Kupfuura nyaya yeS-Class Mercedes, iyi inyaya yeboka revashandi veMercedes, vakaungana kuzokudza "Madiba".
Maiva muna 1990 uye Nelson Mandela akanga oda kubuda mujeri, South Africa nenyika dzegutsaruzhinji dzaipembera. MuEast London, pafekitari yeMercedes muSouth Africa, pakanga paine chimwezve chakabudirira. Nelson Mandela akaiswa mujeri kwemakore makumi maviri nemanomwe, nekuda kwekurwisa rusaruraganda uye kurwisana nerusaruraganda rwaiitwa muSouth Africa.Zuva rekusunungurwa kwake raizopinda munhoroondo. Asi kune zvakawanda kusvika nhasi izvo vanhu vashoma vanoziva nezvazvo.
Mercedes ndiyo yaive kambani yemotokari yekutanga muSouth Africa kugamuchira mubatanidzwa wevashandi vatema. Pa fekitari yeMercedes yekuEast London, boka revashandi rakawana mukana wekuvakira Nelson Mandela chipo, muchiratidzo chekutenda mazwi ese ayo mumakore makumi maviri nemanomwe ehusungwa aakataura kupasi rose, nyika isina kumbobvira yaitika. munhu, ngaatungamirirwe nazvo. Mufananidzo wekupedzisira unozivikanwa neruzhinji waNelson Mandela wakabva muna 1962.
Iyo purojekiti patafura yaive yekuvakwa kwepamusoro peiyo mhando yeStuttgart brand, iyo Mercedes S-Kirasi W126. Nerutsigiro rwesangano renyika revashandi vesimbi, chirongwa ichi chakabvumidzwa. Mitemo yacho yaive yakapfava: Mercedes yaizopa zvikamu uye vashandi vaizovaka Mercedes yeMandela S-Class Class Mercedes, vasingawedzerwa mari pairi.
Ndokutanga kuvakwa kweimwe yemhando dzemhando yepamusoro, iyo 500SE W126. Pasi pebhoneti, iyo inoshamisa 245 hp V8 M117 injini yaizozorora. Midziyo iyi yaive nezvigaro, mahwindo emagetsi nemagirazi, uye airbag yemutyairi. Chidimbu chekutanga kuvakwa yaive plaque yaizozivisa Mercedes S-Kirasi seyaMandela, iine mazita ekutanga: 999 NRM GP ("NRM" naNelson Rolihlahla Mandela).
Kuvaka kwakatora mazuva mana, mazuva mana akapedzwa mumufaro unopfuurira nomufarwa. Chakanga chiri chipo kuna Nelson Mandela, mucherechedzo werusununguko nekuenzana munyika yakaratidzwa nekudzvinyirirwa. Mushure memazuva mana ekuvakwa, Mercedes S-Kirasi 500SE W126 yakasiya fekitori iri mutsvuku. Rudzi runofadza uye rwemafaro rwakaratidza rudo rwevaya vakarivaka, manzwiro evanhu vose munyika yose akaoneka ikoko.
Mercedes Kirasi S yakaunzwa kuna Nelson Mandela muna Chikunguru 22, 1991, mumhemberero yakaitika munhandare yeSisa Dukashe uye mumaoko aPhilip Groom, mumwe wevashandi vakapinda mukuvakwa kwemotokari.
Vanoti iyi ingangove imwe yeakanakisa Mercedes munyika, yakavakwa nemaoko uye nemufaro wevanhu vakabatana uye vakasununguka. Nelson Mandela aive neMercedes Kirasi S pabasa rake kwemakiromita 40 000 asati aiendesa kuApartheid Museum, iyo ichiripo, isina kuchena uye yakazorora.