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My Most Memorable Car Story: Nelson Mandela's S-Class

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Kiron KreuterOctober 12, 2011

Shortly following his release - after 26 years in prison under the South Africa's apartheid regime - Nelson Mandela received a special gift from Mercedes workers in the country: a red S-Class. Philipp Groom was one of the workers who came up with the idea - and MADE IN GERMANY accompanies him on a trip down memory lane.

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