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Inside the S- Class cabin, there are no prizes for guessing that comfort is the order of the day. The detailing all revolves around ensuring the smoothest, most comfortable ride.

The majestic sweeping mountain highways of northern Switzerland we piloted the S 560 and AMGS 63 across during a day behind the wheel hardly gave the cars a State Highway 2 coarse- chip- style drubbing. But the efforts engineers have gone to in ensuring the S- Class’ onboard ambience remains serene is impressive.

Energising Comfort Control is a new suite of pamperific technologies designed to cosset, allowing occupants to adjust cabin ambience to set different moods. The centrepiece is the ability to control colour mood lighting throughout the car’s interior. Mercedes is serious about this stuff. There are 64 colours available, pre- set colour “worlds” and three lighting zones ( in the footwells, throughout various trim elements and the instrument display).

It’s all about “wellness”, with massaging seats and ionised multi- zone air conditioning helping ensure relaxed travel.

Oh, and there are special S- Class cushions in the back, too. But it’s an S- Class, so you probably anticipated that. MERCEDES- BENZ S- CLASS ENGINES: 3.0- litre in- line sixcylinder turbo diesel ( 210kW / 600Nm), 4.0- litre twin turbo V8 ( 345kW / 700Nm), 4.0- litre twin turbo V8 ( 450kW / 900Nm) PRICES: To be confirmed Bar- setting luxury and refinement, automated technologies, AMG’s ability to meld luxury and performance Large luxury SUVs increasingly doing the job of large luxury sedans

Speaking of light, MercedesBenz does love an LED bulb. Depending on the equipment level, there are up to 84 LEDs in each of the S- Class’s redesigned headlights, and 35 LEDs per light in the rear clusters. Inside, there are around 300 LEDs in the interior ambient lighting system.

Back inside the cabin, the S- Class now features the large twin high- resolution display set- up, as