This next feature is almost a Bracq Friday feature, but ultimately the W111 sedan design is attributed to Friedrich Geiger, but who’s counting anyway? Monsieur Bracq did, however, design the coupe version of the W111 and was probably involved with the sedan as a junior designer at the time. Find this 1964 Mercedes-Benz 220 SE W111 […]
The W111 coupe was built from 1961 to 1971 and it overlaps production of the W111 and W108 sedan chassis. The later (post ’65) W111 coupes could be considered a W108 coupe, but the two door versions offer an immensely long hood and graceful rear glass shape at fairly high price point…unless they’ve got some […]
Let’s kickoff our celebration of Bracq Friday with a classic Paul Bracq designed coupe from Mercedes. Not the SL, because you need to be a banker or a gangster to afford one of those, but the still expensive W111 Coupe. The W111 coupe was built from 1961 to 1971 and it overlaps production of the […]
It rubs the carnuba wax on the paint or it gets a busted coolant hose again. There was a time when this ’78 Chevrolet Blazer was a young SUV with dreams of 4×4 trails on his mind, but after years of systematic abuse and it had a sort-of identity crisis that caused it to go […]
The Mercedes-Benz W111 chassis will be forever remembered as the Heckflosse, for its small fins in the sedan version, but it could as easily be remembered for introducing the world’s first front & rear crumple zones or the use of Mercedes’ patented retractable seat belts. Drive a W111 sedan today and it won’t make you […]
Driving a Mercedes-Benz W111 is a pleasure that few will ever experience, not just because a limited quantity were built or remain, but also because prices have edged into serious collector levels. The cabriolet version is not affordable even in rusted hulk shape, but the coupes show up from time-to-time at reasonable prices and today’s […]
The Mercedes-Benz W111 was the equivalent of an S-Class Mercedes in the mid sixties and has gained the nickname Heckflosse (German for Fintail). Technically the rear fins were called peilstege (German for sightlines) and weren’t designed for aerodynamic stability, but to help the driver find the ends of the car when backing up. We would […]