Mercedes-Benz W111 Sedan

For our first write up for the month of June though a little delayed as the last week was quite a hectic week for me, I would like to talk about the Mercedes-Benz W111 Sedan. I’ll be talking particularly about the W111 sedan as there were coupes as well as the cabriolets sharing the same chassis code. The most distinct design of the W111 has to the rear fintail also known as ‘Heckflosse’ in German.

When you see a Mercedes-Benz with the fintail, chances are it’s a W110, W111 or the ultra rare W112. The W110s were basically the E-Class of it’s time and the W111s were the S-Class of it’s time and you can make out the difference by looking at it’s headlights. The W110s had a single round light and the W111s had a long vertical headlight which was similar to it’s successor, the W108s. The W112s instead were the luxury models known as the 300SE which came with the big 3 litre inline 6 engine. In total, there were more than 300,000 units of the W111s built which also included the coupes and cabriolets.

Being the S-Class of it’s time, the W111 Sedans certainly has a lot of refinements the high-end cars of those days had. There were three different models available, namely the 220b, 220Sb and the 220SEb, of course the 220SEb being the Bosch fuel injected models. All the models came with an optional automatic transmission and there were different trimmings on them to differentiate between models.

There are quite a number of these cars in Malaysia but unfortunately most of them are in really bad shape as the body is a very rust prone one. I’ve personally seen a workshop with at least 3 rotting away as the owners have either lost interest as it’s too expensive to do up or it was just too bad to begin with. 

The shots below is a 220S here in Malaysia belonging to a friend of mine. It's certainly one of the better examples of a Mercedes-Benz W111 Sedan.