Kuposa nkhani ya S-Class Mercedes yodziwika bwino, iyi ndi nkhani ya gulu la antchito a Mercedes, omwe adasonkhana kuti apereke ulemu kwa "Madiba".
Munali 1990 ndipo Nelson Mandela anali atatsala pang'ono kutuluka m'ndende, South Africa ndi dziko la demokalase likukondwerera. Ku East London, pa fakitale ya Mercedes ku South Africa, panalinso ntchito ina. Nelson Mandela anamangidwa kwa zaka 27, chifukwa cholimbana ndi tsankho komanso kulimbana ndi tsankho zomwe zinkachitika ku South Africa. Koma pali zambiri mpaka lero zomwe anthu ochepa amadziwa.
Mercedes inali kampani yoyamba yamagalimoto ku South Africa kuzindikira bungwe la anthu akuda. Pafakitale ya Mercedes ku East London, gulu la ogwira ntchito linali ndi mwayi wopangira mphatso ya Nelson Mandela, posonyeza kuyamikira mawu onse omwe m'zaka 27 za m'ndende adadziwitsa dziko lapansi, dziko lomwe silinayambe lakhalapo. munthu, lolani kuti atsogoleredwe nalo. Chithunzi chomaliza chodziwika bwino cha Nelson Mandela chinali cha 1962.
Ntchito pa tebulo anali yomanga pamwamba pa osiyanasiyana mtundu Stuttgart, Mercedes S-Maphunziro W126. Mothandizidwa ndi bungwe la National metalworkers Union, ntchitoyi inavomerezedwa. Malamulowo anali osavuta: Mercedes ankapereka zigawozo ndipo ogwira ntchito amanga S-Class Mercedes ya S-Class nthawi yowonjezera, osapatsidwa ndalama zowonjezera.
Choncho anayamba kumanga mmodzi wa zitsanzo zapamwamba kwambiri mtundu, 500SE W126. Pansi pa boneti, injini ya 245 hp V8 M117 imapumula. Zidazi zinali ndi mipando, mawindo amagetsi ndi magalasi, komanso airbag ya dalaivala. Chigawo choyamba chomwe chinamangidwa chinali chipilala chomwe chidzazindikiritse Mercedes S-Class kuti ndi ya Mandela, yokhala ndi zilembo zake: 999 NRM GP ("NRM" yolembedwa ndi Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela).
Ntchito yomangayo inatenga masiku anayi, masiku anayi okhala m’chimwemwe chosatha ndi chisangalalo. Inali mphatso kwa Nelson Mandela, chizindikiro cha ufulu ndi kufanana m'dziko lodziwika ndi kuponderezedwa. Pambuyo masiku anayi akumanga, Mercedes S-Maphunziro 500SE W126 anasiya fakitale mu wofiira kwambiri. Mtundu wa chisangalalo ndi chisangalalo unavumbula chikondi cha awo amene anachimanga, mkhalidwe wapadziko lonse umene unawonekera kumeneko.
Mercedes Class S inaperekedwa kwa Nelson Mandela pa July 22, 1991, pamwambo womwe unachitikira pa Sisa Dukashe stadium komanso m'manja mwa Philip Groom, mmodzi mwa ogwira ntchito omwe adagwira nawo ntchito yomanga galimotoyo.
Amati mwina ndi imodzi mwa Mercedes yabwino kwambiri padziko lapansi, yomangidwa ndi manja komanso chisangalalo cha anthu ogwirizana komanso omasuka. Nelson Mandela o ne a na le Mercedes Class S mu tshumelo yawe ya makilometara 40,000 nahone a fhiraho kha Musiamo wa Apartheid, u nga tshama zwi tshi ḓi tshama, zwi tshi ḓipfa nahone a tshika.