Ngaphezulu kwebali le-S-Class ye-Mercedes ebalaseleyo, eli libali leqela labasebenzi bakwaMercedes, abadibene ukuze banike imbeko ku-«Madiba».
Kwakungo 1990 uNelson Mandela sele eza kuphuma entolongweni, uMzantsi Afrika kunye nelizwe lentando yesininzi lalibhiyoza. EMonti, kumzi-mveliso wakwaMercedes eMzantsi Afrika, kusekho enye impumelelo. UNelson Mandela wavalelwa iminyaka engamashumi amabini anesixhenxe (27) ngenxa yokulwa ucalucalulo kunye nokulwa nemithetho yocalucalulo eyayisenziwa eMzantsi Afrika.Imini yokukhululwa kwakhe yayizakungena ezimbalini. Kodwa kukho okungakumbi ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje abantu abambalwa abakwaziyo ngako.
IMercedes yaba yinkampani yokuqala yeemoto eMzantsi Afrika ukwamkela umbutho wabasebenzi abamnyama. Kumzi-mveliso wakwaMercedes eMonti, igqiza labasebenzi lifumene ithuba lokwakhela uNelson Mandela isipho, bebonakalisa umbulelo ngawo onke amazwi athe ngalo minyaka engamashumi amabini anesixhenxe eluvalelweni wawazisa kwihlabathi jikelele, ihlabathi elingazange wambona, mntundini, makakhokelwe yiyo; Ifoto yokugqibela kaNelson Mandela eyaziwa esidlangalaleni yayingowe-1962.
Iprojekthi etafileni yayikwakhiwa kwendawo ephezulu yoluhlu lwe-brand ye-Stuttgart, i-Mercedes S-Class W126. Ngenkxaso yombutho wesizwe wabasebenzi besinyithi, iprojekthi yamkelwa. Imithetho yayilula: IMercedes yayiza kubonelela ngeekhomponenti kwaye abasebenzi baza kwakha iS-Class Mercedes yexesha elongezelelweyo likaMandela, ngaphandle kokuhlawulwa imali eyongezelelweyo ngayo.
Ngaloo ndlela kwaqala ukwakhiwa kwenye yeemodeli zodidi oluphezulu, i-500SE W126. Ngaphantsi kwebhonethi, injini ye-245 hp V8 M117 iya kuphumla. Ezi zixhobo zinezihlalo, iifestile zombane nezipili, kunye ne-airbag yomqhubi. Icwecwe lokuqala elakhiwayo yayilicwecwe elaliza kuchonga iMercedes S-Class njengeyekaMandela, ibhalwe amagama ayo: 999 NRM GP ("NRM" nguNelson Rolihlahla Mandela).
Ukwakhiwa kwathabatha iintsuku ezine, iintsuku ezine ezichithwe kulonwabo oluqhubekayo novuyo. Yayisisipho kuNelson Mandela, umqondiso wenkululeko kunye nokulingana kwilizwe eliphawulwe yingcinezelo. Emva kweentsuku ezine zokwakhiwa, iMercedes S-Class 500SE W126 ishiye umzi-mveliso ibomvu eqaqambileyo. Umbala ochwayitisayo nonemibhiyozo watyhila uthando lwabo bawakhayo, imvakalelo eqhelekileyo ehlabathini lonke eyenzeka apho.
IMercedes Class S yasiwa kuNelson Mandela ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesibini kweyeKhala, ngo1991, kumsitho owawubanjelwe kwibala lemidlalo iSisa Dukashe nasesandleni sikaPhilip Groom, omnye wabasebenzi ababethathe inxaxheba ekwakhiweni kwale moto.
Bathi le yeyona Mercedes ibalaseleyo emhlabeni, eyakhiwe ngesandla kunye nolonwabo lwabantu abamanyeneyo nabakhululekileyo. UNelson Mandela wayeneMercedes Class S kwinkonzo yakhe iikhilomitha ezingama 40,000 phambi kokuba ayinikezele kwiMyuziyam yocalucalulo, apho isamile, imsulwa kwaye iphumle.