Mercedes-Benz S500 2018 Video Review

When Mercedes-Benz released the new E-Class in 2016, it was touted as the brand’s new technology leader – which, to anyone who knew the history of the oldest carmaker on the planet, sounded a bit rich.

You see, the car that’s actually done more than any other to improve vehicle safety over the last 50 years has been the S-Class, with many of the technologies we now take for granted, in even the cheapest cars on the market, coming from it.

The sixth-generation (W222) was launched in 2013, and this mid-life update goes some way towards restoring the S-Class to its rightful place at the top of the technology tree.

Read the full Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2017 review.