{"id":843,"date":"2019-10-30T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ddrsurrey.co.uk\/blog\/?p=843"},"modified":"2025-05-22T13:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:31:24","slug":"speculation-new-s-class-saloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ddrsurrey.co.uk\/blog\/speculation-new-s-class-saloon\/","title":{"rendered":"Speculation &#038; Sightings of New Mercedes-Benz S-Class Saloon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes-Benz appears to be in no rush to bring the next S-Class saloon to the market, however, they haven\u2019t been shy about testing camouflaged prototypes in public, telling us that they could be about to reveal a bit more about the new S-Class saloon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been quite a few sightings, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHveENfxQf4Hw-hCPmygoaw\">walkoARTvideos on YouTube<\/a>, showing us the S-Class on the streets of Germany, and providing us with the latest detailed look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XXMviqpKI-0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>As you can see from the footage, the door handles on the driver\u2019s side are covered differently than the other of the vehicle. It has been speculated upon that the new S-Class will offer retractable, or \u201cpop-out\u201d door handles. So Mercedes-Benz using a combination of the typical camo wrap and the other covering has really concealed and confused the specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grille and headlights are easy to spot and this video highlights that the W223 chassis could have a full LED daytime running light, which encircles the whole of the headlamp. The LED headlights could also potentially feature the Mercedes-Benz Digital Light system, which is capable of projecting shapes or words onto the ground in front of the vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes have said that the new S-Class will be the first production model to offer a Level 3 autonomous driving system, though it will not get an all-electric powertrain. So expect it to be packed full of driver-assist options and various cameras and sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are AMG and Maybach versions of the new S-Class in the pipeline. Although there are rumours that coupe and convertible versions will not be produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It\u2019s expected that Mercedes-Benz will be announcing the release date for the new S-Class sometime in 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s expected that Mercedes-Benz will be announcing the release date for the new S-Class sometime in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-primary entries-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ddrsurrey.co.uk\/blog\/speculation-new-s-class-saloon\/\" title=\"Read more\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-s-class"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Speculation &amp; 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