Since Ferdinand Marcos is in the news again, we might as well talk about his favorite ride: the Mercedes-Benz 600
Quick: What do Fidel Castro, Hugh Hefner, Ferdinand Marcos, Pablo Escobar and Jeremy Clarkson have in common? They’re all Mercedes 600 owners. But beyond that, they have very little in common: One’s a socialist icon, another a rich hedonist, the third a rabid fascist, the fourth a celebrated drug dealer and the last a former president. Not in that order, mind you.