Arriving early in 2020, the seventhgen S-Class will reaffirm its role as a technological ice-breaker, featuring cutting-edge technology and a screen for a center console.
For some time, up until the very recent past, it was the S-Class that, as a rule, gloriously introduced all-new Merc-tech to the world. This was without exception! From ABS (in 1978, the S-Class W116 became the first production car to get an electronic four-wheel multi-channel anti-lock braking system from Bosch) and independent suspension to turbocharged diesel engines, everything first appeared on the S-Class before making its way to any other model from Stuttgart. But in this age of digitisation, where the very presence of voice controls can be the unique selling point of a new model, this rule no longer applies.
In that sense, the current A-Class is truly revolutionary, for it didn’t wait for its Majesty the S-Class and marked the debut of the new MBUX infotainment system – winning applause from the world. It disrupted the established order, in terms of infotainment anyway.
Inspired by the Model S
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