Jillian Barberie-Reynolds is mostly known for her weather segments on every Sunday during football season on Fox’s NFL Sunday and daily on Good Day LA, but it’s her 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550 that might get her the most attention on the road.
“My front grille is all blacked out, it’s super sexy and it’s a matte black,” she recently told Motor Trend. “It’s not for everybody, my girlfriends are like, ‘It’s so gangster looking’ but I love that.”
The S550, which Barberie-Reynolds calls the Batmobile, is her second Mercedes and she tells the magazine that while she’s had Porches and BMWs in the past, they just didn’t fit her lifestyle.
“The last car I had was the Porsche, it was 6-speed Tiptronic, I loved it but it wasn’t practical for the amount of driving I do, it wasn’t luxurious,” she told the magazine.
It seems that the S550 does match Barberie-Reynolds’ idea of luxury. In reviewing the 2009 model, Edmunds’ Left Lane website called the car a “living room on wheels.” Yet it’s still likely faster than any living room you’ve been in as it’s clocked at 0-60 in 5.4 seconds.
However, Barberie-Reynolds likely spends a lot of time filling up the gas tank, as the website says the car gets about 14 mpg in the city.
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