The facts alone can drive you crazy: 630 hp, 1.000 Nm and the whole good € 235.000 expensive. While others are building a two-family house for the same price, Mercedes-Benz subsidiary AMG is putting the absolute over-S-Class on the wheels for this.

Mercedes-Benz S 65 AMG L - impressions

One gets a little uncomfortable. Somebody brings a car and others build a house for the price. Including plot. 234.906,00 € the unimaginable base price of this extraordinary limousine - for normal Otto drivers.

Here are the keys, have fun.

You get in, feel this soft leather, nappa nut brown. You breathe the scent that only new cars have. Expensive new cars. Leather, Alcantara, wood, aluminum. A new car smells pleasant, calming and yet aphrodisiac.

Mercedes-Benz May have used sofas and old man's living room armchairs, but today the S-Class is the absolute benchmark in terms of seating comfort. Everyone will find the right position here. Prosperity? No problem. Fat ass? Narrow shoulders? No problem. If Mercedes hadn't already put the facial expression of the seat adjustment in the doors, no one else had perfected this operation so much, it would have to be invented. Extend the seat, I like it when the seat reaches up to the back of the knee, the seat expands to the front, whirring softly. The headrest with this soft pillow a little upwards, a little closer to the head - it should only support slightly, not press. The seat bolsters adjusted, it can be a little narrower in the S65 AMG. This S-Class doesn't just want to cruise, this one S-Class I want to show you how a whale learns to fly. It does not hurt if the seats fit snugly. Electric steering wheel adjustment? Naturally. Push a little button, pull the lever and you're no longer sitting on a coach, not in the vehicle, you're an integral part. Turn the key. Come on! Turn the key.

This is how stars, starlets and football pros feel

While the 12 pistons in the aluminum housing start moving, accompanied by the singing starter noise, the two turbochargers build up pressure. Twelve double ignition coils prepare for their use. Flooding 6 liters of displacement takes a moment - then the singing of elitist omnipotence smashes through the double-flow exhaust system. The result of the combustion process exceeds expectations. For the first few moments, the burnt remains of the mixture, of the 98 octane super plus, run comfortably undamped into the crowd.

spectator

An 5.25 meter long AMG you don't drive through the world undiscovered. Wherever you park, the audience is already there. The AMG's war paint is too noticeable. The mighty air inlets on the front, their chrome protective grille. Subtle is definitely different.

Sinking into the mundane world of everyday life with the S65 AMG, buying the beer crate from the beverage retailer, finding a suitable parking space in front of the supermarket or just driving quickly to the post office branch feels like you're going with a blue whale as a pet to the gassi round break. It's always a little too much. But only externally.

Glossy chrome, the lush 20-inch forged wheels and the sheer size - nothing remains of that from the inside. From the inside, the full charm of the nut-brown nappa, the opulent space, the ease of use work. The S65 AMG certainly has all the technical gadgets on board that the market currently has - but none of them have to be used. You can start your journey slowly. Get to know him slowly, learn to appreciate him. Explore the many skills slowly. While you just fly there.

Driving is a pleasure. 1.000 Nm push you through the 7 gears of the automatic, as if the curb weight of 2.250 kilograms is just a fable. He zooms you through this parallel world out there. It protects you from the noise of others, the smells of the world, the perverted lifestyle of 8.999 € City carrots. With which one extols whole new cars in other places, one hangs in the S65 AMG L (V222) only one equipment option. While the brilliant Burmester system is delivered in series, the happy customer of a S65AMG is allowed at least 8.270,50 € (Comma fifty cent !!) for the AMG ceramic brake system. What would a S65-1000-Nm Blue whale do without a ceramic brake? Right. Undercooked. The 360 ° camera costs another 1.023,40 € and is highly recommended. Not in the wild, but in parking garages. There are 3.17 meter wheelbase quite a task.

Everything in this S65 AMG exudes this elitist sovereignty that one possesses when the bank account just overflows with play money.

 Surreal world and the abrupt end at 258 km / h

A free highway. Even though. The highway does not have to be that free. You can not drive fast? That may be when you have accessed 8.999 €. Anyone who puts the engine of a US aircraft carrier under the sleek snout of the new S-Class, smiles at this standard phrase only tired. With 630 PS and 1.000 Nm you can drive fast. Whenever you want.

Cruise control 130 km / h - kickdown. The numbers in the head-up display roll over. The V12 roars. Muffled by two turbos. Steamed by the comforting bacon prosperity bacon. But he roars. You can hear it better if you have the windows slightly open. The double glazing otherwise blocks out the dreary outside world, the sound fiasco of four-cylinder diesels.

Twitched the eyelids, the numbers in the head-up display fall through the grid like in the one-armed bandit in Vegas. 250 - suddenly you hit an invisible wall. Just a boost, the next moment, no wind. 258 km / h.

Incomprehensible. The engine hums only to himself.

The feeble self-restraint of the German automotive industry sends its regards. For the manageable bloodletting of € 892,50 (Comma five!) also falls this restriction. An AMG driver training is then included and you get the 300 km / h as a bonbon on top. Unfortunately, someone forgot when configuring the test car to put exactly this hook in the options list.

Then park.

258 km / h may seem irresponsible to some mellow ex-spontaneously. The senseless blowout of valuable resources. Common lawn on common property. I just like to shout out to you - while I ponder the voluntary self-limitation at 258 km / h:

Fuck you in the knee! 

Does money ruin your own morality? May be.

Do you lose track of proportionality? Could be as well.

At the wheel of the flying blue whale, however, this question no longer interests you.

The S65 AMG gives me a new horizon for a few days. What do people expect to lease a 3.000 PS strong sedan for over 630 € a month? It is a different world. It is not my world. But I find the impressions fascinating.

The 800 km that I drove in the days with the S65 AMG have left a lasting impression on me. Would I ever buy a car for that much money? Probably not. The individual factors that make an S-Class an S65 AMG are deeply impressive. The Bi-Turbo V12 is a force of aggregate. The long wheelbase, the chauffeur seats, the business class space on the back seat, the concert hall character of the Burmester facility - all of this is luxury in itself. If you combine these building blocks, you get a dimension of luxury that is no longer understandable for Otto-Normalo.

A purchase price of € 250.000 is at the end of the wish list if the S65 AMG L is equipped as the test car. Yes - of course plus the additional € 892,50 (Come on!) for “free driving” up to 300 km/h. An incredible amount of money – for a single car.

Also in S-class scales!

An S400 Hybrid costs €92.225, an S350 BlueTEC “only” €86.453,50. And you can also get the 12-cylinder for “just” €164.279,50. That's a lot of money on its own. But you should be aware that there is another well-equipped E-Class between the S600 and S65 AMG. So purely price-wise. Just to put the situation in perspective again!

S65 AMG L - V222

One might think that parting from such a test car would be difficult.

He does. Short. But a kind of self-protection quickly sets in in the brain, similar to what happens when you lose a beloved pet. You can find arguments, which is why it's not that bad. You make statements that everything is getting better now. It wasn't all that impressive. And anyway - so much money for just one car.

You lie to yourself. For self-protection reasons.

Deep inside, however, I know:

This S65 AMG L was just awesome and the time was wonderful! 

More facts about the S65 AMG L - hidden in the other pictures 🙂