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Seven years in a row for Mercedes-Benz S-Class at Auto Express awards

Seven years in a row for Mercedes-Benz S-Class at Auto Express awards

By on 27/06/2012 in News

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has retained its position at the top of  the UK’s luxury saloon sector, winning Best Luxury Car for an astonishing seventh consecutive year at the Auto Express New Car Awards.

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Theses New Car Awards are the annual celebration of the best new cars available on the market, and are voted for by Auto Express readers.

Steve Fowler, Editor-in-Chief of Auto Express, said: “No rival can match the peerless comfort, refinement and all-round appeal of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which is why it has won our Best Luxury Car Award seven times. It is a technological tour de force that oozes class and desirability.”

The S-Class has always been the industry leader when it comes to safety, comfort and driver assistance technologies, including the Intelligent Light System with Adaptive Highbeam Assist, Advanced Parking Guidance, Attention Assist, BAS Brake Assist, DIRECT CONTROL suspension, PRE-SAFE and COMAND system with Speed Limit Assist.

Marcus Breitschwerdt, President and CEO Mercedes-Benz UK Ltd, commented: “We never take winning awards for granted, and it is fantastic that all the updates we’ve done for this iconic car have once again paid off by getting the coveted Auto Express Award.  The latest BlueTEC models use some of the most advanced, clean engine technology – with emissions that would have made a family hatch proud only a few years ago – all in a large, luxurious saloon.”

As the flagship model in its saloon family, the S-Class represents the hallmark of Mercedes-Benz design na technology features. When the Mercedes-Benz 220 model – the originator of today’s S-Class range – arrived in 1951, it single-handedly created the luxury limousine class and became the definitive luxury standard against which all subsequent rivals would be measured.

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class was the first car in the world to receive the TÜV Environmental Certificate (the TÜV Group is one of the world’s largest independent product certification organisations) which takes into account the entire life of the car, and the total impact the car has on the environment from well to wheel.

The new technology and features created by Mercedes-Benz and installed first on the S-Class will often become available through-out the Mercedes-Benz range.

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Record November for Mercedes-Benz

Record November for Mercedes-Benz

By on 06/12/2011 in News

As Mercedes-Benz continue with their finance deals for new cars their sales figures have shown an impressive growth as we near the end of 2011.

Year to date (YTD) figures released today by SMMT show Mercedes-Benz Cars has registered 76,570 new cars, up 10 per cent on 2010’s results of 69,617 vehicles.  With a full month left to report, Mercedes-Benz Cars has already beaten the full-year results from 2010 (when 74,919 new cars were registered).

In an overall UK car market that fell some 4.5 per cent YTD, Mercedes-Benz also recorded its best-ever November, with 6033 cars registered, up 10.7 per cent on the same month last year.  This gave Mercedes-Benz Cars a market share of 4.5 per cent – another best-ever performance.

Six model ranges have recorded significant double-digit growth YTD in 2011, with C-Class Estate, the SLK-Class Roadster, E-Class Cabriolet, CLS-Class four-door Coupé, GL-Class luxury off-roader and the R-Class luxury family vehicle all reporting at least 40 per cent improvements this year compared with the first 11 months of 2010.

The new generation C-Class Saloon is 12 per cent up on YTD 2010, with 18,797 registrations, and the C-Class Estate improved 61.8 per cent to 6832 new cars.

Fleet and business buyers have increased this year too, with the YTD figure showing that 32,198 new cars have been registered in that sector, an increase of 39.2 per cent.

AMG, the company’s high-performance division, also recorded a boost in November 2011, with 134 cars registered, up 50.6 per cent on the same month last year.

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