W100 The Grand Mercedes 600 (W100)

[KiwiRob]

The old Phantoms are genuinely magnificent ......they are probably one of the last unapologetic examples of Aristocratic taste. The world is no longer run by the kinds of people that vehicle was created for ........

It's a shame the world is run by those folks, todays leaders are too beholden to money and jerked around by their financial backers.

 

[SDNR]

It's a shame the world is run by those folks, todays leaders are too beholden to money and jerked around by their financial backers.

We'll yes, it's kind of a mixed thing: Democracy has given us all much more equality and opportunity .......but we have also seen how extreme wealth without a sense of social responsibility can sometimes lead to shameless greed and corruption.

Although I do not like class systems ........it is true that the old aristocracy certainly took their position seriously and adhered to a strict code of respectability and dignity (as was expected of them from birth) ; today's (parvenu) élite often do not appear to hold themselves to the same high standards.

 

[DjordjeC63]

Mercedes club Serbia had a little tour.

 

[Wolfgang]

Vinyl is making a comeback. John Lennon had a player in his white 600 Pullman.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-music-comeback-of-2014-vinyl-records-1418323133

 

[Rainer271]

 

[Wolfgang]

Afzal Kahn wants a 600 coupe.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

I'd like velours seats to come back. @Wolfgang, do you know if it can be ordered for a contemporary S-Klasse, Designo perhaps?

 

[Rolf]

I also like velour seats, they seemed to have faded on new cars and replaced with a much more harder and courser feeling cloth, which I don't always find comfortable to sit on. The velour is warmer and softer and definitely more comfortable than other cloths. It also doesn't attract dust so easily.

 

[KiwiRob]

Afzal Kahn wants a 600 coupe.

Looks really good, makes you wonder why Mercedes never built one.

 

[Wolfgang]

I'd like velours seats to come back. @Wolfgang, do you know if it can be ordered for a contemporary S-Klasse, Designo perhaps?

MB trucks offer velours seats at present, but in the S it's only the velours floor mats. Suspect this may change if there's more demand for them.

I also like velour seats, they seemed to have faded on new cars and replaced with a much more harder and courser feeling cloth, which I don't always find comfortable to sit on. The velour is warmer and softer and definitely more comfortable than other cloths. It also doesn't attract dust so easily.

The harder cloth is called "flat weave" I believe.

Looks really good, makes you wonder why Mercedes never built one.

MB built two W100 600 coupes. One to honor chief engineer Fritz Nallinger. MB 600 guru Karl Middlehauve has also built some.

Mercedes-Benz 600 Coupe built for Fritz Nallinger

 

[DjordjeC63]

S Pullman like this would be :O

 

[KiwiRob]

I don't know if this is one of the two built by Mercedes, if it is I think it's the most attractive vehicle Mercedes has ever made.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

That Fritz Nallinger 600 Coupe looks out of this world, so beautiful and powerful

 

[KiwiRob]

Mercedes really nailed the styling with the W100, it stands the test of time and still manages to outshine any production Mercedes today. If I was in the market for a Maybach S Class I'd look for a W100 instead.

 

[KiwiRob]

MB 600 guru Karl Middlehauve has also built some.

He might be a guru but he's done some god awful conversions on the W100, the El Camino and Silver Arrow conversions are so nasty he should be banned from touching a W100.

 

[Mr Robert]

He might be a guru but he's done some god awful conversions on the W100, the El Camino and Silver Arrow conversions are so nasty he should be banned from touching a W100.

Oh, god, why did you post that for me to google!?

 

[Wolfgang]

Paul Bracq designed the El Camino.

http://www.mbgrand600.com/Page210.html

 

[Rolf]

Paul Bracq designed the El Camino.

Paul Bracq stands alongside Bruno Sacco as the finest designer of Mercedes Benz models for all time. That guy has designed masterpieces not just for Mercedes but for BMW also.

 

[fortuner]

Mercedes should go all out make a Modern version of the 600 in a normal and Coupe version under the Maybach it will be a brilliant success if made correctly with that huge grill and a great interior which MB is capable of.

 

[Wolfgang]

Suspect there are a number of 600s available, e.g. this one.

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