Mercedes-Benz has overhauled its flagship S-Class limousine in a bid to improve the performance, refinement and technical capability of a model that is a benchmark in the luxury car segment. The new S

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YOU’LL PAY: £45,000 YOU’LL LOOK LIKE: A LOTTERY WINNER ON THEIR WAY TO THE GREEK PILLAR EMPORIUM Has the 360 finally aged out of its blobby phase and into used Ferrari temptation? Though its curves we

THE facelifted Mercedes S-Class has arrived. And while this isn’t an all-new generation of the car, more than 50 per cent of the components – around 2,700 – are either new or re-engineered. The alread

Once they headed the company car parks of Eighties Britain, now these executive icons offer prestige, nostalgia and pure driving pleasure from £5k. But which of these trading-floor titans best rewards the shrewd classic motorist?

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see whether a modernised 2005 car can be better than a new one The last time I ran a 2005-model-year long-term test car was, more or less, in 2005. But here we are again. This