Mercedes-Benz has revealed some more information about its facelifted S-Class range, including engine details about the new S450 and S500 variants.
The S-Class saloon family now stands at 24 models, with a choice of nine petrol and diesel engines, rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive, short and long wheelbase, and models branded Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes-Maybach.
Both the S450 and S500 employ the Stuttgart automaker’s new “systematically electrified” inline six-cylinder engine, just in different output levels. In the S450, this six-cylinder mill makes 270 kW and 500 N.m, while in S500 form these peak outputs rise to 320 kW and 520 N.m.
Mercedes says that a 49-volt integral starter/alternator is “quickly able to provide a further 250 N.m of torque and 16 kW of output”. Interestingly, compared with the old S500 (fitted with a V8 engine worth 335 kW and 700 N.m, of course), the brand says the inline-six’s CO2 emissions are down by about 22 percent.
And if you crave double the number of cylinders? Well, the updated S600 features a V12 engine worth 390 kW and 830 N.m, while the twelve-cylinder in the Mercedes-Maybach S650 and Mercedes-AMG S65 delivers 463 kW and 1 000 N.m.
CAR journalist Nikesh Kooverjee is currently in Switzerland sampling the updated S-Class, so be sure to check back for a driving impression soon…
