Back in 2021, I had
an opportunity to drive the then-new, seventh-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class
and write about it for Man’s
World magazine. Here are some excerpts from the article I wrote.
Flooring the throttle in the new S-Class and chucking it around a series of
fast corners in quick succession should probably just feel wrong on so many
levels. The S-Class, a stately luxury sedan that’s more than 17 feet long, an
opulent car that weighs more than 2,100 kilos, definitely isn’t boy-racer
material. It is, instead, the preferred mode of transport for those who’ve
achieved XXL-sized dollops of fame, success and wealth. Top business
executives, industrialists, heads of state, and film stars with 10-figure
annual incomes love the S-Class. And the preferred status isn’t anything new
for this ultra-luxe Mercedes-Benz, which has been on top of things for the last
50 years.