Originally Posted by C280 Sport

My God some of the post in this thread....

The S350 Diesel: Yes I would buy one in a heartbeat. It is for people who want a large car with AWD and 33+mpg on the highway and not the major upkeep of say the V12. They do not want to drive a 15mpg V12 or 20mpg V8. Buying one brand new or any other car new is silly to me. In the event I was to buy a $100k sedan no a S350 would not be my first choice.
Now because one spends $100,000 on a S Class does not mean you have a driver. If you think most S Class owners get driven around by someone else then I have a bridge to sell you and if you think the S350D 4M is boring then so is the S550 4M as I can go on MBUSA build a S350D and it will have all the same options right down to looks. Only real difference is performance and mpg and ABC(S550 only)