Saturday 6 August 2011

Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 – Archived Road Test

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1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5


Mercedes’ fuel-injected, ohc, small V-8 debuts.


Automobiles may indeed be sex sym­bols, as has been suggested in song, fable and the occasional serious treatise. Even so, sexiness is a quality almost im­possible to detect in most of the Mercedes-Benz cars with which we are acquainted. Granted, the old gullwing coupe was pure, purple passion on wheels; granted, too, that the new C111 has an impressively visceral appeal that may well be sexy if a racing car/space capsule mix is what grabs you. But nowhere do we see an appeal to prurient interest in the mainstream of Mer­cedes-Benz automobiles.


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