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Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2021 review

Published 17 September 2021
By Will Dron
The new version of Mercedes' luxury saloon is packed with a bewildering amount of technology. Will Dron attempts to get his head around it all.
1980 cars: Audi Quattro

Top 5 cars of 1980

Looking back at a year that brought some true icons of motoring: 1980.
Published 18 March 2020
Jeremy Clarkson: the hybrid Mercedes-Benz S-Class is like a private jet with number plates

Jeremy Clarkson on the Mercedes S-Class PHEV

For his latest Sunday Times review, Jeremy Clarkson has tested a humble-by-JC-standards hybrid car: the plug-in Mercedes-Benz S-Class limousine.
Published 11 August 2019
Me and My Motor: Gary Player, golfer

Me and My Motor: Gary Player

Gary Player, who won all of golf’s major tournaments, claims modern superstars of the game are pale imitations of the big names of yesteryear.
Published 12 April 2018
What's Inside a Mercedes car seat? Watch as the mind-bogglingly clever seats of a Mercedes S-class are ripped open

Video: Watch as Mercedes S-class seat is cut open

Are you sitting comfortably? Probably not as comfortably as a driver of the latest Mercedes S-Class. Its seats are so sophisticated they can...
Published 04 April 2018
Reader Letters: The joy of bikes, electric steering, supporting UK car industry, autonomous car and broken indicators

Reader Letters: Bike joy and electric steering

My wife’s Hyundai i10 returns about 40mpg and costs £30 a year in road tax. My Triumph Tiger Sport motorcycle returns 58mpg but costs £85 a year.
Published 29 January 2018
Audi e-tron SUV, September 2018

The best new cars launching in 2018

With new car registrations dipping in 2017 for the first time in six years, as consumer confidence takes a hit, car makers are having to...
Published 05 January 2018
Me and My Motor: Jim Crowley, jockey

Me and My Motor: Jim Crowley, jockey

"The worst part of my job isn’t the diets, or the sweating in a bath to keep the weight off — it’s driving from one racecourse to another...
Published 28 November 2017
Interview with David Richards, chairman of Prodrive

Me and My Motor: David Richards

David Richards has been a world rally champion, principal of two Formula One teams and chairman of Aston Martin...
Published 04 July 2017
2016 Mercedes-Benz S-class cabriolet review y John Evans for Sunday Times Driving

First Drive review: 2016 Mercedes-Benz S-class cabriolet

Abigail, the first British storm to be given a name by the Met Office, hit our shores last November. It was still only March when her 10th stormy...
Published 14 April 2016

The Clarkson review: 2016 BMW 730Ld M Sport

If you are the Austrian finance minister, or an African dictator, or the managing director of a successful carpet business in West Yorkshire, then...
Published 29 February 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Top 100 Cars 2016: Top 5 Luxury & Prestige

The Sunday Times Driving presents its Top 5 Luxury & Prestige cars of 2016, featuring Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls-Royce.
Published 03 January 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

2015 Mercedes-Benz S 500 coupé review

When we were young and foolish, we’d party until we dropped. Music was turned up to 11, cars were driven in the only manner we understood ...
Published 03 December 2015