Another close runner-up is 1991’s W140, a mammoth slab-sided notchback ... So it has to be the W126 that’s the most S-Classy of past S-Classes. Of that generation, I have a soft spot for ...

Then again even Mercedes couldn't match its own standards for the W126's, follow-up, the W140. Despite this, and to my surprise, it's the Daimler that provides more fun behind the wheel.