Mercedes-Benz used the Frankfurt Motor Show to present us a glimpse into the destiny of its S-elegance flagship sedan. The opulent F700 concept, penned at Mercedes’ Irvine, California, layout center, represents the best evolution of the company’s unique “Aqua Dynamic” language, a glance pioneered withinside the fish-stimulated 2006 Bionic concept. Power comes from a 1.8-liter four-cylinder gas engine packing an array of superior technology to enhance efficiency, along with turbocharging, direct-injection, variable compression, and sparkplug-much less ignition, much like that of a diesel engine. Dubbed the DIESOTTO, the engine produces a totally healthful 235 horsepower, a determine similarly boosted with the aid of using an electric powered help motor, which provides every other 20 horsepower. The entire machine churns out 295 pound-ft of torque, enough to take the F700 to 60 mph in approximately 7.four seconds. Perhaps the F700’s maximum noteworthy trait, in particular thinking about its size (17 ft long, simply shy of the modern long-wheelbase S-elegance sedan), is that the automobile will go back a stellar 44.three mpg, suggesting that, withinside the destiny, splendid luxurious won’t always call for conspicuous consumption.
Watch the Mercedes-Benz media briefing at the F700, direct from Frankfurt.
