It?s comfortable, it?s elegant, and it?s very expensive.
If that is the textbook definition of luxury?according to someone named Oxford?the S-Class fits the bill to a tee.
It?s comfortable, it?s elegant, and it?s very expensive. Check, Check, Check. But most people already know that and I could end right here. Makes my job easy. But that question kept popping up in my mind. What defines luxury in an automobile"
Is it leather seats" Gizmos"
Could it be power"
Maybe it?s a little bit of everything.
The Sonderklass (German for special class) first introduced in 1972 has been one of the best selling luxury sedans in the world and has for a long time been the benchmark in its segment
Back in the 80?s the skunk works at Toyota worked feverishly day and night, spending untold sums of money, to create a world class luxury sedan that would rival the best America and Europe had to offer. But the cars they were really blueprinting were the S-Class and 7 Series ? Cadillacs and Lincolns of the era were particularly woeful. They even came up with a new name ? Lexus. And it would soon go on to outsell its rivals. The fact that this new disruptor of a sedan from Nagoya closely emulated the Mercedes S Class and BMW 7 Series, was not a mistake.
Not a people to stand idly by, the Germans entered a veritable arms race of car technologies and advancements that haven?t stopped and continue even today.
For 2018 the current generation S-Class gets a mid-cycle refresh and a bev...