2008 Mercedes-Benz S-Class S63 AMG - CNET Reviews
When Mercedes-Benz updated its flagship S-class sedan for 2007, it made the car a technology masterpiece. The 2008 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG is a big, fast European sedan, the kind of car that makes you feel you should be bombing through the Alps on urgent business in Switzerland. As we drove the car during our test, we found ourselves glancing in the rear-view mirror, looking for the diplomats, or spies, who we knew belonged in the capacious back seat. On a pleasant cruise down a country road we were surprised to find that what seemed like 45 mph was actually 75 mph, and climbing toward 80. Then there are the electronics, from a lovely navigation display to a stereo system with brain-frying... Yes, the 2008 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG gets everything, absolutely everything, thrown into it, making it almost perfect. This feature led us to test out how well the car compares with KITT, the car from the television series Knight Rider. And, because the car came equipped with Night View Assist, we put a homonym twist on our test by conducting it at night. The first difference we noticed with the S63 AMG's speech system was that it spoke with a pleasant female voice, rather than KITT's clipped male voice. Our car wasn't as chatty, either, merely advising us on how we could use it to control the stereo, navigation, and Bluetooth telephone system. Source: www.cnet.com
