Sleeping beauty from the suburbs. But woe if awakened from hibernation. The dear neighbors would want triple glazed windows and their boring VW Rabbits back in their barn: Mercedes Benz 300 SEL W 109 with the 6.3-liter engine! 250 hp at 4000 rpm, top speed 220 km/h and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.5 seconds (factory specification). Peter Fonda once drove this Über-Benz as well as Hildegard Knef. Only 6.526 fat cats have bought one. After 45 years this one is dusty but still thirsty: 25 liters per 100 kilometers, thankfully there is a 105 liter tank installed. Mercedes Benz development engineer Erich Waxenberger let go of all restraint before its debut in March 1968 at the Geneva Motor Show and transplanted the monstrous V8 engine from the state limousine Mercedes 600 in this S-Class. And thus created the fastest production sedan in the world at that time. Mercedes-madness from the reasonable Swabia. A popular legend told about a 100 Deutschmark note the owner glued to the dashboard. Then he bet with his passenger if he can grab the ticket during a kickdown.