Motorweek 1995 Mercedes Benz S-Class Road Test

[@ianclaudio777]

Times when cars were cars, not iPads over wheels 😢

[@eazy-ttj2798]

That's perfect 💯 this comment needs pinned

[@greathey1234]

Will only get worse with compulsory EV madness

[@tommiritalacom]

Well said🙏👍

[@McBeamer94]

This particular one wasn't just a car, it was a vault on wheels! 😎

[@SWright1978]

I can’t believe it’s nearly 30 years old. It drives better than most new cars today.

[@apl175]

It's amazing how much the real world cost of the S-class has decreased in 30 years. Who could afford it back then?! $87,500 in 1995 is like paying $180,500 dollars in 2024 according to the inflation calculator. A new S-class today days starts at only $117,250.

[@a.person7825]

It’s because today’s S Class is junk.

[@gijsmaeyer598]

Because you are comparing a top of the line model with a base model.

[@SuperBooboo02]

@@a.person7825 exactly had a CLS400 it was junk ..interior piece falling off at 12000 miles, got rid of it at 3 months old...crap transmission and not great gas mileage...

[@jeromep3182]

I love the W140

[@therealjayseh]

Same. It's a real luxury cruiser. Nothing can compare. Lexus is nice but it's not in the same league (in my opinion) as the Mercedes Benz brand.

[@shawndon7374]

S600 🔥

[@Jason-xb3jh]

I had a 1993 S500. Loved that car. Super comfortable to drive and there was a button to push for everything. Even one to open the glove box.

[@05309193]

Airdate: May 13, 1995.

[@levons2698]

At 1:55 he states engines range from a 2.3 liter inline six to a 6 liter V12, must have meant 3.2 liter six

[@Carmafixcars]

A beautifully carved mancave. I can smell the interior from here 😎 same reason i love my b5 s4. Wouldn't trade it for anything out there now. Classic elegance, straight forward logical designs and easy on the eyes. Beautiful.

[@upeedinalamb5297]

This lamb plugged $87,500 in 1995 dollars into an inflation calculator and got $179,547.94 in 2024 dollars. This lamb notes that’s crazy expensive.

[@mvcharisma]

The W140 was the best car I’ve ever owned, it is one of the only cars I wish I never sold

[@sfneurosurgeon]

Grateful to have owned one. It felt like driving a car sculpted from granite.

[@McBeamer94]

@1:57 That 2.3 I6 probably wouldn't even be able to get this vault on wheels up and going! 😅

[@AK47Stalin]

Mixed up the order of the digits haha

[@McBeamer94]

​@@AK47StalinThought so! 😜😂🤣

[@FitzArias]

To me these are the last Presidential looking Benzes.

[@SuperBooboo02]

loved that s class, the new ones are nothing but a PC with a engine...smh

[@martian9999]

you could have the safest car of the world, and your own bodyguard. It won't't protect you from crazy driving, as both the W140 and Diana Spencer are cases in point.

[@siegfriedbarfuss9379]

Lady Di case was very sad and the W140 S280 she died in had been totaled before and written off by the insurance then somehow got repaired anyway and sold to the VIP car service. The safety physics of that fixed up wrack was certainly not in compliance with the W140 safety as well as not wearing seat belts contributed to the tragical outcome. …

[@greathey1234]

The last proper Mercedes after 1994 they merged with Chrysler and started building more toys into cars than machines

[@johnjones393]

The last great Benz, everything after this was and is trash, but even with this 1995 refresh it was a dinosaur. People can say what they want, but by this point in time the Lexus LS400 was really eating into S-Class sales numbers and MB was on notice.

[@mattmayo3539]

Back when these cost as much as a typical American home.

[@ooluta7578]

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[@ConnorMcguire-p8t]

The car that princess diana lost her life💔

[@siegfriedbarfuss9379]

She was killed in a S280 fixed up from a previous crash ..

[@JJVernig]

3:35. that's were it all went belly up. Cup holders!?! Driving and drinking don't combine. 😅

[@samartz]

50 cent!!

[@SWright1978]

S420 had decent performance without the complexity of the S500 suspension.

[@SuperBooboo02]

this was a beautiful machine inside and out, todays MBs are just crap, and look like a low rent economy car...

[@InvestBetter.]

Back in that time, 8 seconds to 60 was a good performer, but a step behind the leaders The redesigned Lexus LS400 was moving at about that rate, with better MPG, due to a smaller engine, and being much lighter The Infiniti Q45 in the low-7s, 0-60.

[@mrdflash2127]

Over-stretched W124. As far as beauty goes, no comparison to W126. And that is more important than self-closing doors.

[@artlandmarknyc]

Mercedes today should look at this video and be ashamed of them self's on the garbage they been selling since year 2000 to now..ya they look all right but the build quality is complete💩 and regarding the design they look more Japanese than German they will have that opulence anymore as well

[@mclarenf1gtrlmedition715]

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