Size is everything in the S-Class, but it’s also nicely proportioned and looks light on its feet. Picture: SUPPLIED
There has been a welcome throwback in the new S-Class’s design to a time when the flagship Mercedes-Benz carried a clean design that didn’t age through its flashy details. It’s not zero emissions, but it’s not nothing and it allows Benz to use smaller combustion engines than they might have. It’s an engine that begins quietly and stays there. Though the song is a beautiful one when it’s being pushed, it remains a relatively quiet beautiful one, lest it intrude upon the ambience of the cabin.
Then there’s the rear end, where the new rear-wheel steering option delivers 10° of turn, slashing two metres from the turning circle, but also adding a whole new level of agility and stability on the road.