Englisch Bitte! Mercedes-Benz C107 SLC Fascination Video
- Mercedes-Benz C107 Generation: 350SLC, 450SLC, 500SLC
- SLCs were the S-Class coupe based on the R107 SL
- Fascination Videos now dubbed in English
By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG via YouTube
PERSONALLY, I can’t stand the Mercedes-Benz “Fascination” videos.
They’re a long series of shorts which dryly recycle company archive footage and cover it all with dry narrative flakes that served up in a piece so passionless, you’d get more sauce from a DMV training video.
Originally, the series was dubbed in German. Now they’ve been re-posted in English.
Danke!
But back to why they’re crap.
Probably more irksome than watching brown cars through a brown lens is the modern synching of royalty-free “period music”. What we’re left with in artistic and entertainment terms is a true snooze fest.
That said, like an encyclopaedia, a thesaurus, or the AP, they’re there for good reason.
Where else could we watch to our heart’s content recent classic Benzes on parade, in development, in crash testing, or in their – ahem- period settings?
Type “450SLC video” into a YouTube search and the first five postings are likely to be some jackals lighting up a tired, pimped out example in a parking lot somewhere in South Dakota or Hungary.
These are grand cars! Modern classics which need tender love and care. The C107 SLC, for instance, was a rally car champ in its day as well as being a svelte 2+2 luxury coupe of the first order.
I guess if we had to make a choice between senseless hoonage and corporate chalk, we’ll take the corporate chalk for its reverence, any day.
All the better now that it’s in English.
About the Author: Gunnar Heinrich is publisher of Automobiles De Luxe online and is executive producer of the Automobiles De Luxe Television series on PBS member station CPTV.
Airflowgo | Dec 2, 2009 | Reply
I always thought the 380sl was a masterpiece but the stretch version slc proportions seemed all wrong.
Great find of videos, thanks Gunnar.
Gunnar | Dec 2, 2009 | Reply
You’re not alone in your critique of the stretched version of the 107 chassis.
I agree in that the slim trunk’s proportions are perfect for an R107 SL, but suddenly two slim for the C107 SLC with a longer cabin.