[W126 Coupe] Now this is REALLY something!

[Gary Green]

I would have loved to hold onto mine.  But alas, the flood waters got'er a couple of years ago and I have been casting about looking for a reasonably priced replacement ever since.  Just last week, I thought, I found something to tie me over, a, supposedly, pristine 91 SEL, but even that fell through.

The search continues.


 On Tue May 15  7:44 , Dawid Loubser <dawidl at solms.co.za> sent:


>I'm not sure if you know this, but this is actually a MB concept car  

>that is more than 10 years old, it heavily influenced

>the design of the previous generation S-class, as can be seen by the  

>headlights. It also heavily influenced the

>previous generation CL, as can be seen by the overall body shape and  

>roofline.

>

>I never liked this concept car all that much, although certain  

>details are nice. But it is clearly not a typical Benz,

>just a bit of fun by their forward-thinking engineers and stylists -  

>in an era where their design wasn't as forward-thinking

>as it used to be, IMHO.

>

>Dawid

>

>Somebody on this list once said that the SEC shape will age like fine  

>wine, and I am tending to agree with it.

>Hang on to yours, in 10-20 years it'll be a highly desirable classic  

>methinks.

>

>

>On 11 Mei 2007, at 4:10 nm., richard jaffe wrote:

>

>> Looks like the MB stylists have been overly influenced by the "pimp  

>> my ride" mentality as promoted on shows like Unique Whips on Speed  

>> Channel. The focus group apparently consisted of NBA players and  

>> Rap/Hip Hop "artists". Just goes to show how good the SEC design  

>> really is - thanks Bruno Sacco.

>>

>> Rich Jaffe

>> 85 500SEC Euro 260k

>> 83 300SD  194k

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