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eBay: Mercedes-Benz 560SEL

by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img via eBay ::: 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEL

IF circa 1985 you had asked Porsche to conceive and build a Rolls-Royce, the Mercedes-Benz 560SEL would have been Zuffenhausen’s answer. Power without temperament. Imperial but measured. Over-engineered and nothing wasted.  Germanic to a fault but also elegant in ways that neither its forebear (450SEL 6.9) nor successor (S600) could manage.The 560SEL represents the best of a platinum era in Stuttgart.

The 560SEL pictured silver over grey (so-so color combo) appears to be a kindly preserved example with just over 70,000 miles on the clock. The seller, in particular, seems wistful about letting his big Benz go. Who can blame him.

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Fuenfkommasechs Returns! W126 Benz Site Extraordinaire

By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG via Fuenfkommasechs.de

W126 Benzers rejoice! Fuenfkommasechs has returned!

There is a lack of quality sites that cover Germany’s best efforts of the 1980s. Fuenfkommasechs was, and once again, is an island in this desert. Following an extensive and beautiful overhaul, the premiere source for W126 info is back.

A veritable treasure trove of insightful commentary, history, archival imagery, technical material, and new photography, Fuenfkommasechs articulates the grandeur that is the W126 generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class, in large, and the magnificent 560SEL, in particular.

There is one catch: the site is published in German.

Luckily, the site compensates with an early online version of ASR, if you will, providing a practical, if rough, translation tool for most any language…including English.

Given that I share with you an undying ardor for Stuttgart’s greatest of elephantine chariots, I could not help but share this most remarkable site.

Enjoy!

Linked: Fuenfkommasechs.de

It’s A Wonderful Life

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By Gunnar Heinrich

YOU know the deal.

Your girlfriend wants to see the tree at Rockefeller Center and it’s the last weekend before Christmas that you get to haul ass into the City to check it out. Granted, year after year one seven-story Norway Spruce starts to blend with the next, but that’s neither here nor there.

It’s the principle.

So, on principle, you make your way to the nearest station. And that’s where your fun begins…