Mercedes-Benz 280SE Coupé w111 3.5 Coupe (LHD) 3.5 1969

General description : Beautiful example
Complete with original owners manual
Extensive restoration work carried out with invoices on file
Finished in Brilliant Silver with a lovely Blue hide interior
Last of the ‘Sindelfingen’ hand-built cars
The ultimate pillar-less coupe

1969 Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5 Coupe (LHD)

Introduced in late 1969 as a prestige model to supplant the somewhat underpowered six-cylinder 280SE, the V8-powered, W111-Series 280SE 3.5 in both coupe and convertible form was of immediate appeal to wealthy customers who were accustomed to having the best quality and workmanship available in an automobile, but didn’t need or desire the next step up, the over-the-top 600.

The hand-built body of the new model was slightly restyled, with a cleaner and flatter nose and radiator shell, but was still quite conservative. Beneath the wide hood there now rested a Bosch fuel-injected, 200bhp overhead-cam V8 with 211 foot-pounds of torque designed to deliver excellent performance. One reviewer referred to it as having a “hot-rod”- like persona with a lovely exhaust snarl – while meeting ever-more strict emissions laws in the US, the company’s most vital market.

The compact but sturdy engine was capable of moving this big 4/5-seater to 100 kilometres per hour in under 10 seconds and offered a top speed in excess of 200km/h, a substantial improvement on the six-cylinder version’s figures. Large vacuum-assisted disc brakes at each corner allowed the driver to slow with ease, and handling was described as very comfortable, thanks to its coil-sprung independent suspension.

The craftsmen at Sindelfingen produced just 3,270 of these 3.5 V8 Coupe worldwide with 818 cars alone built for the USA market leaving the balance of 2452 cars divided to rest of the world, making them extremely rare. Both the open and closed versions of the 3.5 were fitted with just about every luxury amenity a buyer could ask for. The few choices remaining pertained to paint and interior trim colours and which model of Becker stereo system was desired. It all added up to an impressively costly automobile. Significantly, the 280SE 3.5 was to be the final model to feature this long-established and much admired body style, and today these last-of-the-line classics are highly sought after by discerning Mercedes-Benz collectors.

Almost indistinguishable from the 280SE, because of the new 3.5-litre V8 engine it is in a completely different class. This is a wonderful opportunity to acquire one of the elegant styled pillarless coupes with impeccable provenance to match.

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1969 Mercedes-Benz 280SE Coupé w111 3.5 Coupe (LHD) 3.5 is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Surrey by DD Classics for £79950.

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Car type : Car Make : Mercedes-Benz Model : 280SE Coupé w111 Model Version : 3.5 Coupe (LHD) 3.5 Engine size : 3.5 Model Year : 1969 Sub type : Coupé Location : Surrey

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