S-Class (W126) AMS Test - 40 year celebration of Mercedes 500SEL W126

[Merc1]

Wasn’t there a W140 600SE also?

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[Mick Briesgau]

Wasn’t there a W140 600SE also?

M

Yep, there was

 

[Mick Briesgau]

@Rolf thanks for that ams S 300SE test. Great reading and what a lovely colour.

 

[Gianclaudio]

better styling until the facelift for 1986

Did you guys in the USA get the smooth, single glass panel headlight after the facelift?
I ask, as my brother in law has a 420 SEL which sports the 5 mph bumper and smooth (not recessed/two units) glass headlight, and that confuses me a little bit.

 

[Merc1]

Did you guys in the USA get the smooth, single glass panel headlight after the facelift?
I ask, as my brother in law has a 420 SEL which sports the 5 mph bumper and smooth (not recessed/two units) glass headlight, and that confuses me a little bit.

No. We always had the light within a light unit.

M