MODEL TESTED S580e L AMG LINE PREMIUM PLUS EXECUTIVE
Price £116,330
Power 503bhp
Torque 5531bft
0-60mph 5.2sec
30-70mph in fourth 6.3sec
Fuel economy 34.4mpg
CO2 emissions 17g/km
70-Omph 47.4m
Welcome, then, to the return of the self-styled ‘best car in the world’, this time for the seventh occasion since 1972, when Mercedes-Benz first used the S-Class name. Naturally, like every new S-Class, this is the most advanced car Mercedes has made. Or is it? Because for the first time, the top-billing limousine in the line-up at Stuttgart has some internal competition, in the form of the EQS, which aims to do everything the S-Class can do, only against the backdrop of all-electric power. Does this moment represent a changing of the guard? Perhaps, and that’s a matter worthy of its own dedicated story in these pages.
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The venomous nature of the Cobra
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THE SEVEN-YEAR TITCH
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VOLKSWAGEN GOLF
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PORSCHE PANAMERA GTS
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TESLA REVEALS ROBOTAXI
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DACIA PLOTS AMBITIOUS EXPANDED EURO LINE-UP
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