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This is the Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid, the company's first production hybrid. Mercedes has developed the drivetrain technology in a joint venture with BMW, which plans to use it to underpin the similarly conceived 7-Series ActiveHybrid.

Visually, little distinguishes the Mercedes S400 BlueHYBRID from the car it's based on, the three-year old S350.

There are no aerodynamic tweaks or changes in ride height, only subtle BlueHybrid badges serve to give th...Read the full article

Your figures in the yellow box are wrong.

Of greater interest is the fact the latest S looks good in white. The one I had was black, and seemingly they're all bloody black.

Fashion eh

It's a shame that you can't drive it under only electric power even at very low speeds in heavy traffic.  That would cut down on noise, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

They've missed an opportuity there.

blowerbentley:

It's a shame that you can't drive it under only electric power even at very low speeds in heavy traffic.

It would need a very much bigger battery to do that though, which would add yet more cost and packaging difficulties.

These Bluemotion Mercs arent they the ones that use cow pee? or urea injected into the engines??