So what does the rich company car user chooser get for his or her money, if they go for the Mercedes S-Class Coupe?

Well even the cheapest Mercedes S-Class Coupe, which turns up early next year, has a 455 PS V8 engine providing an enormous 700Nm of torque, so performance should be pretty good, although with CO2 emissions of 219g/km even the entry-level S-Class Coupe isn’t going to be cheap to run on the company.

All Mercedes S-Class Coupe versions have standard Active Parking Assist with a reversing camera, a panoramic roof, a 12.3-inch TFT display and the COMAND Online system.