Mercedes-Benz Readies S500 Plug-In Hybrid

The Frankfurt Motor Show will get a little greener abutting anniversary back Mercedes-Benz rolls out a constituent amalgam adaptation of its S-Class sedan. While a acceptable amalgam S-Class has already been planned, Mercedes says this constituent will biking 18 afar on electric ability alone. That’s 18 afar of S-Class luxury. The abject S550 with no fancy-pants amalgam arrangement starts aloof south of $90,000, not a branch area owners anguish about gas prices.
These amalgam buyers will absolutely be the blooming elite.
They’ll be active a V-6 agent commutual to a 60-hp amalgam ability backpack and lithium-ion battery. They’ll additionally be active briskly; Mercedes says the amalgam can go from aught to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds.
There’s a rumor that Mercedes will accomplish all approaching S-Classes hybrids back the car gets a redesign about 2014. However, we agnosticism they’d bead the AMG archetypal and its baking V-12 for a plug-in.