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Normally, this would turn us inside out with paroxysms of frustration. As it has been for generations, the S-class remains a self-contained bubble of the good life. New Cars. Buyer's Guide. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Our Toyota Supra 3. Every Electric Pickup Truck on the Horizon.

View Photos. Michael Simari Car and Driver. More on the S-Class. LOWS: Priced for the 1 percent. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. More From Instrumented Tests. From the available two-tone paint to the chrome spear down the hood and the massive front grille, the point isn't just to announce prosperity but societal dominance.

This isn't a car built to blend in. New Cars. Buyer's Guide. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Our Toyota Supra 3. Every Electric Pickup Truck on the Horizon. View Photos. The Mercedes-Maybach S, the highest-end member of the S-class family, made its debut today. It's powered by Mercedes's turbocharged 4. The Family. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. More From News. The S's interior design borrows heavily from the Vision EQS concept, with a large swath of wood trim running the width of the dashboard, punctuated by pairs of vents on either side.

The The cover beneath the screen moves to reveal two normal-sized cup holders, a wireless charging pad and an extra tray for masks, keys or other pocket detritus. Under the armrest, there's enough space for a small purse, while the door pockets are just big enough to hold some large drink containers. There's no massive binnacle surrounding the Not only will it deliver the usual information readouts like speed and direction of travel, it can also work with local vehicle-to-infrastructure tech to display the time remaining on a red light.

My favorite part, though, is the augmented-reality integration that the S-Class shares with its electric EQS sibling, displaying upcoming turns as arrows that grow closer as the intersection does, as well as highlighting traffic when adaptive cruise control is active.

The information is always where it needs to be, too, thanks to eye-tracking cameras built into the gauge display, which can function in a trick 3D Mode for a little extra visual flair. Flipping through the many available layouts and menus is made easy thanks to touchpad-style buttons on the steering wheel. The big ol' screen in the middle of the S runs an updated version of the MBUX infotainment system we've seen in every other Merc, and it works as well as ever in this iteration.

The touchscreen collects smudges like no other, but it's responsive, and it's pretty darn impressive, too, especially when it's running a fullscreen map. The bottom part of the display always shows climate controls, with a smattering of physical buttons beneath that for changing driving modes, turning up the volume, engaging the hazard lights or reading my fingerprint to pull up my personal settings not mandatory.

The only controls that frustrate me are found overhead. This S has two sunroofs, one per row, and they are controlled with the most infuriating touch slider known to man.

I spent an entire week trying to figure out the logic behind how it works, but no matter what directions my fingers go, it does everything -- opens and closes the front panel, tilts the front panel, engages the front panel's sun shade -- except the one function I actually want it to. I despise it on the EQS, and I despise it here. What's impossible to despise, though, is the Mercedes S's ride. It is, simply put, the best in the segment, with an adaptive air suspension that preternaturally eliminates nearly every inch of bad road underfoot, feeling pillowy smooth almost all the time.

The S-Class floats down the road, and combined with thick glass, driver and passengers alike will be all but shut off from the world on the other side.

The suspension lowers and stiffens when put into Sport or Sport Plus mode, and while the S does a pretty good impression of a full-size sport sedan, I'd recommend waiting for an AMG variant if you really want to give it the ol' what-for.