2008 Mercedes-Benz S 550
2008 · Full-size · gasoline
D
Less efficient than 68% of 2008 gas cars
14.3 L/100 km · about $4,845 a year
Among 2008 full-size cars, all types#32 of 48
Against every car on sale today, EVs includedF
20,000 km a year at $1.69/L premium gasoline.
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F
Costs more to insure than 96% of 2008 cars
From what insurers paid out on the 2008 model
Compares cars, not drivers. Not a quote.
Insurance estimates for
- Crash rating
- — not tested
- Insurance claims
- 121 21% above average · 2008 data
- Theft risk
- — not enough data
- Awards
- 0 none this year
Why insurance costs what it does
IBC hasn't published claims for the 2008 yet, so this uses what insurers paid out on the 2008 model, compared with a typical car. Bars to the right mean higher claims, which push the price up.
- Crash repairsCollision53% above
- Theft, vandalism and hailComprehensive19% above
- Damage from other driversDCPDno data
- Injury payoutsAccident benefits9% below
- How often it's stolenTheft frequencyno data
How the grade is worked out
We estimate what a typical driver with full coverage would pay for this model in Ontario, then rank it against every other 2008 model. The car-specific part of the premium follows what insurers have paid out on this model (the bars above). A is cheaper to insure than at least 80% of them. It compares cars, not drivers: your own quote depends mostly on your age, record and address.
Sources: Alberta AIRB, FSRA, GAA, Facility Association and IBC How Cars Measure Up. How this works
Safety
NHTSA hasn't published crash-test stars for this model year.
About these ratings
Stars measure how well the cabin protects people in a lab crash, not how often the car crashes. They're for the U.S. version of the same model year, usually the same car as in Canada. IIHS awards can depend on headlights or trim. How this works
Fuel and emissions
- City16.9 L
- Highway11.1 L
- CO₂329 g/km
- Smog rating—
Litres per 100 km. Rated as gasoline, 433 of 628 for efficiency in 2008.
All NRCan figures
- NRCan model name
- S 550
- Powertrain (file)
- ice
- Vehicle class
- Full-size
- Engine
- 5.5 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Transmission
- A7
- Fuel type
- Premium
- City
- 16.9 L/100 km
- Highway
- 11.1 L/100 km
- Combined
- 14.3 L/100 km
- Combined (mpg)
- 20
- Energy use (ranking scale)
- 14.3 L/100 km eq.
- CO₂
- 329 g/km
- NRCan trims averaged
- 1
- Efficiency rank this year
- 433 of 628 (beats 31%)
- Class rank this year
- 32 of 48 · Full-size
- Vs latest NRCan year
- 730 of 794 in 2026
- Class vs latest year
- 37 of 43
Lab ratings from Natural Resources Canada; real-world use, especially in winter, is usually higher. How this works