Mercedes-Benz S-Class Wins Women's World Car of the Year 2014

S-Class also scoops the Award for Luxury Car 2014

Mr. Ola Källenius, member of the Board of Management and Head of Sales and Marketing for Mercedes-Benz Cars, was presented with the Awards at the Geneva Motor Show

The Awards are voted for by a panel of 21 female judges from 16 countries

In the UK, the S-Class remains the Number One luxury car in its market segment with over 2,700 examples of the S-Class registered in 2014

MILTON KEYNES, UK -- March 11, 2015: A total of 21 judges from around the world voted for the S-Class as the Women’s World Car of the Year 2014, as well as Luxury Car of the Year 2014.

The judges voted on 10 different criteria considered important to female car buyers, including; style and appeal, comfort, drive quality, and the ‘wow’ factor – with the S-Class awarded the supreme accolade.

In selecting the S-Class as the winner of Women’s World Car of the Year 2014, Sue Baker, Chairman of the Southern Group of Motoring Writers and UK judge of WWCOTY, commented: “This is an outstanding accolade for a car which encompasses everything women want in a vehicle, namely a high calibre driving experience, impeccable safety credentials, top-notch comfort and high build quality, all at a justifiable price.

"Mercedes-Benz should be proud of its achievement in winning the Women's World Car of the Year with the S-Class, because it is very hard to get onto the short-list and win a category, let alone the supreme trophy."

The diverse S-Class range consists of four-, six-, eight- and 12- cylinder engines, two Hybrids, a Plug-in Hybrid, two trim choices (SE Line and AMG Line) and two wheelbase options (standard and long). The range has also recently expanded with the new Mercedes-Maybach and Mercedes-Maybach Pullman.

Created with the aim of being the ‘best car in the world’, the S-Class takes comfort, safety and personalisation to new levels. Comfort features available include the choice of seven different ambient colours to light up the interior, front seats that can replicate a hot stone massage, a perfume diffuser called Air Balance that also cleans the air, and a left rear seat that can recline to 43.5 degrees.

The range can be personalised through 13 different paint options – 12 metallic paint and four designo paint options, as well as seven different trim options – Black Poplar wood to designo Metallised Ash wood.

In addition, Magic Body Control makes the S-Class capable of detecting bumps in the road ahead and automatically adjusts the suspension accordingly. Standard safety features across the range include Attention Assist, Collision Prevention Assist and Crosswind Assist. The Driving Assistance Package and Night View Assist Plus are also standard on the S 600 AMG Line L and optional across the range.

The S-Class – from £66,910 OTR – returns up to 100.9 mpg with CO2 emissions from 65 g/km.