An introduction to owning, driving and maintaining a Mercedes-Benz Second Generation S-Class (W116), and a step-by-step guide to evaluating one for purchase. Me

Ever since their introduction in 1972, the S-Class saloons from Mercedes-Benz have been considered the pinnacle of automotive excellence. For most of that time,

The Mercedes W116 was the first executive car that was called "S-Class". Wide, angular headlamps replaced the upright lamps of the older Benz models. In terms o

Designed by Mercedes's head of design Bruno Sacco, the W124 range immediately became the benchmark by which medium-sized car models were judged in the late 1980