pictures of an extravagance yacht.

Not to put too fine a point on it, yet there are boatlike components to the driving knowledge also. Weighing 4786 pounds, the 2017 Mercedes Benz S-class cabriolet plunges and pitches and rolls a considerable measure with its suspension in the default Comfort mode. In this setting, the air-sprung ride is excessively cushy, and the body movements appear inconsistent with the firmer effects conveyed through the vast, 20-inch haggles low-profile tires. To some degree incomprehensibly, we really felt more happy with cruising with the suspension set in Sport mode, which takes care of body movements without making the ride at all offensive. The S-class isn't among the stiffest convertibles surviving accuse losing such an immense rooftop with some body flex and a couple of uncivilized vibrations springing up on rougher streets, however nor is it some kind of middle class Buick Cascada. In any case's, despite everything it best to keep the pace quiet and stick to smooth byways.

Regardless of the fact that the S-class cabriolet review inclination isn't to hustle, it's positively ready to do as such. The sweet-sounding, twin-turbocharged 4.7-liter motor compellingly engines the S550 from a halt to 60 mph in a lively 4.4 seconds, with the quarter-mile breezing by in 13.0 seconds at 110 mph. That is faster than the back drive S550 Cabriolet vehicle (4.9 seconds) and the all-wheel-drive S550 roadster (4.5 seconds) we tried, which we ascribe generally to the new nine-speed programmed that all S550 variations have received for 2017. Movements are magnificently smooth, despite the fact that, as in different Mercedes models, we aren't gigantic devotees of how the transmission dependably begins in second rigging in its default Efficiency mode. Selecting the Sport setting makes for less lazy departures, however that setting deactivates the motor stop/begin work and maintains a strategic distance from eighth and ninth apparatuses, even at higher paces. A more widely appealing transmission project would be valued.

A skidpad hold limit of 0.88 g and a 70-mph-to-zero braking separation of 164 feet are great for such an overwhelming auto, yet recollect that, this present Mercedes S550 diversion isn't execution. That is fortified by the brake pedal, which has a delicate activity, and the light, numb directing that is ideal for drifting around a shoreline town.

Past its dynamic characteristics, the genuine excellence of the 2017 Mercedes benz S-class is its feel. All around, it's a really uncommon piece that looks and feels deserving of its six-figure cost. Our test illustration, completed in flawlessly inconspicuous Emerald Green Metallic paint, was especially delightful with its Saddle Brown cowhide inside ($3250) and Piano Black wood highlights that element smart pinstriping ($1300). Bringing down the top is a strikingly noiseless issue, as the far reaching material rooftop easily engines underneath the decklid in 20 seconds when the auto is venturing out at rates up to 37 mph. Another helpful component is the capacity to raise and lower the top by holding down the lock or open catches on the key dandy.

2017 Mercedes-Benz isn't being misleading in calling the S-class a four-place convertible; the back seats are cozy however sufficiently agreeable for grown-ups the length of the front seats aren't moved too far back. All positions are upholstered in rich calfskin, and the rearward sitting arrangements likewise are very much cushioned; there's even simply enough headroom in the back for normal size grown-ups with the rooftop raised.

2017 Mercedes Benz S550 Cabriolet Review

A few august choices lifted our test auto to its $161,675 sticker, including a $6400 Burmester sound framework; a $2260 night-vision framework; the previously mentioned $5900 Sport bundle; a $3500 Premium bundle with kneading seats, an encompass view camera, and a head-up presentation; and a $2250 Driver Assistance bundle with a wide range of dynamic driving guides.

2017 Mercedes Benz S550 Cabriolet Review

The cost is irrefutably high, and it might appear to be much all the more so when the new C-class cabriolet highlights similarly shocking styling yet on a littler scale for around 33% the cost. In any case, the upstart C can't coordinate the nearness and eminence of the genuine article. This Mercedes S550 Cabriolet is pretty much as sumptuous and stately as anything out and about, sitting gladly among the titans at the highest point of Mercedes-Benz's lineup and maintaining the gravitas of the S-class name. - 2017 Mercedes Benz S550 Cabriolet Review