Mercedes-Benz S-Class 1972-2013

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction and Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: DEFINING THE S-CLASS; CHAPTER 2: BRAVE PIONEER: THE W116 MODELS, 1972-1980; CHAPTER 3: THE W126 SALOONS; CHAPTER 4: CLASSICS: THE 126 COUPÉS; CHAPTER 5: HUBRIS: THE W140 SALOONS; CHAPTER 6: THE 140 COUPÉS; CHAPTER 7: LIGHTWEIGHT ELEGANCE: THE W220 MODELS, 1998-2006; CHAPTER 8: THE C215 COUPÉS, 1999-2005: A NEW ELEGANCE; CHAPTER 9: THE W221 MODELS; CHAPTER 10: BRAND AMBASSADORS: THE C216 COUPÉS; Index.;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, ownership of an S-Class - at least, of a reasonably recent one - has been symbolic of material success and of restrained yet impeccable good taste. Several other car makers have nibbled at the edges of the S-Class market, but none has produced a viable and lasting alternative to the big Benz. Mercedes-Benz S-Class 1972-2013 charts the evolution and success of the series, from the W116 model, the first to be designed from the gr.