Notifications
Clear all
Forum 18
14
Posts
6
Users
35
Reactions
978
Views
Topic starter
30/11/2024 3:20 pm
Growing up, it was a rare sight to see a Mercedes and, frankly, the sedans were rather frumpish and underpowered compared to their American counterparts. In the '70s, I moved to a Manhattan bedroom community in New Jersey to be close to graduate school, and suddenly I was flooded with sightings of the long, low and lean (well 2 tons of automobile ain't exactly 'lean') 300SEL sedans. It looked like a Germanic Invasion! Probably for the American market, Mercedes took the 6.3 liter fuel injected V8 out of their 600 series Pullmans and turned the normally 3.0 liter 6 powered sedan into a 300HP muscle car with unheard of performance with 0-6.2 in 6.6 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 14.2 seconds. Not bad for 2 tons of iron with every luxury amenities on board.
Model by AUTOart:
30/11/2024 4:14 pm
Absolutely stunning Rich, and quite timely! I've noticed older Autoart replicas being re-released but under a different name. The long-wb Pullmans have now returned and just the other day I was checking them out. These don't really "fit in" with my stuff, but...... 🤔 🤔
30/11/2024 5:13 pm
Fabulous images.
Topic starter
30/11/2024 7:59 pm
@chris CMC did a fabulously detailed (and fabulously expensive) Pullman and Landaulet.
01/12/2024 4:47 am
@rich-sufficool Yes, they did. I'm aware of those too.
Marty Johnson and Tony Perrone reacted
02/12/2024 12:51 pm
Beautiful model & I love the color combo. We had family friends that had this generation S-Class in the early '08s...funny, they also lived in NJ.
At one point, I had 3 of the generations of MB's S-Class models & had planned to get this one as well. Ended up selling those, but couldn't sell the excellent racing version by Minichamps. Campaigned by AMG, well before AMG became part of MB.
02/12/2024 1:05 pm
A fine replica in all the styles shown here. It would be a remarkable model to have out on display, that is for sure !
Christopher Moroni reacted
03/12/2024 9:46 am
and when the 6.3 wasn't mean enough, along comes the 6.9.
Topic starter
03/12/2024 12:55 pm
@gavin That AMG was on my 'must have' list for a long time and then it got buried down the list forr other 'must haves'.
Christopher Moroni and Tony Perrone reacted
03/12/2024 3:15 pm
@gavin That AMG was on my 'must have' list for a long time and then it got buried down the list forr other 'must haves'.
@rich-sufficool...that happens to me all the time!
Christopher Moroni reacted
27/12/2024 4:14 pm
This surprises me a bit....
Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL BLACK Die-Cast Model Car 1:18 Scale [AutoArt] NEW IN BOX | eBay
Steve Jacobs reacted