W100 The Grand Mercedes 600 (W100)

Sovereign · Aug 12, 2015

Cars like these made me a Mercedes fan which I still am but I am not nearly as passionate about their current lineup as anything before mid 1990s. Mercedes was small for mass producers and big for the boutique manufacturer. Just the right balance of product mix before 1990s IMO.

DjordjeC63 · Aug 23, 2015

DjordjeC63 · Aug 23, 2015

KiwiRob said:
Which country got these after the breakup? Are they still used for special occasions?

Serbia. They are not used, and belong to army. Last time foreign official was driven in it was in 1999, Alexander Lukashenko. There are more Tito's cars that have been borrowed to Slovenia in 5 years period, for car show in 1986, but they have never returned those cars to Serbia.

KiwiRob · Aug 24, 2015

Luckily Mercedes never applied this aweful proposed facelift to the W100.

sako97 · Aug 24, 2015

^Yikes! Sales were already dropping off by that point in time, so they decided costs didn't merit a facelift. MB styling hit a low point in the mid-70s imo.

The 600 has my favorite side profile of just about any saloon. Just sublime. I'm awe struck everytime I see one in person.

hoffmeister_fan · Aug 31, 2015

When you need to pull into an event like a BAMF, and Brabus 6x6 just won't do....

http://www.brabus.com/cars4sale/car_600Pullman.html?lang=en

bin sulayem · Sep 4, 2015

Does anyone know how to dismantle window lift cylinder?

SDNR · Sep 4, 2015

bin sulayem said:
Does anyone know how to dismantle window lift cylinder?

Hello bin sulayem, welcome to the forum.

The best place to get technical help for the W100 is here:

www.m-100.cc/forum

Rainer271 · Sep 4, 2015

Welcome bin sulayem to GCF.

Wolfgang · Oct 29, 2015

From the museum @MBUSI in Vance.

https://www.facebook.com/fuenfkommasechs

Soup · Nov 14, 2015

sako97 · Dec 12, 2016

Still the best looking saloon to ever grace public roads:

Credit: Alex Penfold

mercpassion · Dec 13, 2016

^ Agreed, but for me it has to be the SWB version, the epitome of timelessness..

SDNR · Dec 13, 2016

mercpassion said:
^ Agreed, but for me it has to be the SWB version, the epitome of timelessness..

For me, the W100 is a monumental piece of automotive art. It's not the prettiest car Mercedes ever made, but it is certainly the most imposing postwar German vehicle.

I've said it before, there is a hint of French style in the classical design of the 600 due to its chief designer Paul Bracq - this is not pure German (less is more) Modernism .....and this gives the 600 its "restrained excess" it otherwise may not have had.

Recently this rare 6-door Landaulet came on to the market. There were 59 Landaulets built in total, however, this one is especially rare because it is the 'Presidential' Landaulet version (only 9 were built). The Presidential version has a slightly longer convertible roof than the usual Landaulet.

DjordjeC63 · Jan 18, 2017

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DjordjeC63 · Jan 18, 2017

Matski · Jan 19, 2017

There's an unforgiving simplicity about the glasshouse on the W100 that means the styling works pretty much however long they make the car, or whatever they do with the doors and windows. A modern Pullman looks ridiculous in comparison.

Sovereign · Jan 20, 2017

^^ The most flamboyant car ever produced...IMO. No other sedan including Mercedes saloons come close in matching the grace and presence of this car the W100. Thank you for posting photos.

mercpassion · Jan 20, 2017

^Thanks for posting all these great pictures. As for the 600 Grand, it's just sheer excellence, as simple as that. It is extremely rare that a car becomes more alluring the more you see it and this is that kind of a car imo. (in SWB Saloon form of course).