In honor of the legendary Nelson Mandela, let’s delve on his previous ride. In July 1990, the newly unionized workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant on the east coast of South Africa gave Mandela a labor of love: a red S500. After a meeting between factory management and the workers, it was agreed that Mercedes-Benz would supply the parts and that the workers would donate their time for free. The chassis was inscribed with the South African flag and Mandela’s name, and the W126 rolled through the production line. Mandela’s Mercedes now sits in the Apartheid Museum, retired from duty since 1998.
Source: Road & Track
