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By: Benzlog » Augenwischerei?

Benzlog » Augenwischerei? — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:50:54 +0000

[...] Scheinwerfer-Reinigungsanlage ist immerhin DAS Symbol für “Benz’ Golden Era of Over-Engineering” (Gunnar Heinrich, Automobiles De Luxe). Die Restauration ist [...]

By: Johannes Schlörb

Johannes Schlörb — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:36:00 +0000

Very nice listing!
As for the speculations about Sacco, which came up: AFAIK he had already been involved in the design of the W116, although not in a leading position. From the 126 on he had been “Leiter der Hauptabteilung Stilistik” and had been in charge of the overall designs since just very recently, one might think if you look at this here: http://www.fuenfkommasechs.de/temp/bruno_sacco.jpg
As you can see, he apparently even designed the CLK, which is yet such a fresh face in the whole model line-up.
As for his 560SEC: he has already sold that one again in 2007, AFAIK. I’ve read about this in the forums of the official S-Class Club.

By: J

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:52:00 +0000

When I bought my C the service manager commented that that model had traditional MB reliability. The W140 & W210 were both in mid model cycle.

I’d leave the W140 off and replace it with the 250/300 S/SE of the late 60′s early 70′s and swap the W210 for the W124, which is a seminal model for MB.

By: steane

steane — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:11:00 +0000

I agree with Gunnar’s list. I didn’t / don’t like the styling if the W140 but appreciate it for what it was.

By: Gunnar Heinrich

Gunnar Heinrich — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:19:00 +0000

Sacco definitely drew the W126 and W140. The latter he later discredited as being two inches too tall. According to a recent article, he purchased a 560SEC to own.

The W210 did have reliability issues and wasn’t all that safe structurally in the onset. I agree that the W124 was a better made series and had legends of its own (500E, E320 Cabrio), if it were on this list it’d be number 11.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:05:00 +0000

Agree with everything except the W210. That model came at the start of MB’s reliability issues, and I’ve known people who’ve had some fairly serious problems with that generation. The W124 series was a much better car, even if it wasn’t as advanced styling-wise.

By: gotleib1

gotleib1 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:38:00 +0000

This is one list I can certainly agree with! I wonder how many of these cars are designed by Sacco. I read an interview of him a while back and he is one interesting and brilliant designer.