Much like burlesque dancers gradually undress revealing more and more skin as they get closer to the end of their show, carmakers begin testing future cars under heavy camouflage, which they then begin to remove layer by layer as we approach the time for their official reveal.
Mercedes-Benz has been teasing us with prototypes of the W222 codenamed S-Class for well over a year now, and even released a few pictures of the test cars itself last November when it told us about the tech wizardry it has developed for its flagship limousine series.
Judging by the percentage of the camouflaged areas versus the undisguised parts of this S-Class prototype caught by our scoop photographers in Europe, we'd say Mercedes-Benz is getting very close to throwing out all of its clothes.
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