Pullman, the state carriage from Mercedes
Finest leather, multimedia technique and lots of space thanks to one metre more length. Mercedes presents the S-Class as  state carriage Pullman.
The 6.16m long luxury car is one of the few vehicles in which one would like to travel in the rear. Because the extension of one metre fully is of benefit to the rear passengers.
They sit vis-à-vis, can stretch out their legs with great relish. Soft leather and noble burred walnut root lend club-athmosphere to the interior. Of course a separate air condition and a modern audio-system are installed.
The list of options contains so pleasant details like intercom system for communication with the driver, bar with cooled compartment for drinks and glasses, mutimedia-consoles, TV, car phone, fax. The prices for these have not been fixed yet.

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman:
New representative limousine with luxurious space and most modern technique

- Wheelbase of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class extended by one metre
- Spacious rear with seats in Vis-à-vis-arrangement
- Multimedia-technique in combination with finest materials

Stuttgart - On the base of the successful S-Class Mercedes-Benz has developed a new top-model for very special occasions: The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman.

With that the Stuttgart car marque continues its tradition of more than 70 years as manufacturer of representative limousines. The new model, which celebrates its world-premiere at the beginning of November 1999, combines most innovative automobilistic technique with utmost comfort and luxury. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman is available with eight- or twelve-cylinder engine and excels by a wheelbase extended by one metre compared to the long wheelbase version. The additional space is of benefit to the rear passengers, who can make theirselves comfortable on a Vis-à-vis seat arrangement.
The foot space between the two seat rows in the rear measures impressive 70 centimetres in length - that is roughly 20 centimetres more than with the Pullman-model on the base of the S-Class predecessor (model line W140). The rear row of seats comes with electrically adjustable outer seats as standard or with two electrically adjustable single seats as an option so the new representative limousine gives space for six or seven passengers altogether. The most important body- and chassis-data of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman at one glance:

W220.	MB Pullman	MB S-Class*
Length	6158	5158
Width	1855	1855
Height	1452	1444
Wheelbase	4085	3085
Track f/r	1574/1574	1574/1574

Figures in millimetres  *Long wheelbase

Pullman: Historic synonym for highest comfort on wheels
Already the supplementary designation Pullman points to the noble character of the new representative limousine: The American factory owner George Mortimer Pullman from Chicago (US state of Illinois) in 
the middle of the 19th century made a name for manufacturing particularly luxuriously equipped railway coaches. Since then he counts as a byword for highest comfort on wheels - the standard work „Kraftfahrer und Kraftfahrzeug“ ((Motorist and motor vehicle)) defined the Pullman-limousine already in 1928 as "big, comfortable travel- and representation vehicle with partition between driver's seat and passenger compartment". The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman meets this description into the smallest detail and at the same time sets new standards for comfort and security thanks to innovative technique. Not only the separate air-condition and the modern audio-system for the rear, but also the six standard side-bags in the doors and in the interior trim of the middle body parts take care for that. Together with the window-bags for the rear, the electrically adjustable headrests and the three-point automatic seat-belts on all seats they form a perfect passenger protection-system.
The glass partition between the front and rear compartments of the cabin can be operated electrically as  well as the fabric curtains which as an option guard the complete rear against sunrays or curious looks.

Base: Enhanced body in white and modified chassis
A side line slightly raised in the middle and rear area, newly designed side protection strips and a newly developed roof form the harmonic appearance of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman, which reflects all formal personality of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class – despite extended wheelbase and higher roof.
Besides numerous reinforcements of the body in white the engineers developed a new three-piece propeller shaft, an extended exhaust system and reinforced chassis components for the representation limousine. The new side middle pieces of the body are constructed as doors which can be opened in the garage easily. This eases the service personnel working at the technical systems in the rear of the limousine.
The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman has a legal maximum total weight of 2800 kilogrammes and thus - despite the extensive standard trim of the rear - is only roughly 400 kilogrammes heavier than the base model S500 in the long wheelbase version.

As standard both model variants of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Pullman drive off the production line with the air suspension AIRmatic, the electronic stability programme ESP, with five-speed automatic transmission and light alloy rims of the dimension 8 J x 18.
Mercedes-Benz has developed the S500 Pullman and S600 Pullman in co-operation with Mercedes-AMG GmbH. That concerns an integral production concept which takes into consideration all relevant aspects already at the construction. Thus it is ensured the fundamental advantages (corrosion protection, body stiffness, production quality) can be exhausted fully compared to a classic retrofit. The manufacture-like small series production at the DaimlerChrysler-plant Sindelfingen ((Stuttgart, Germany)) thus guarantees the high mercedes-typical quality standard of the limousines.
End of DaimlerChrysler press text written by Christof Vieweg for DC, Nov. 8th 1999
Translation by MBEP webmaster. As usual remarks in ((blabla)), but (blabla) belongs to original text.

DM 604.900 are USD 318.000 , DM 350.000 are USD 184.000 (assumed USD 1 = DM 1.90).