Article: STUNNER; Mercedes-Benz floats the Ocean Drive concept to gauge response.(News)

Byline: WES RAYNAL, ROGER HART

What happened to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class? For the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, it morphed into the Ocean Drive, a one-off that Mercedes says was built in the tradition of large luxury convertibles.

Officially, the Ocean Drive is a "design study,'' indicating an opportunity for designers to cut loose a little bit and try out some new ideas without committing to production. However, we hear that Stuttgart will build some variation of the Ocean Drive if reaction is strong enough, so maybe we'll get to see a real-world translation of this four-seat stunner sooner rather than later. S-Class ...

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