Lub Mercedes-Benz S-Class, yav tas los hu ua Sonderklasse (German rau "chav kawm tshwj xeeb", abbreviated li "S-Klasse"), yog ib tug series ntawm cov khoom kim heev sedans, limousines thiab armored sedans tsim los ntawm German automaker Mercedes- Benz. Lub S-Class yog qhov kev xaiv rau saum-ntawm-tus-kab Mercedes-Benz qauv thiab tau tshaj tawm hauv xyoo 1972 nrog W116, thiab tseem tau siv txij thaum ntawd los. S-Class yog ib lub tsheb loj tshaj plaws rau Mercedes-Benz.
S-Class tau nthuav tawm ntau lub tuam txhab kev tsim kho tshiab tshiab, suav nrog cov thev naus laus zis hauv kev tsav tsheb, cov yam ntxwv sab hauv, thiab cov tshuab kev nyab xeeb (xws li thawj lub rooj zaum rooj zaum).[3]S-Class tau suav tias yog lub ntiaj teb muag khoom kim tshaj plaws sedan.[4]Hauv cov ntsiab lus tsheb, Sonderklasse yog hais txog "lub tsheb tshwj xeeb uas tau hnav." Txawm hais tias siv colloquially rau xyoo lawm,[yuav tsum tau sau ntawv]Tom qab nws daim ntawv thov raug cai hauv xyoo 1972, rau tiam neeg ntawm lub npe hu ua S-Klasse sedans tau raug tsim tawm.
Xyoo 1981, ob lub qhov rooj, plaub-lub rooj S-Class, raug xaiv los ua SEC, tau qhia, sib koom cov roj av V8 xyaw nrog nws plaub-qhov rooj version, W126. Tom qab kev taw qhia txog cov txheej txheem nomenclature tshiab, SEC tsuas yog hloov npe ua S-Class Coupé. Rau xyoo 1996, lub coupé tau sib cais los ntawm S-Class kab thiab lub npe hu ua CL-Class tshiab (nyob rau hauv txoj kab nrog rau lwm cov qauv ob lub qhov rooj: CLK, SL, thiab SLK); Txawm li cas los xij, CL-Class tau rov ua dua rau hauv S-Class qauv kab (tib yam nrog CLK dhau los ua E-Class Coupé thiab Cabriolet). Thawj zaug S-Class hloov pauv tau txij li xyoo 1972, sab hauv lub npe A217, tau qhia thiab dhau los ua qauv ib tiam xwb. Tom qab qhov kawg ntawm W222 ntau lawm hauv 2020, cov neeg ua tiav rau C217 coupé thiab A217 hloov pauv tsis tau npaj tseg, hais txog qhov kev thov qis rau cov qauv thiab muaj zog thov rau cov qauv SUV.
