The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class will land in New Zealand before Christmas. The S-Class badge first appeared in the 1950s with the Type 300, also known as the Adenauer. Here’s a history of the S-Class filmed at the recent Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
Alastair Sloane has been a newspaper journalist for more than 40 years. He was the motoring editor of the New Zealand Herald for 16 years from 1996 until 2012. He owns a 1968 VW Beetle. Best days at the wheel include doing part of the Land Rover Camel Trophy route in Papua New Guinea, driving a Nissan Patrol over earthquake-hit roads in Guatemala, and a Ferrari Italia on Enzo’s old hill-climb road in Italy.