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Return of the king

IT’S HARD to be an innovator these days – everyone’s at it. Which makes life difficult for the all-new S-Class.

Back in the good old days, the S-Class was a beacon of future thinking and genuine technological advancement. The new S-Class still lives up to this legacy but must compete with a talented host of rival impostors cutting its grass.

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