215 Series Coupe Leaner and lighter New CL debuts in Geneva 1999: A new generation of S-class coupes debuted at the Geneva Motor Show twenty years ago this month. Any…
50th anniversary for the stroke 8
50th anniversary stroke 8 coupe family European Expression It was late last year that the global classic Mercedes-Benz community celebrated the 50th anniversary of the increasingly collectible family of ‘Stroke…
Stroke 8 coupe 50th anniversary
50 Years of mid-range sportiness E-Class coupe predecessor debuts Stroke 8 coupe 50th anniversary. In November 1968, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the 114 model series coupes. In addition to the 250 C…
123 Coupe debuts
Geneva 1977 123 Coupe debuts The cutting-edge technology and elegance characteristic of Mercedes-Benz have always been expressed in a very special way in coupés. The three 230 C, 280 C…
March 1954: The 220 ‘Ponton’ arrives
1954: The ‘Ponton’ arrives Mercedes-Benz 220 a, 219, 220 S and 220 SE, W 180/105/128 series (1954 to 1959) In March 1954 Daimler-Benz introduced the new 220 model featuring a…
Post-war renaissance: 220 debuts
Mercedes-Benz 220 187 series (1951 to 1954) At the first Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) held in April 1951, Daimler-Benz presented the 220 model in addition to the 300 model,…
Video: Beast of the green hell at Goodwood
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One-offs: The Pininfarina 6.3
Pininfarina’s 1969 300SEL 6.3 A lamentable one-off Hoping to duplicate the success of its attractive interpretation of a 1964 230SL, Pininfarina chose the ’60s greatest sedan, the 300SEL 6.3, for…
One offs: The Pininfarina 300B
The 1955 Pininfarina 300B Creating a one-off Adenauer Coupe The general ’50s era design ethos of Italian coachbuilder Pininfarnia and that of Mercedes-Benz could be politely described as divergent. Sober…
Young Classics: 300CD Coupe
Focus: 123 Coupes A most stylish Diesel May 2012 If you strolled into a North American Mercedes-Benz dealership in the late ’70s, you would have been presented with a refreshingly…
300SE 2-doors: Worth the headaches?
300SE 2-Doors: Friend of Foe? April 2012 (Daimler Media recently published a piece on the 112 series 300SE two-doors. We’ll publish it as part of our Daimler Learning Series at…