The family of executive cars of the Mercedes 600 brand could be more correctly called a dynasty, the history of which began back in 1924 with the release of the Mercedes 140 PS limousine. In 1926, the automobile company Mercedes was renamed Mercedes-Benz, and under this name exists to this day. In 1930, a series of Mercedes-Benz 770 cars, intended for the top leadership of Germany, was launched.
Then several more models were developed, and although their production took place in the conditions of the most severe post-war economy, all the cars adequately represented the German automotive industry at car dealerships and international exhibitions. Finally, at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1963, the Mercedes-Benz W100 was introduced, the first model in a long line of "six hundred" Mercedes. The furor was amazing,
representatives of the Mercedes
trading company were inundated with applications for a new car. The line of people who want to buy a Mercedes 600 lasted four years.
The prestige of the car just went through the roof. The owners of the Mercedes 600 car at different times were Elvis Presley and the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor, the Greek billionaire
Aristotle Onassis and the famous Beatle John Lennon, the main official of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev and many other celebrities.
Mercedes 600 was assembled only by hand and was available in two versions - a standard limousine and a long one, based on the Pullman chassis. There was also a modification for a Lando-type convertible, in which only the rear of the roof leans back, revealing the passenger sector of the cabin. The long Pullman saloon provided ample opportunity for a multitude of combinations of seats, bars, coffee shelves, and even small wardrobes.
Mercedes 600, the characteristics of which were unattainable for other cars, was out of competition until 1991. There were several attempts to create a worthy successor to the famous Mercedes, but they all failed miserably. Only in 1991 there was a breakthrough, at the Geneva Motor Show was presented
Mercedes W140 with the latest V12 engine and countless technical innovations that were in the cabin, and under the body, in the trunk and on the ceiling. Each engineering surprise, however, had its own functional significance, and there was practically nothing superfluous in the car. So, the legendary W100 has a “heir” in a straight line in the face of the promising W140.
Around the "six hundredth" W140 there was no longer such a stir as accompanied by the appearance of the W100 in 1963. But still, interest in the new car was huge, although many Europeans were stopped by the exorbitant
dimensions of the car, as well as its sky-high cost.
In 1992, the production of W140 was put on the conveyor in two relatively inexpensive modifications, for the sake of the immutable market laws. The car had to be sold, and buyers like Elvis Presley or Jack Nicholson were gone. So, the representative class Mercedes available to the average buyer began to roll off the assembly line. Currently, the Mercedes 600, the price of which varies from 180,000 to 400,000 rubles, is in fairly high, steady demand.