Apparently Mercedes is going to release a van that’s not only going to cure cancer, but will clean up the world’s waterways and stop the felling of the Amazon.

OK, I’ve read into the ‘saves lives and the environment’ tagline a bit too deeply, perhaps. Being understandably cagey about the whole launch, Mercedes’ PR firm wasn’t letting on anything other than it would move people. Did they mean ‘move’ as in ‘emotionally’? Who knows? I’ve never been to a van launch before, so I’m hoping in this case that ‘van’ is a euphemism for G55 AMG…ok, that probably won’t save the environment with a 507hp V8.

More news on 14 October when we’ve been to the event