1968 · MERCEDES-BENZ · 280 SE COUPE (W111)

Mercedes-Benz
280 SE Coupe (W111)

Light Red · Inline 6 · Automatic

SOLD

BICESTER HERITAGE

VEHICLE DETAILS

YEAR

1968

MAKE

Mercedes-Benz

MODEL

280 SE Coupe (W111)

MILEAGE

113,500 miles

COLOUR

Light Red

INTERIOR

Black

ENGINE

Inline 6

CHASSIS / VIN

111.024.22.000084

REGISTRATION

RRD 238G

STATUS

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ABOUT THIS CAR

THE MODEL

Introduced at the 1959 Frankfurt Motor Show as a replacement to the then outdated ‘Ponton’ series, the Mercedes-Benz W111 – as it was internally known – was a flagship luxury 4-door saloon designed to compete with the likes of Rolls-Royce and Bentley.

Pioneered by Béla Barényi, its design and construction was not only aesthetically forward thinking – its famed rear tail fins, or Heckflosse, being the most distinctive feature – but also technologically innovative, introducing a number of important safety advancements:

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