Excess all areas: Can the S-class overhaul these paragons to take the title of 'best car in the world'?

摘要

For a term denoting a position of unassailable superiority, the word 'best' has plenty of drawbacks. We know what it means when we use it casually, but when the hair-splitting starts - as it always does in car contexts - it leaves much to be desired. Is the best car in the world the best engineered, the best looking, the one with the biggest reputation, the most refined, the most luxurious, the quickest - or a machine with the best combination of everything? If the last, as seems to make sense, which qualities matter most? It's complicated.