I've owned a large number of cars between 30 and 40 years old, but none have been as smooth as Mercedes. I can't say anything for Bentley and Rolls Royce because I didn't drive. I'm not a fanatic of any brand, but when it comes to classic vehicles, Mercedes is the number one for me.
@@denizonen you would be suprised how direct and smooth an old Citroen SM or CX for instance was, the steering is unbelievaby direct and the car rides so smooth, but it takes a long time to be able to drive one whout other people thinking you are drunk.
@@tigervv6437 Yeah. I mean you can destroy most cars with an S63 AMG today as well, but you can't really notice that in everyday life since all new cars can get to legal speeds rather quickly. But back then, you could actually feel like sitting in the living room of a rocketship when cruising around in this.
It’s a incredible piece of engineering. It’s about the power of a Golf GTI TCR, which is seriously fast. But this thing is about 40 years older. That’s just mind boggling
550 Nm....286 horse.....i have a 96 740iL ..286 hp and 400 Nm.....i think the W116 is washing the ground with my e38....or no.....hmmm 3 gears vs 5 ...maybe not
286hp@4250/min that is - no doubt they could have gone to 350 or more hp easily, the M100 is quite a modern construction. But the goal was to make this thing as effortless as possible.
Wer nicht weiss, dass der 6,9 nicht volllaufest ist und fröhlich hart in der Drehzahlgrenze unterwegs ist, dem fliegt die Chose schnell um die Ohren und das Geld aus dem Fenster. Diesen Wagen orgelt man nicht im Top Speed.
I've been a car fan since I was knee-high to a V8 and this has always been one of my favourites. A real Q-car, a wolf in sheep's clothing and built like a tank. Superb machine.
when I was a little boy, I always checked the meters of any new car in our street, to see 'how fast it could go' (we didn;t know that those numbers were not the truth) It was the early 80s, so most cars were from the 70s and had 140 or 160 as max. 180 was really fast and if we spotted a 200 we talked about it for days. (there weren't any Porches in my street) I spotted a 220 once a year maybe a Mercedes with 240 once, but never 260. I don;t think I believed that would be possible
41 years old and still one of the greatest cars , perhaps not the fastest model but who cares ...look at it how stable it is , look the interior condition and how easy is to handle , that's pure elegance in motion right there !!! Beautiful Mercedes as always !!!!
But its crazy how quick it get up to speed even for 40+ year old car. Back in the day it was the fastest sedan in the world. This is pure German muscle 💪🏻
@@zaimkarii1756 that's because of the above average displacement of the engine , the superbly balanced crank shaft and of course who drove the car all this time , how well maintained was the engine all this time and last but not least the German Autobahn ( highway ) .
I have a 1975 450SEL. It drives very nicely. So does my ‘80 450SL. Old Mercedes are a real pleasure to drive. They love being driven and love the highway.
Mein Traumwagen damals, und ich würde ihn auch heute wollen. Da geistert immer ein Satz aus einem Autokatalog durch meinen Kopf, den ich nicht mehr zusammenkriege: "Ein zu ..., jenseits normaler Ansprüche liegenden Fahrleistungen fähiges Auto...". ❤
My Dad had one of this car Mercedes Benz 450 SEL, I had a wonderful memories with my dad with this car. This car is amazing, powerful and so fast. The sound of the engine is still in my head......
@@ChevyBM I know, I'm a fan of old Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Plus, I plan on buying an old S-class with a 5L V8 in the near future. However, as my family has been Mercedes-equipped for the last 40 years, I can say that the fuel economy, is pretty tragic, even on relatively recent cars (15 - 25 years). I'm not bashing Mercedes, because, what you lack in fuel economy, you make up for with comfort and safety (plus reliability in the older vehicles). PS: When I say my family, I mean my parents and grandparents, as I am 17 right now. As for the S class I want to purchase, that's for next year when I go to university -prices for gasoline and LPG, as well as cars themselves, are really quite low in Bulgaria.
@@thomaskoutsoukis8976 My previous car was a W211 E320 and the average fuel consumption for me was about 13-15l /100km, of my driving about 80% is city driving in Helsinki. That was a really nice car! Now I drive a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis with a 4.6l V8 and get about 14-15l /100km. An older S class is a really grate car, the motor and transmission are bulletproof but look out for issues on the Air-matic. And by converting it to LPG really gets the driving costs down! I would love to own an older 60's or 70's Mercedes or then a ~2000's CL 500 or 600 :)
@@ChevyBM Oh wow! We currently own a W211 E200 here in Greece! It's as standard as you can get, with cloth interior and no sunroof, with a 1.8L supercharged engine. We only got it a month ago as a second car to our good-old C180 from 1994 (also as basic as you can get it, it doesn't even have the cassette holder on the main dash). So far we have gotten around 12L/100km in the last 600km traveled, that being mostly city driving. (The old C180 gets like 14-15L/100km overall) The S-class I really like and want, is the W220 face-lift variant (2003-2006). I've done a lot of research on it, and it seems that the V8s are the most reliable, as for the gearbox, I don't mind getting the 5-speed one, though the 7-speed would be quite nice, but less reliable. As for the airmatic, that's my biggest worry, however I believe that if I take a car I really like for a 100% checkup at Mercedes before buying, I'm going to find a good car. When it comes to fuel economy, the S500 is gonna be quite a pain, even with LPG, but, considering the car's low purchase price, (4000 - 6000 euro) I'd rather spend the money I'd pay for a newer economy car (10000 - 20000 euro) for gas and get the comfort and luxury (plus the style bonus).
This 6.9 has got to be my favorite S-class of all time! This was WAY ahead of its time in terms of engineering and technology. And to add to that, these cars are made of raw materials that are practically indestructible as compared to the ones used in the more modern Mercedes Benz sedans.
I had visitors from NYC who rarely drove in the car with me. They were talking back and forth and finally went quiet suddenly when they realized we were running about 140 mph and they were just chatting away.
I had a '79 euro model (grey market import to the US). It truly was bank-vault quiet in the interior at speeds in excess of 100mph. This video really conveys just how rock solid it is at speed. No front end lift, no loss of steering, no sway. You CAN drive it with two fingers at speed. All in all, probably the best 1970's performance car made (beyond, IMO, Ferrari and Lamborghini offerings of the period).
I owned this exact model in the mid 1980s. What a car. You could go up to 100mph on Texas roads - quiet as church inside, and you felt like you were going 30mph. Oh, also got about 18 miles per gallon of gas. Loved how it was all steel not plastic. When you shut the door it closed with a thick click like a bank vault. Loved this car. The dream of a lifetime to own it.
This brings back memories, I had a 1974 Mercedes 350 SE with the smaller V-8, same body style. And took a drive to Germany & autobahn, the comfortable road-cruiser just humming along with power under the hood & comfort inside. I still miss that car sometimes...
Me to have a 1976 350SE w116 dark gray, one of the best car what I have in my life...after I have a 280E 1984 Too great car, after mercedes beginning whit al plastic and my dream finish..
Cette voiture m avait fait un effet fabuleux quand j étais petit,42 ans après ça ne se dement pas,elle est et reste une voiture de haute performance et actuelle.
That car original could not go further than 220kmh despite its power and torque, due to its CX and Scx, mostly similar as a brick...my father had the same but in a very quite 280S dated 1973..166hp for 190kmh top speed and a 2.8 L with 6 twin carburettor and an average consumption of 14-15L/100km..tank capacity 96L!! Imagine during the seventies petrol crisis, what a waist of money..!! 🙄
Thank you!! This is the sort of car I like seeing on here! I used to own a W116 (not a 6.9). I like seeing previous generation cars being put through their paces.
Please don't give them ideas about that 1.0 or 1.8 litre biturbo or they might remove the engine and put solar panels on the roof and all over the car 😭😭😭
@@reshad3290 if they're made in Germany, they're not bad. However, if made somewhere else, not good either. German cars (all the brands) made a transition back in the 90's from being known for world-class reliability to being loaded with the latest technology and have embraced the concept of planned obsolescence. I still see some older Mercedes (from the 80's and earlier) rolling around in my town but, you don't see (hardly) any in the 10-20 year old range because they become endless money pits.
Even I bought in my life almost 4 new cars until now ,but this old car still a dream for me ,well I do believe also that the old man behind the steering is one more legend ..... cheers
had one in 2000 . was from 1974 . champagne color with leather interior. one of the best cars I ever had. still gutted that I sold it . driving was so smooth and built like a tank. when you closed the doors it felt like you were closing a vault.
É impressionante quão robusto e preciso são os automóveis alemães. Mercedes é definitivamente uma das minhas preferidas , nunca tinha visto esse modelo antes , acho que aqui no Brasil nós não temos nenhuma unidade. Congrats for the quality and greetings from Brazil.
Amazing for a 42 year old car. I love it! Imagine that. A 42 year old car that can do this. That's Mercedes engineering. Just wow. Imagine the surprised look on everyone's faces when this is passing them and accelerating faster than many cars today even.
I spent 3 years in Germany from the late 70's to early 80's and saw these magnificent machines blazing around the Autobahns. I knew a German Doctor who drove (of all things) a Renault LeCar. He would push that little thing on the Autobahn and I thought if we wreck, there won't be enough to put in a cigar box. We had gone out to dinner one night and as we were leaving parked right out front was a beautiful M1. I was drooling all over myself to be in the presence of such a machine. My friend said "forget it, I am not a dentist" (they made big bucks). The owner came out a few minutes later and they started talking and my friend said get in, he'll take you for a short ride. We hit the Autobahn outside of Wiesbaden (and sorry to say this stretch had speed limits) but he put it through it's paces. Wow. What a machine. My friend was looking at a Le Car Alpina (roll cage, tweaked engine and suspension. Fortunately he couldn't fit it because he was 6' 5" and the roll bar was hitting him in the head (and it was probably a good thing because he was not a good driver). He DID get a Golf GTI. He drove that thing like a bat out of Hell and passed a few Mercedes and BMW's and Porsche's and they caught up to us but it took a little time. If I could have any Mercedes, it would be a 450 SEL 6.9. Fast, safe and luxurious.
The 280S is literally the polar opposite of this car, mechanically speaking. But they both shared the same beautiful W116 body (albeit slightly differently wheelbases).
Saw this model personally a couple of times driving . It still has an impressive performance, but back in the day it was outright crazy. You saw all these W116 Mercs stately gliding along and then this! Surely the stealthiest of all stealth "muscle cars".
I "borrowed" one of these in Cadiz in 1986, from right outside the NATO base, drove it all the way to Amsterdam over a 4 week period........Marvelous car!
This thing sounds like a locomotive ! Really awesome that you guys get these roads in Germany, and I bet you that the accident and mortality rate is the same or even lowers than other European countries.
it's higher than some countries and lower than others. German drivers are skilled compared to some < cough cough> southern countries but there do have more accidents than some countries with speed limits and better infrastructure
double?? Don't think so. The 6.9 was approximately 60% more at MSRP than the standard 450 SEL. But it was still one of the most expensive cars of it's day, rivaled price wise only by a comparatively featured Rolls Royce. You could not buy a Rolls though that rode as smoothly, had the performance the 6.9 did, or was as easy to get work done on at any MB dealership.
@@stringer-ik1pc Well, not back in the late 70's it didn't. And let me remind you of the fact this was at the time the wealthiest Americans began buying Mercedes luxury cas rather than their own domestic ones. World leaders too, everything from presidents to dictators ordered theirs. Oh yes, even Elvis Presley purchased a 600 SEL for himself. Context. And while you are at it stop with the anachronistic "assessments" of yours. People back in the late 70's in developing countries didn't have Mercedes's as taxi cars. But the reason the old W123 is still used as taxis in many less wealthy countries is because they're incredibly reliable, rugged and can last seemingly forever - especially the diesel engines which just go on and on and on... Unlike you.
@@paulallen8109 😂😂😂Elvis had more Bentley and Rolls Royce than he did taxis. As for dictators owning them 😂😂😂you forgot to mention Hitler... Who cares about rugged and reliability for a 'status symbol' poor Arabs and Pakistanis drive them enough said.
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When u are crusing at 200 km/h with 42 years old car u need only two fingers to hold steering. This is Merc !
Nott just mercedes, a lot of old cars could do that.
I've owned a large number of cars between 30 and 40 years old, but none have been as smooth as Mercedes. I can't say anything for Bentley and Rolls Royce because I didn't drive. I'm not a fanatic of any brand, but when it comes to classic vehicles, Mercedes is the number one for me.
@@denizonen you would be suprised how direct and smooth an old Citroen SM or CX for instance was, the steering is unbelievaby direct and the car rides so smooth, but it takes a long time to be able to drive one whout other people thinking you are drunk.
@@aaaabababa Only good cars do that, new or old.
That was a Merc. Not a Chrysler/ Daimler
I'm old enough to remember seeing it on the streets when they're new. Time flies. Thanks for bringing back the memories. This is a real hot rod.
Imagine this kind of performance in the late '70s from a luxury sedan, when everyday cars were struggling to keep today's highway speeds.
Yes back in the day you would even outperform sports cars with this car, given the weight and comfort that is amazing. King of the road.
@@tigervv6437 Yeah. I mean you can destroy most cars with an S63 AMG today as well, but you can't really notice that in everyday life since all new cars can get to legal speeds rather quickly. But back then, you could actually feel like sitting in the living room of a rocketship when cruising around in this.
I went in one as a kid in 1983 ish incredable car dad did 120mph in it and didnt have a clue how fast he had gone so fast and so quiet
Overstate much?
@@DominusOminous What?
The engine sound is fantastic!
سذلا
We know, right !
Yeaaaa
The whole car is fantastic
Stimme ich zu 😘😋👋
OUTSTANDING. And note how rock steady that 40+ year old car is at speed. No drama-NOTHING. Just refined autobahn cruising courtesy of Mercedes Benz.
286hp 500Nm is even today impressive stats. But that couch feeling interior is pricless :)
Actually not for 7 litre engine ;-) But back then without turbos, compressors, ekoterrorist´s features it has some magic.
It’s a incredible piece of engineering. It’s about the power of a Golf GTI TCR, which is seriously fast. But this thing is about 40 years older. That’s just mind boggling
550 Nm....286 horse.....i have a 96 740iL ..286 hp and 400 Nm.....i think the W116 is washing the ground with my e38....or no.....hmmm 3 gears vs 5 ...maybe not
286hp@4250/min that is - no doubt they could have gone to 350 or more hp easily, the M100 is quite a modern construction. But the goal was to make this thing as effortless as possible.
@@RFreigeldorff rave versoins of this engine in the w109 actually had about 430hp out of 6.8l.
Auch heute noch ein tolles Fahrzeug. In den 70er-Jahren absolut phantastisch. Den 450 SEL 6,9 konnte sich damals kaum jemand leisten.
Wer nicht weiss, dass der 6,9 nicht volllaufest ist und fröhlich hart in der Drehzahlgrenze unterwegs ist, dem fliegt die Chose schnell um die Ohren und das Geld aus dem Fenster. Diesen Wagen orgelt man nicht im Top Speed.
Wieso nicht vollgasfest? @@hanszahl5706
OMG a 42 year old car! Back in the day when Mercedes produced quality, you can tell!
Diesel transit good for 220.
Mercedes Benz always produce quality ..its N1
eso esta manipulado no m jodas ni k fueramos tontos🇪🇦🇪🇦
@@gan851 nah. New Mercedes are shit in quality
@@YoungCarWiz What kind of Mercedes you own? bmw i think haha
I've been a car fan since I was knee-high to a V8 and this has always been one of my favourites. A real Q-car, a wolf in sheep's clothing and built like a tank. Superb machine.
You know it's a good car when the speedometer starts at 20 km/h
why is that ?
@@qwertyui90qwertyui90 because it is
everyone here checked if it starts at 20km/h, I did it honestly
when I was a little boy, I always checked the meters of any new car in our street, to see 'how fast it could go' (we didn;t know that those numbers were not the truth) It was the early 80s, so most cars were from the 70s and had 140 or 160 as max. 180 was really fast and if we spotted a 200 we talked about it for days. (there weren't any Porches in my street) I spotted a 220 once a year maybe a Mercedes with 240 once, but never 260. I don;t think I believed that would be possible
I had a car that could do 97mph but speedometer went from 10mph to 150mph :)
The ignition itself was so smooth. Unbelievable.
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41 years old and still one of the greatest cars , perhaps not the fastest model but who cares ...look at it how stable it is , look the interior condition and how easy is to handle , that's pure elegance in motion right there !!!
Beautiful Mercedes as always !!!!
But its crazy how quick it get up to speed even for 40+ year old car. Back in the day it was the fastest sedan in the world. This is pure German muscle 💪🏻
@@zaimkarii1756 that's because of the above average displacement of the engine , the superbly balanced crank shaft and of course who drove the car all this time , how well maintained was the engine all this time and last but not least the German Autobahn ( highway ) .
When Mercedes empire was ruled by engineers not accountants or businessmen
The best thing is he only needs two fingers to drive this dinosaur. That’s good old Merc.
I resent that remark:-)
The car is a money pit. Doing 10 miles a gallon. Get over yourself.
@@allwinds3786 it's very unsafe, it can't turn
Certainly something not to encourage your children ever to attempt.
You could even drive golf like that but it's not smart at all.
I have a 1975 450SEL. It drives very nicely. So does my ‘80 450SL. Old Mercedes are a real pleasure to drive. They love being driven and love the highway.
Mercedes Benz 👑❤️
Imagine that this car is still better than many cars today. King of Autobahn.
Many ? ALL !!! Buy a Mercedes today, it is designed for 3 Years Leasing.
Pakistani taxi.
Lowest wind noise of 2020 from a 1978 Mercedes 😂👍🏻
My dads 7 series doesn’t have wind noise
This must have been a fantastic thing to see in the 70s, while you were driving your vw bug on the autobahn at 100, this thing flies by you at 240.
It's the same these days going 130, cars flying by at 300+
@@dutchdna LOL, maybe 100!!!
and still today!
Ted Bundy drove a bug in the 70's
I had a 67 bug it barely did 90km/h
Mein Traumwagen damals, und ich würde ihn auch heute wollen.
Da geistert immer ein Satz aus einem Autokatalog durch meinen Kopf, den ich nicht mehr zusammenkriege: "Ein zu ..., jenseits normaler Ansprüche liegenden Fahrleistungen fähiges Auto...".
❤
My Dad had one of this car Mercedes Benz 450 SEL, I had a wonderful memories with my dad with this car.
This car is amazing, powerful and so fast.
The sound of the engine is still in my head......
To me these versions of and up to1985 were the most Beautiful models MERCEDES BENZ ever made !! Thanks for Sharing !!
I call the W116 "The last of the chrome bumper mercedes benzs".
Oh my God. This is a real Mercedes.
Engineers: So, how much fuel economy do you want this car to have?
Mercedes: No.
😂😂😂
For its size and age the fuel econom aint really that bad.
@@ChevyBM I know, I'm a fan of old Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Plus, I plan on buying an old S-class with a 5L V8 in the near future. However, as my family has been Mercedes-equipped for the last 40 years, I can say that the fuel economy, is pretty tragic, even on relatively recent cars (15 - 25 years). I'm not bashing Mercedes, because, what you lack in fuel economy, you make up for with comfort and safety (plus reliability in the older vehicles).
PS: When I say my family, I mean my parents and grandparents, as I am 17 right now. As for the S class I want to purchase, that's for next year when I go to university -prices for gasoline and LPG, as well as cars themselves, are really quite low in Bulgaria.
@@thomaskoutsoukis8976 My previous car was a W211 E320 and the average fuel consumption for me was about 13-15l /100km, of my driving about 80% is city driving in Helsinki. That was a really nice car!
Now I drive a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis with a 4.6l V8 and get about 14-15l /100km. An older S class is a really grate car, the motor and transmission are bulletproof but look out for issues on the Air-matic. And by converting it to LPG really gets the driving costs down! I would love to own an older 60's or 70's Mercedes or then a ~2000's CL 500 or 600 :)
@@ChevyBM Oh wow! We currently own a W211 E200 here in Greece! It's as standard as you can get, with cloth interior and no sunroof, with a 1.8L supercharged engine. We only got it a month ago as a second car to our good-old C180 from 1994 (also as basic as you can get it, it doesn't even have the cassette holder on the main dash). So far we have gotten around 12L/100km in the last 600km traveled, that being mostly city driving. (The old C180 gets like 14-15L/100km overall)
The S-class I really like and want, is the W220 face-lift variant (2003-2006). I've done a lot of research on it, and it seems that the V8s are the most reliable, as for the gearbox, I don't mind getting the 5-speed one, though the 7-speed would be quite nice, but less reliable. As for the airmatic, that's my biggest worry, however I believe that if I take a car I really like for a 100% checkup at Mercedes before buying, I'm going to find a good car.
When it comes to fuel economy, the S500 is gonna be quite a pain, even with LPG, but, considering the car's low purchase price, (4000 - 6000 euro) I'd rather spend the money I'd pay for a newer economy car (10000 - 20000 euro) for gas and get the comfort and luxury (plus the style bonus).
This 6.9 has got to be my favorite S-class of all time! This was WAY ahead of its time in terms of engineering and technology. And to add to that, these cars are made of raw materials that are practically indestructible as compared to the ones used in the more modern Mercedes Benz sedans.
Rust! The sills were a nightmare.
@@floro7687 Not all of them, my 350 SE Its in perfect shape
Agree! Amazing car and awesome design
Both its predecessors had a 4 speed automatic. The W108 6.3 and the W112 300 SEL. This has a 3 speed auto. Not exactly the pinnacle of engineering.
Cette mercedes est une thérapie magnifique
Immer noch schön anzusehen, dieser wunderschöne Benz!!!!! Einfach Eleganz pur....und was für ein Sound..ein wahrer Sternenkreuzer..
What an awesome piece of German engineering. I Love that car.
amazing how smooth and quet this old car runs on AUtobahn, steering in left hand, no vibrations, nothing.....
But this is an S-class!
@@vladimirnaydyonov yes, but 43 years old....
Incredibly smooth! That has to be one of the best highway cars of all time.
Hard to believe it's over 40 years old.
I had visitors from NYC who rarely drove in the car with me. They were talking back and forth and finally went quiet suddenly when they realized we were running about 140 mph and they were just chatting away.
Can we just take a moment and realise that first gear is good to 103 km p/h
Everything else on the road looks slow or coming backwards, the car seems planted going at 120km/h.
because its a 3 speed transmission lol
I think it was second
@@ELGee1 no
105 kmh
i had the privilege to drive this masterpiece when i was young thanks to my father, i still remember the torque and deep driving impact ... priceless
220 kph like it's no big deal. What a car for 1978.
Für immer und ewig :"Das beste Auto der Welt" !! ❤
I had a '79 euro model (grey market import to the US). It truly was bank-vault quiet in the interior at speeds in excess of 100mph. This video really conveys just how rock solid it is at speed. No front end lift, no loss of steering, no sway. You CAN drive it with two fingers at speed. All in all, probably the best 1970's performance car made (beyond, IMO, Ferrari and Lamborghini offerings of the period).
I owned this exact model in the mid 1980s. What a car. You could go up to 100mph on Texas roads - quiet as church inside, and you felt like you were going 30mph. Oh, also got about 18 miles per gallon of gas. Loved how it was all steel not plastic. When you shut the door it closed with a thick click like a bank vault. Loved this car. The dream of a lifetime to own it.
This brings back memories, I had a 1974 Mercedes 350 SE with the smaller V-8, same body style.
And took a drive to Germany & autobahn, the comfortable road-cruiser just humming along with power under the hood & comfort inside.
I still miss that car sometimes...
I have a 1976 w116 and I think swap for the Toyota engine 1gr fe
I have the same car, awesome, i love the W116, but it take a lot of gas so i dont use it so often, sadly
Me to have a 1976 350SE w116 dark gray, one of the best car what I have in my life...after I have a 280E 1984 Too great car, after mercedes beginning whit al plastic and my dream finish..
@@lordastaroth8505 Agree, those old Merc are just awesome and high quality products, nowadays Mercs are junk and ugly campared to the old ones
Naturally aspirated engines love driving fast, they come alive even more. Couldn't wait for this spirited drive.
W 116 - German engineering. Dieser alte, geile Nuttenschlepper. Stil und Klasse! Für den würde ich jeden noch so tollen AMG stehen lassen.
Einfach ein zeitlos schönes Auto und noch ein wahrer Mercedes👍
Mercedes was really the King before the 90's, they are still good cars today but they don't stand out anymore.
Don't say like that.
This car is from 70s it’s w116
@@CreativeComander that's why I said "before"
Mercedes is the best German car today,I strogly disagree with you !
By the way no
Excellent car, Awesome kickdown and 2.gear max: 170km/h. (04:30 sec)
One of the most beautiful cars ever made.
I owned one model 79. The best, most beautiful and most powerful car I've ever owned.
A blend of luxury, handling, power, acceleration, speed and relaxing comfort. Who can touch this. NOBODY
Der Ferdi steht halt auf Vollgas! 😅
Habe schon darauf gewartet, dass der Wagen hier kommt.
Ich hoffe der 6 Liter vom Raffael kommt auch noch 😃.
Am Hemd erkannt...
@@mathiasw.7476 An den Händen ;)
Oder an den Arm Haaren
Oder am Auto..
Mercedes to remember, everything in class is great. I love it from that sec period, they're beautiful. Thank you for this video!
classic real power of Mercedes-Benz! and what the amazing sound
Outstanding performance for a car from the 1970s.
Lovely interior from a REAL Mercedes (NO sly watered down build quality here)
Cette voiture m avait fait un effet fabuleux quand j étais petit,42 ans après ça ne se dement pas,elle est et reste une voiture de haute performance et actuelle.
“Hi it’s Max with AutoTopNL and today we have...” oops wrong channel.
I know it pisses me off everytime.
Robert Blanchard you have some issues.
Robert Blanchard why did it piss you off???
@@matthewsims7817 because they are ripping off autotopnl and the vids aren't as good.
So nobody else is allowed to do FOP driving videos?
Quality .. Luxury ..Elegance Mercedes.. reliability and FEELING :)
Paid for the whole speedometer, gonna use the whole speedometer.
Not whole.. He was going 220 max
@@madmax-sv9um Top speed has been measured at 237 km/h. And fuel economy at 17 L/100 km
@@AgentSmith911 on this video he was going 220 max
Lame joke
That car original could not go further than 220kmh despite its power and torque, due to its CX and Scx, mostly similar as a brick...my father had the same but in a very quite 280S dated 1973..166hp for 190kmh top speed and a 2.8 L with 6 twin carburettor and an average consumption of 14-15L/100km..tank capacity 96L!! Imagine during the seventies petrol crisis, what a waist of money..!! 🙄
52 Kilómetros a velocidad Máxima...Impresionante......
Eine Hand mit zwei Fingern am Lenkrad bei 220 im dichten Verkehr - ganz toll. Wirklich vorbildlich. Soll wohl cool aussehen ...
The top speed drive we never thought of but so glad we got this!!
Thank you!! This is the sort of car I like seeing on here! I used to own a W116 (not a 6.9). I like seeing previous generation cars being put through their paces.
1978: 6.9 Litres naturally aspirated
2020: 4.0 litres with a million turbochargers 🤦🏻♂️ (sarcastically)
1978: 7.0 naturally aspirated V10 180 hp monster.
2020: 1.8 biturbo 3 cylinder 350 hp vacuum cleaner.
Please don't give them ideas about that 1.0 or 1.8 litre biturbo or they might remove the engine and put solar panels on the roof and all over the car 😭😭😭
What do you guys drive? Fucking v12's? 😂
@@lacuevadeanuar i drive a 1.6 and 105 hp monster. It's a beast, you have to be very careful when accelerating for overtaking the car in front of you.
@@bogdan7800 tbh, if the car is light that's a bullet!
Через видео ощутим комфорт езды 👍
افضل سيارة وافضل موديل في العالم على الاطلاق
What an utterly utterly amazing car!! Im truly stunned by this video. Thank you so much!
Ha, the driver and the car from sterngarage where Raphael went to 5Zylinder Marco to test it on the dyno....
I agree,once i saw this guy and he was for sale 😆😆😆
Ist tatsächlich dasselbe Auto 😂🤣😂 Cool
@@88_Delta sowie der cl600 von rb
Weil Marius oder ein kumpel von dem der Fahrer hier ist.
Hab ich mir auch gedacht haha
My father had that car ,as a child i kept stealing the keys to drive it. I love that 450 Merc.
In this thing your are cooler than all the people in their newest supercar
Damn straight !
These videos show the superiority of all things German, their cars, drivers, highways, and how other drivers respectful of the road.
Someone please replace those wheels, they are so wrong on this beauty
no I don´t think so but the hole in the middle is disturbing
Agree, 100 percent!
It is pretty much impossible to still find tires capable of those speeds in the original 215/70R14 inch size.
Agree, the stock ones are awesome
Yeah, those originals not only looked fantastic but were as well made as the rest of the car.
Love that car, and that awesome view over the bonnet! BUT this car deserves to have the correct wheels FFS!!
Agree, wrong rims, there should kept the stock ones
Back when Mercedes were still nice looking and reliable cars!
Are new Mercedes not reliable?
@@reshad3290 if they're made in Germany, they're not bad. However, if made somewhere else, not good either. German cars (all the brands) made a transition back in the 90's from being known for world-class reliability to being loaded with the latest technology and have embraced the concept of planned obsolescence.
I still see some older Mercedes (from the 80's and earlier) rolling around in my town but, you don't see (hardly) any in the 10-20 year old range because they become endless money pits.
Even I bought in my life almost 4 new cars until now ,but this old car still a dream for me ,well I do believe also that the old man behind the steering is one more legend ..... cheers
had one in 2000 . was from 1974 . champagne color with leather interior. one of the best cars I ever had. still gutted that I sold it . driving was so smooth and built like a tank. when you closed the doors it felt like you were closing a vault.
Só eu que fico imaginando uma viagem com um carro desse? Conforto, espaço, potência e 2 postos de gasolina. Carro Fantástico!
É impressionante quão robusto e preciso são os automóveis alemães. Mercedes é definitivamente uma das minhas preferidas , nunca tinha visto esse modelo antes , acho que aqui no Brasil nós não temos nenhuma unidade. Congrats for the quality and greetings from Brazil.
No Brasil tem algumas, já vi em SP umas três, duas pretas e uma prata
Si si !
Il en existe plusieurs au Brésil ! 🇧🇷❤️
The old girls still got some kick!
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даже через экран приятное чувство вызывает, машина тяжолая ямки ,и неровности глотает. Приятная езда. Сделана из метала👍👍👍
The speed needle's got Parkinson but it's still doing its job.
Its a cable driven speedo. They always did that.
@@242bleek of course. I used to test them with a drilling machine.
Lol
This car needs new speedometer cable, it is bound, and released, causing the hesitation.
@@242bleek They're as steady as a modern, electric-driven one when the cable is fresh. A new cable (if available!) will make it smooth again.
Amazing for a 42 year old car. I love it! Imagine that. A 42 year old car that can do this. That's Mercedes engineering. Just wow. Imagine the surprised look on everyone's faces when this is passing them and accelerating faster than many cars today even.
Anyone else notice the minivan in the rear view mirror at 7:38? It stayed right on his ass the whole speed run!
It was an x5
The most beautiful Mercedes and well made of all time
I spent 3 years in Germany from the late 70's to early 80's and saw these magnificent machines blazing around the Autobahns. I knew a German Doctor who drove (of all things) a Renault LeCar. He would push that little thing on the Autobahn and I thought if we wreck, there won't be enough to put in a cigar box. We had gone out to dinner one night and as we were leaving parked right out front was a beautiful M1. I was drooling all over myself to be in the presence of such a machine. My friend said "forget it, I am not a dentist" (they made big bucks). The owner came out a few minutes later and they started talking and my friend said get in, he'll take you for a short ride. We hit the Autobahn outside of Wiesbaden (and sorry to say this stretch had speed limits) but he put it through it's paces. Wow. What a machine. My friend was looking at a Le Car Alpina (roll cage, tweaked engine and suspension. Fortunately he couldn't fit it because he was 6' 5" and the roll bar was hitting him in the head (and it was probably a good thing because he was not a good driver). He DID get a Golf GTI. He drove that thing like a bat out of Hell and passed a few Mercedes and BMW's and Porsche's and they caught up to us but it took a little time.
If I could have any Mercedes, it would be a 450 SEL 6.9. Fast, safe and luxurious.
I was amazed how to car is so stable at 200 kmh an hour, my man doing over 200 with 1 hand, and no vibrations
We had 280S when I was a kid even that one was amazing. I loved the sound of that engine. And this one’s even better what a sound
The 280S is literally the polar opposite of this car, mechanically speaking. But they both shared the same beautiful W116 body (albeit slightly differently wheelbases).
Saw this model personally a couple of times driving . It still has an impressive performance, but back in the day it was outright crazy. You saw all these W116 Mercs stately gliding along and then this! Surely the stealthiest of all stealth "muscle cars".
Absolut spitzenklasse immer. Danke schön!
Over 200 km/h in 1978 was really good👍
Wunderschöner Daimler, ein warer Traum. Bloß diese Felgen gehören sofort in die Tonne!
Die Felgen sind echte Scheiße!
Die original Felgen sind Pflicht.
This jumping speedometer is just a Mercedes classic :)
Geil! Gestern erst im Video der Sternen Garage gesehen. Top
Mega Auto..würde ich blind kaufen👍🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Top Dingen weiterhin viel Spaß damit
I normally don’t watch videos all the way through, but this one I’m on my third time. Magnificent
Such a cool car! Epitome of the “hewn from granite” era of MB
This is the engine (M100) that powered the ‘Red Pig’. The absolute genesis of AMG. The race version had a bit more hp of course.
And that was a 6.3
@@daimlerben1666 No the Red Pig had a 6,8 👍
it still has very good performance its built like a tank and it moves this swiftly its very impressive for a car this age
I "borrowed" one of these in Cadiz in 1986, from right outside the NATO base, drove it all the way to Amsterdam over a 4 week period........Marvelous car!
3 Speed , first gear over 100 km/h.
So quiet. Top
Fantastic test! Love old Mercedes
That car is just amazing, a dream. The W 116 is just awesome and with that engine 👌👌 👌 👌
Fantástico. Um carro do ano de 1978 ainda deslizando suavemente e seguramente a mais de 200k/h. Parabéns ao proprietário.
Pode ser um carro da década de 1970, mas está rodando com compostos de pneus de 2020.
@@chrisddr3Aveva una carrozzeria da carro armato, era molto pesante........
Das beste damals was es zu kaufen gab!
two fingers with that speed!!! that's crazy
This thing sounds like a locomotive ! Really awesome that you guys get these roads in Germany, and I bet you that the accident and mortality rate is the same or even lowers than other European countries.
it's higher than some countries and lower than others. German drivers are skilled compared to some < cough cough> southern countries but there do have more accidents than some countries with speed limits and better infrastructure
Funny that the 6.9 was double the price of the 450 SEL I assume back im the day?
double?? Don't think so. The 6.9 was approximately 60% more at MSRP than the standard 450 SEL. But it was still one of the most expensive cars of it's day, rivaled price wise only by a comparatively featured Rolls Royce. You could not buy a Rolls though that rode as smoothly, had the performance the 6.9 did, or was as easy to get work done on at any MB dealership.
@@3RTracing The Rolls was class. This just looks like any other Pakistani taxi.
@@stringer-ik1pc Well, not back in the late 70's it didn't. And let me remind you of the fact this was at the time the wealthiest Americans began buying Mercedes luxury cas rather than their own domestic ones. World leaders too, everything from presidents to dictators ordered theirs. Oh yes, even Elvis Presley purchased a 600 SEL for himself.
Context. And while you are at it stop with the anachronistic "assessments" of yours. People back in the late 70's in developing countries didn't have Mercedes's as taxi cars. But the reason the old W123 is still used as taxis in many less wealthy countries is because they're incredibly reliable, rugged and can last seemingly forever - especially the diesel engines which just go on and on and on...
Unlike you.
@@paulallen8109 😂😂😂Elvis had more Bentley and Rolls Royce than he did taxis. As for dictators owning them 😂😂😂you forgot to mention Hitler... Who cares about rugged and reliability for a 'status symbol' poor Arabs and Pakistanis drive them enough said.
@@stringer-ik1pc Rolls Royce is overpriced shit. Like all British cars, they suck and are absolutely rock bottom regarding reliability.