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lucky enough to drive one of these the other day so here's a shot of the dashboard facia clocks taken with my mobile phone.
W109
Replica
The Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3 was a full-sized luxury performance car. It featured the company's powerful V8 from the flagship 600 limousine. The result was one of the world's fastest 4-door cars. AMG, back then a small local tuning workshop, modified a 300 SEL to compete in racing events, nicknamed "Red Sow", which finished 2nd in the 24 Hours of Spa in 1971, putting AMG forever on the map. Its racing career was short-lived, due to the lack of suitable tyres. The car was sold to French company Matra, which used it for test of jet fighter landing gear, but it didn't survive. This is a replica.
6.834 cc
V8
428 hp
Mercedes - The Story of the Star
19/09/2025 - 22/02/2026
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
February 2026
Photographer: Victor Kovyrshin
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lucky enough to drive one of these the other day so here's a shot of the dashboard information screen taken with my mobile phone (in the dark!) hence the poor resolution.
W111
Chassis n° 111 027 12 002 266
- Mercedes-Benz's flagship model
- Matching numbers (Chassis, Engine and Gearbox)
- Only two owners and 71,800 kilometres from new
- Unrestored and outstandingly original
- Fully documented from new; all invoices available
Bonhams : The Zoute Sale
Important Collectors' Motor Cars
The Zoute Grand Prix Gallery
Estimated : € 260.000 - 280.000
Sold for € 258.750
Zoute Grand Prix Car Week 2025
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2025
'Exclusive' is a much bandied-about word in the classic car world, but it is a most apt description of the Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5. Why? Because at $13,500 in 1970 its price was not only $3,500 more than that of the equivalent Mercedes-Benz saloon but also more than double that of a Cadillac Deville Coupé! Commonplace it was not.
The 3.5-litre version of the 280 SE typifies the resurgence of larger-engined Mercedes-Benz models that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the progressive easing of fiscal constraints, which had dissuaded customers from buying cars with large capacity engines, encouraged the German manufacturer to offer bigger, more potent power units. Thus the ultra-luxurious 280 SE Coupé/Cabriolet and 300 SEL saloon were the models chosen by Mercedes-Benz to launch its magnificent new 3.5-litre V8 engine in September 1969. An over-square design featuring a cast-iron block and aluminium-alloy cylinder heads, each equipped with a single overhead camshaft, this all-new, state-of-the-art power unit produced 200bhp courtesy of Bosch electronic fuel injection and transistorised ignition.
The new V8 engine had particularly smooth running characteristics and endowed the 280 SE 3.5s with performance superior to that of many out-and-out sports cars. Thus equipped, the Coupé/Cabriolet was good for 125mph (200km/h) with 60mph (97km/h) reachable in 9.5 seconds, a substantial improvement on the six-cylinder version's figures. As befitted top-of-the-range luxury models, the 280 SE 3.5 Coupé and Cabriolet came equipped with automatic transmission, power windows, and a stereo radio as standard.
Although the equivalent SEL saloon used the 'New Generation' bodyshell, the 280 SE Coupé and Cabriolet kept the elegant coachwork that had debuted back in 1960/1961 on the 220 SE. Nevertheless, there had been some refinements made: the radiator shell was lower and wider, with a correspondingly flatter front end to the bonnet, a characteristic that has led to enthusiasts referring to these face-lifted cars as 'flat radiator' models, while the bumpers were now fitted with rubber strips. Significantly, the 280 SE 3.5 was to be the final model featuring this long-established and much admired body style. It was truly Mercedes-Benz's flagship model, representing status, luxury, and reliability. Only 1,232 Cabriolets were built, and today these last-of-the-line classics are highly sought after by discerning Mercedes-Benz collectors.
Offered with every single piece of paperwork accumulated since it left the Stuttgart factory on 21st August 1970, together with its original instruction manuals, this is without question one of the most fully documented cars Bonhams Cars has ever seen, and prospective purchasers should not miss the opportunity to inspect its exceptionally comprehensive history. A European car from new, this Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet was delivered new to Hamburg and remained in that city until 2025, enjoying only thwo owners in all that time while covering a relatively low 71,800 kilometres, which are believed to be correct. There is a list of the owners on file. The accompanying Mercedes-Benz Ausstattung reveals that this car was originally finished in white with a light red leather interior, and that it left the factory equipped with individual seats, seatbelts, fog lamps, halogen lighting, and a dark blue convertible hood. The leather of the interior and the carpets are in original, unrestored and very good condition.
According to our vendor, the Mercedes is highly original, unmolested and believed to be accident-free - while benefiting from a new soft-top. Its most recent service was carried out in 2024 and the car is said to be 'on the button'.
A rare and powerful four-seat open tourer, in a delightful colour scheme, this top-of-the-range Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet is one of the finest currently available.
W111
Replacing the Ponton with a design focused on passenger comfort and safety. Wider and squared off, with a large glass greenhouse improving driver visibility. A milestone in car design were front and rear crumple zones for absorbing kinetic energy on impact. All initial models shared the straight-6 engine carried over from the previous generation and capable of accelerating the heavy car to 160 km/h. The W111 spawned a pair of bracketing variants in 1961 : downscale entry-level 4 in-line engined vehicles sharing the W111 chassis and bodies, designated the W110.
2.195 cc
6 In-line
112 hp
Mercedes - The Story of the Star
19/09/2025 - 22/02/2026
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
February 2026