There is a reason the car outside a state banquet is usually this one. The rear seat of an S-Class is where the day's work gets finished and the night's dinner gets prepared for; the glass is thick, the ride is long, and the city outside becomes a film. The house sends it for a chairman, a bride, a guest you want to honour — with a sarathi in the front who knows how to be quiet.
Two in the rear, in deep separate seats that recline; a third on the middle seat for a short city journey. Your sarathi rides in front beside the chauffeur.
Two large cases and two cabin bags in the boot. For more, the house suggests the Vellfire or a second car.
A board meeting and the dinner after it; a bride's entry; a guest of state at the airport; a long evening across the city.
The S-Class the house sends is a current-generation car on commercial plates, black or white, from a partner whose fleet the house has sat in. Cooled before you reach it; water, charging and an umbrella in the door; no fragrance; your music if you want it and silence if you do not.
Before a Marque car is named the house sees its registration, its permit, its commercial insurance and its fitness certificate, and meets the chauffeur who comes with it. Only a car on commercial plates carries a guest of the house. The sarathi rides with you; the partner's chauffeur drives.
A Marque figure is written for each journey — the car, the sarathi, fuel, tolls, parking and GST in one line — usually within the hour between 7 AM and 11 PM. The house names one car and holds it once the written figure is settled. Nothing is added on the day.
Reserve the Mercedes-Benz S-ClassChoose Marque, name the car. The figure follows in writing.