ercedes-Benz is celebrating 70 years of its legendary SL, which seems to have come around very quickly because I’m only just getting over its 60th-anniversary celebration of the evergreen sporting cruiser. In 2012 the launch was based at the louche Marbella Club – in those days the motor industry was flush with cash, so launches took place in properly exotic locations. Brooklands in Surrey (see )? No chance – this was the luxe junket that sped from Marbs along that terrific road up
