Kurenza inkuru ya bespoke S-Class Mercedes, iyi niyo nkuru yitsinda ryabakozi ba Mercedes, bateraniye hamwe kunamira «Madiba».
Hari mu 1990 kandi Nelson Mandela yari agiye kuva muri gereza, Afurika y'Epfo n'isi ya demokarasi barizihiza. Mu burasirazuba bwa Londres, ku ruganda rwa Mercedes muri Afurika y'Epfo, hari ikindi kintu cyagezweho. Nelson Mandela yafunzwe imyaka 27, azira kurwanya ivanguramoko no kurwanya politiki y'amacakubiri yakorwaga muri Afurika y'Epfo.Umunsi wo kurekurwa kwe uzajya mu mateka. Ariko hariho byinshi kugeza uyu munsi abantu bake bazi.
Mercedes niyo sosiyete yambere yimodoka muri Afrika yepfo yamenye ihuriro ryabakozi. Mu ruganda rwa Mercedes 'East London, itsinda ry'abakozi bagize amahirwe yo kubaka impano kuri Nelson Mandela, mu rwego rwo gushimira amagambo yose yavuze ko muri iyo myaka 27 afunzwe yamenyesheje isi, isi itigeze ibaho yamubonye. umuntu, reka ayobore. Ifoto ya nyuma izwi kumugaragaro ya Nelson Mandela ni kuva 1962.
Umushinga uri kumeza kwari ukubaka hejuru yurwego rwa Stuttgart, Mercedes S-Class W126. Ku nkunga y’ishyirahamwe ry’abakora ibyuma by’igihugu, umushinga wemejwe. Amategeko yari yoroshye: Mercedes yatangaga ibice hanyuma abakozi bakubaka amasaha y'ikirenga ya S-Class ya Mandela, ntahembwa ayandi.
Nguko uko hatangiye kubakwa imwe mu modoka nziza cyane, 500SE W126. Munsi ya bonnet, moteri ya 245 hp V8 M117 yaruhuka. Ibikoresho byari bifite intebe, idirishya ryamashanyarazi nindorerwamo, hamwe numufuka windege kubashoferi. Igice cya mbere cyubatswe ni icyapa kizagaragaza Mercedes S-Class ko ari iya Mandela, ifite inyuguti zayo: 999 NRM GP ("NRM" na Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela).
Ubwubatsi bwatwaye iminsi ine, iminsi ine mumunezero uhoraho. Byari impano kuri Nelson Mandela, ikimenyetso cyubwisanzure nuburinganire mugihugu cyaranzwe no gukandamizwa. Nyuma yiminsi ine yubatswe, Mercedes S-Class 500SE W126 yavuye muruganda itukura. Ibara ryishimye kandi ryiminsi mikuru ryagaragaje urukundo rwabubatse, ibyiyumvo rusange kurwego rwisi rwabereyeyo.
Icyiciro cya Mercedes S cyagejejwe kuri Nelson Mandela ku ya 22 Nyakanga 1991, mu birori byabereye kuri sitade ya Sisa Dukashe no mu maboko ya Philip Groom, umwe mu bakozi bagize uruhare mu iyubakwa ry’imodoka.
Bavuga ko bishoboka ko iyi ari imwe muri Mercedes nziza ku isi, yubatswe n'intoki n'ibyishimo by'abantu bunze ubumwe kandi bigenga. Nelson Mandela yari afite icyiciro cya Mercedes S mu murimo we mu birometero 40.000 mbere yo kugishyikiriza inzu ndangamurage ya Apartheid, aho ihagaze, itanduye kandi iruhuka.