Is the w220 Mercedes S-Class a Luxury Nightmare? UNBIASED Review of the S600 v12!

[@AccentOnCars]

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[@detonator2112]

It's completely timeless design and still very beautiful car. If you didn't know, this would still look like a $150.000 car. And hey, it's a Mercedes-Benz. I love it.

[@AccentOnCars]

Old MBs aged so well. The EQ lineup won’t age like this 😀

[@detonator2112]

@@AccentOnCars Oh yeah. Is there some kind of law or rule that all electric cars have to look horrible? LOL.

[@AccentOnCars]

They are trying to make it drag efficient and look futuristic. I think most of them look like 💩 . Audi e-tron looks good, imho

[@jimmyb269]

In black it's the best, I have a silver one, previous car was w222 😊

[@ScorpionVonScotts600]

Wish he could’ve mentioned the year unless I missed it. I have the 01’ with 120k on the clock. The AMG Sport Package 😎

[@t.l.robinson2162]

I have a 2006 S55. I absolutely love this car. You couldn't make me an even trade for a brand new Mercedes.

[@AccentOnCars]

🤝😎

[@S65Finland]

Same here: Im having 2004 S65 and not giving it up

[@rEdHoUsE_1969]

Love your review ... I've owned three W220's and every time I swear 'Never again' ... when working they are simply outstanding ... the design IMO is timeless and has aged well ... if you are prepared to work on them yourself and have a high end scanner they can be maintained for a reasonable (in s class terms) cost 🤔

[@AccentOnCars]

100% agreed and thanks for the compliment 🤝👍

[@handmade4674]

“Why would you be bothered by those who voted for you” 🤣 Man, you’re hilarious. Excellent job reviewing this car!

[@yeyno3919]

I have been loving this car since i was little

[@kanob6440]

The S-Class of this era makes me feel like a lawyer in New York or San Francisco

[@asadzeethree2726]

Man, that is one of the nicest W220 I've seen in 2024. Amazing condition. 👍💯🌟

[@shitsugane]

Enjoyed this video... And nice suit Great paint job on this one

[@AccentOnCars]

Thank you very much for the comment! If the car gets two step paint correction and ceramic coating it will be 🔥

[@chazmuska]

If I could afford the maintenance and repairs....that'd be my dream car. Car yes, maintenance would probably eat me unless I did most of the work which I'm sure I can. Some things you need special equipment...like having to flush and refill the trans fluid under a particular temperature. Definitely a rare gem! 💎

[@AccentOnCars]

Aftermarket parts aren’t as expensive as OEM from the stealership. Fcpeuro saves the day. But it is still going to be more expensive than a corolla for sure 🤝

[@uzzle21]

I own 03 S600 its literally an amazing car and very underrated. M275 is a brilliant motor and the most reliable v12 you will find on the open market. The car looks and feels amazing.

[@billymania11]

In terms of automobiles, German luxury and sport models are wonderful and probably the best in the world...when newish. Later, the reliability and maintenance woes begin piling up and ruin the overall ownership experience. It's the same with aircraft, but the difference is that automobiles don't have to follow rigorous maintenance schedules.

[@andypandythehandy121]

Thank you for a humorous and at the same time thorough review of one of my favorite cars! To specify a couple of items: The hood should be very easy/light to open/lift. if it is heavy, the struts have to be replaced (06:30). The wheel on the side of the back seat is not for massage, but for the support of the lumbar. It was actually optional with massage even in the back seats, but the control panel for the massage looks different (the same layout as for the front seats) (13:35).

[@AccentOnCars]

Thank you for pointing these out 🤝 The w220 S class is Incredible machine. Please like the video to support the channel 😎

[@S65Finland]

Im having this but S65 and it is fantastic - if you can afford maintaining it. And maintainance is the key.

[@theradimalgames3773]

Awesome! You have the only S65 in Finland right!

[@S65Finland]

@@theradimalgames3773 from W220 chassis yes 🎉❤

[@gedaman]

I think that the W220 Sonderklasse is a sleek elegant stylish design. It was so much curvier than the boxy W140 Sonderklasse which I love the most. Daimler was forced to do some serious cost cutting on the W220 Sonderklasse due to the high R&D cost of the previous W140 Sonderklasse. Supposedly the Daimler CEO at the time thought that Mercedes were over engineered and started increasing profit margins too much beginning with the W210 E-Class which would explain the horrible reliability until around 2006 when they began returning to reliability and higher build quality. The rule of thumb for modern Mercedes-Benz models is to stay away from any Mercedes-Benz built while George W. Bush was president 😂.

[@AccentOnCars]

😂 nice parallel between Bush and MB. The quality was indeed up from 2006 but started declining again in recent years

[@floyd27860]

Your wrong my guy. Those are the S600 wheels. I had the brochure hanging on my bedroom wall from day one! Everyone wanted the S55... i wanted the S600

[@AccentOnCars]

Maybe you missed it. I said the wheels didn’t belong to the particular car I was filming but they were S600 wheels so the owner put them on. Those wheels were on a different trim, I assume. Big thumbs up for the S600 love.

[@floyd27860]

@@AccentOnCars misunderstood. The video is great tho. You got a new subscriber!

[@AccentOnCars]

Thanks for the support 👍

[@theradimalgames3773]

@@floyd27860There was miscommunication, but the wheels are from this car. All non AMG package S600s had these wheels, the Segin!

[@brianmolele7264]

The car has Comfort and Sport mode, you might have been driving in comfort mode that's why it was limited. I have a W220 S320 CDI 2005.

[@AccentOnCars]

Do you mean the rev limiter? If yes, I think it revs a bit higher in sport mode, but is still limited. Most Mercedes are limited in revving in stationary.

[@changeyourenergy708]

Thats clean!!

[@amber300c]

I think the car suspension shook at 16:56 on the video? The camera shaked a little. 🤫

[@AccentOnCars]

The roads in some parts of Massachusetts and notoriously bad :(

[@zakkane4473]

Great video great car thankyou

[@AccentOnCars]

Thank you for watching! 😎

[@ОлжасЕлубаев-ф3щ]

Конкретно ❤❤❤

[@AccentOnCars]

От души!

[@razirover5429]

Pretty cool 😍 Buddy pls share your insta handle I need talk to you about this car 🙏🏻

[@theradimalgames3773]

It’s the pinned comment! Thanks

[@DJANDRESTARZ]

I have the s430 from 06 and still looks and drives like a 100,000 car. Bought it for 3500 with only 116000 miles, no lights on the dash.

[@MrMesiqta]

W220 after the facelift is completely different car, i mean almost all parts are different from interior, electronics, exterior and it becomes really reliable. I bought one few years ago (facelift) - it is over 20 years old now, got maybe 1000 000kms and it is still on the road and it is perfect. Today it is very old car, so ofc there are issues with gaskets and rubber elements, but beside that i dont see any other brand from this era on the road (7 series, A8s), but i still see a lot of W220s.For me W140 was iconic, but it is very old looking and for young person it doesn't look good, w220 is the best option - timeless design, cheap to maintain (tons of aftermarket parts), good options and everything. W221 currently is super expensive to maintain for such an old car, 7g tronic sux, engines (especially diesels) are nightmare to maintain and unreliable. So if you find to buy w220 s500 under 150k kms facelift i guarantee you will have awesome time with this car!

[@AccentOnCars]

Nicely said! 🤝

[@vintagehaynesflute]

I talked my boss into buying an S420. The ABC suspension failed and the day after she bought it (brand new) she went to the garage to go to work and the car was sitting on the floor and had to be towed in. The dealer had it for 2 weeks. Then after 6 months it started to rust at the bottoms of the doors. Mercedes repaired it (under warranty) but it started again a year later. Comand failed regularly and the power steering pump failed twice. She turned it in when the lease was up and bought a Lexus that she kept for ten years. The fact that I didn’t get fired tells me what a great boss she was

[@AccentOnCars]

Oh wow. Thanks for sharing. I would say she just got a bad luck with her car as all the failures she had while common, should not happen to a brand new car. I always say that you don’t want to buy the 1st year German car regardless of the brand.

[@markojokanovic349]

I could only be the S430, since 420 doesn't exist. I have it as a daily driver even now. It is the model from 2000 and literally everything on it works well. Sound like your boss just picked one rotten apple from the batch

[@zukied4817]

6 months from brand new?😂😂😂

[@nickgeorgiou123]

W220 s320 cdi owner, cost me £2000 and I just can’t believe what I’m driving for the money, every drive is a special occasion and has been incredible reliability wise

[@AccentOnCars]

That’s a great price for a great car 👍

[@tapzalot2476]

I just got a 2003 Mercedes s430 it not slow but not fast and it only has 100k miles

[@S65Finland]

Everytime when Renntech is mentioned - it kills the product. Bad quality work and value drops. For example Renntech parts for M156 sucks bad. Airflow is better on stock m156 ...

[@AccentOnCars]

Interesting…. While I agree that there are better bang-for-buck brands out there, Renntech is generally seen as a solid brand in the USA and is one of the few that officially MB dealers will use. Are you sure you’re not thinking about a different brand?

[@S65Finland]

@@AccentOnCars no, these are the Renntech parts so far in Euro area. Germany, France, Sweden, Finland, etc. When renntech is mentioned - people do not want to touch them here.

[@S65Finland]

Also had here one Renntech stage 2 SL55 AMG and torque, airfolw, horsepower figures were kind a bad. Some horses more yeah, but the cost of there is stunning and part quality not so good.

[@w204mikull]

Solid drivetrain with an awesome interior. The old mercedes smell instantly brings back memories. Only shortcoming is the abc system. Never knew the s600 had a twin turbo like the s65.

[@AccentOnCars]

Drivetrain is the only thing that the adjective “solid” can be applied to in W220 😀👍 I agree with old MB smell 100%.

[@habilaj5]

Fk the haters.

[@Tbss77]

Yes my 94 w140 had soft close doors