Driving the vintage Mercedes S-Class ! A dream W116 350 SE V8 from 1979 - OnlyStars Mercedes reviews 

The first modern car. This car is so diferent from all thepreviuos cars! In my opinion is a masterpiece.

I have 1977 280SE which has been modified somewhere around the 90s. Now it has 5.0 V8 and transmission from newer W126 model. So the looks are from the 70s and the power and fuel economy from the 80s, which still are not too great 8-) But fun car and this W116 is not so common and especially not so desirable, yet..

I've owned 3 W116's. One Euro 350 SE with the high output 116 3.5 liter FI V8, and two 450 SEL 6.9's. One of the 6.9's , a Euro version, had an AMG version of the M100 6.9 motor. All the 116's are spectacular, well engneered, fun to drive cars.

Thank you Thomas,well done again 👍 This car is a pinnacle of German engineering in the 70's and was so advanced in all aspects. W123 aswell. Quite often in Bosnia and Herzegowina people says there is only one car, meaning on Mercedes 🙂 Regards.

Thank You! Nice reviews, I have enjoyed watching these. I have a W126, which have the same soft seats. My friend always falls asleep when riding my car. The seats on these are so comfortable (if the spings are OK). Nowadays the car seats are very tough, they don't comform your body. If the seats are designed in a bad way for your body, there is nothing about to do than change an another car.

Very nice review of a W116 in beautiful condition. As the reviewer say these are the perfect classic - old enough to look good and young enough to drive well. These were a bit "forgotten" but now many are being properly restored and their values going up.

Very good in everything. Owning a 450se, all your comments are approprieted concerning this very nice w116. The interior, the shape, the Mercedes moving, and those different atmospheres showing up . Très intéressant.. Merci!

Initially excited to see a new post BUT ANNOYED WHEN I REALISE IT'S ANOTHER RE-RUN!!!!!!

Cars peaked with the W116. It was all downhill from then on

The funny thing about Mercedes is that always come the time that you want one and the second time is one day you will own your first one! Mercedes is iconic car 🚗...

Thank you. I love my 1980 300SD.

As always , superb review and presentation. Many thanks.

My dad had one just like this, same colour!

Great review of a classic MB... 👍

some cars are beautiful, but some cars are just sweet

The best S Klass

Que carro lindo v8 . ainda essa eu wueria para coleçao

Have you heard of Pierre Hedary? You need to check him out

The W 116 is pure elegance, very distinguished, if you got one of these models, it means, you have made it in society, still today, there are a lot of W116, models, whether it is 280S, 280 SE, 280SEL, 450 S, 450SE, 450SEL, but you also have the diesel variants, the 300S, 300SE, 300SD.

Very nice

Ich hatte einen 350 SE, der mit mir 820.000 km gelaufen ist. Unvergessliche Erlebnisse hinsichtlich Zuverlässigkeit, Langlebigkeit und Komfort

Wunderbarr

I just picked up a 74 merc 450se

Thomas, would you please tell me what the name of this color is or the color Code for it? I'm restoring a 450 SEL 6.9. Many thanks!

i own w116 whata cool car but i have 2.4 diesel :;D

Do I have to be sincere? Gorbachev would hate it. That's the 280 D with its original rims and should also had been a V6 in the original plans. The 350 SE had differents rims and it was almost a 500 Sec that had been in the Desert doing some like a million miles on Diesel. Plus, it was green and not orange like those others chromium, premium tanks. The newer generation of 500 Sec never made it in time at Old Fashion with all that modern electronic. I am fifty years old, I'm not completely dumb. Was its very original carstereo an Autovox and not that copy of the Christine's movie?! Yeah, the trunk fits perfectly for dead bodies. It should be still a rear traction drive with very low grip on fresher snow. It comes with a Tribune's plate and not with Rafa's best, Roger that. I am still guessing witch paint job was in my expenses and why. Was its original roof window made of glass and the motor only to obscure to the rear seat? I don't know...

My 450 SEL seems a bit pretentious compared to this car but still a viable transportation option with 74K miles. Not much value in the US for these cars.

3:40 bullshit In those times there were a land yacht called Cadillac

No cassette player? 🙄🙄

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Geht das auch auf deutsch? Oder sind wir dem Ami schon komplett unterworfen? Das Video ist vorzüglich gemacht.