"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?" So goes the song and those who get to buy one themselves will have a car to be proud of possessing a name to conjure with.

Best

What's more, buyers will be in the best of company, for Mercedes provides the engines for Lewis Hamilton's Formula One car - showing that a Merc is the car for the very highest achievers.

Frankly Amazing

Of course, while Mercedes does Formula 1, it does much else too - like estate cars. But when it comes to these the engines aren't lacking either. Take the C63 AMG: Reviewing this motor, Car Magazine noted that it has a "frankly amazing 6.2-litre V8" to power it.

Impress

Then there's the interior design. The CL class of 2009 has gained good reviews in this area, with the layout being "sure to impress", according to Car Connection. The CL63 AMG also gets the big thumbs up from the Times, noting its "exceptional" rise quality, "thunderous" engine power and a level of precision and control to "marvel at".

Incredible

If all that is not enough to impress, then the speed and power of the SL65 AMG could really do the trick. It certainly did for the Evo reviewer, who drooled: "SL65 AMG is incredible; the price, the performance and the fact that it's a series production car, all beggar belief."

Luxury

Of course, some may go for the top of the Mercedes range and here the S65 AMG comes in, described by Car and Driver Magazine as "among the most outrageous choices in the upper-luxury segment." Or there is the sporty option of the SLR 722 Coupe, labelled by netcarshow.com as something that "opens up astonishing dimensions when it comes to open-top driving".

So when it comes to Mercedes, it's all there: power, class, speed, luxury and precision performance. All that and one of the finest names in motoring.