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Originally posted by IanMB
Anybody who criticizes a w220 or a w211 actually own one? If you guys own it, then there is at least some basis. The w220 and the w210 are terrific, as are the w140, w126, w129, w124 and w107. I don't have a w211, so I'll stfu.
Mercedes Benzes are the best cars in the world. Period.
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I have never owned a W211 or W220, but I have been driven in them before. The W220 lacks wood, the W211 lacks space.
The 220 is a beautiful car, and the 211 would look good too if it weren't for that Toyota-rear approach that Mercedes is taking now. In the W211, the E500 engine causes the car to vibrate at idle. The W220 S500 is as smooth as glass. I must be rare, because I don't care for the "+" and "-" parts of the automanual transmission. It doesn't feel right in a Mercedes not to have D-4-3-2-1.
The interior in the W211 looked similar to an older Lexus LS400. I was really disappointed with that.
Despite all the flaws, they are still very, very fast cars with superior handling dynamics.