6.3 litres: Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3

Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 - 1968

 

One of the very very hot cars of the late sixties:

250 PS, V8, 6.3 litres, faster than a Porsche 911 (topspeed over 220 km/h),

powerful (0 - 100 km/h < 7 s), expensive (over 39'000 German Mark) and exclusive

(6'526 units only)

[sources: Oldtimer Markt / Heel Press].

 

Several V.I.P.s owned one, e.g.

Gregory Peck

Dennis Hopper

Emerson Fittipaldi

Franz Beckenbauer

Gunter Sachs

[source: wikipedia]

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