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In the 1920s and 1930s, it was a distinction to drive such a car. Mercedes-Benz created supercharged cars that overshadowed all the refined and powerful cars that had existed before them. They created a new era of automotive engineering. Politicians and captains of industry, artists and athletes were the people driving these supercharged Mercedes cars. [...]

The name “S-Class ” is derived from the German word meaning “Sonderklasse” of which “S- Class” is an abbreviation. Sonderklasse means “special class.” In automotive terms, the words refer to “a specially outfitted car.”Although it was used colloquially for decades, the “S-Class” designation was first applied officially in 1973 by Mercedes-Benz when the W116 model [...]