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Mercedes Benz 500 SEC W126 . #w126 #w126amg #w126coupe #w126mafia #w126sec #mercedesbenzrussia #mercedesbenzcoupe #500sec #500secamg #mercedesbenz500sec #sclasscoupe #sclasscoupé #sec500 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBOK7egPdz/?igshid=ch52sd91su07

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The Mercedes #W126Coupe was the long-overdue successor to the W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe - out of production for almost a decade by the time the big new coupe debuted at the 1981 Geneva show. The C107 SLC had filled the gap during the 1970s, but the “stretched” SLC, with its roadster origins, was never really the same kind of car as the old SE coupes. The C126 was a return to tradition. - The W126 was two generations removed from the W111, and thoroughly modern car, though evolved from its W116 predecessor. Bruno Sacco’s styling reflected this evolutionary approach - the 126s looked sort of like the 116 and 123, but cleaner and more modern. The Coupe was long and graceful, and a hardtop like its predecessors, but much roomier than the SLC. - It differed, too, in scope from the four-door W126s, which could be optioned with a market-spanning range of sixes and V8s. SEC coupes were V8 only. The W126 sedans might have been mass-market in their lower end forms, but the Coupes were meant for plutocrats, and in the USA the choices were limited. The car debuted as the 3.8 liter M116 V8 380 SEC - arriving at the end of 1981 as a 1982 model, then morphed into the 500 (’84-’85) and the 560 (’86-’91) variants, each one faster than the last. - The 500SEC was considered a big improvement when it debuted, but the king of C126s, at least as far as mainstream U.S. models, was the 560SEC, which replaced the 500 in 1986. From the outside, the most obvious change as up front. The 560 brought with it flush “aero” lamps. Previously U.S. models had to make due with sealed-beams in plastic housings, but even the new flush units were not 100% identical to the preferred (and better) Euro-spec units. Many cars later had Euro lights swapped on. - Underneath, the M117 V8 powered 560 packed nearly 240hp in its 3,800-lb. package, a big output in 1986 and comparable to cars like the 5.0 Mustang. That was a 50+ hp bump from the 500 and gave the big coupe real speed for the day. Refined, long-legged, and bank-vault quiet, then as now the S-class’ premiere coupe was a very expensive car - nearly $59K before options in 1986 (adjusted for inflation, 2020’s S coupe is cheaper), but it was built to last. https://www.instagram.com/p/B63U2j-lKfI/?igshid=wkkb4q1nnxs1

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The Mercedes #W126Coupe was the long-overdue successor to the W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe - out of production for almost a decade by the time the W126 coupe debuted at the 1981 Geneva show. The C107 SLC had filled the gap during the 1970s, but the roadster-derived SLC was never really the same kind of car as the old W111 coupes. - The #W126 was two generations removed from the W111, and thoroughly modern car, though its W116 predecessor had been no slouch. Bruno Sacco’s styling reflected his evolutionary approach at #Mercedes - the W126s looked sort of like the W116 and W123, but cleaner and more modern. The Coupe was long and graceful, and a hardtop like the SLC and W111 coupes before it, but much roomier than the SLC. - It differed, too, in scope from the four-door W126s, which could be optioned with a market-spanning range of sixes (including a U.S.-only diesel, one of the few times a Diesel was available in NA but *not* Europe) and V8s - SEC coupes were V8 only. In the U.S. that meant first the 3.8 liter M116 V8 380 SEC - arriving at the end of 1981 as a 1982 model, then later the 500 (’84-’85) and 560 (’86-’91) variants, each one faster than the last. - After 1985, all U.S. S-class coupes were 560SECs, with the rare 420 SEC not being offered in North America. Before 1986, U.S. models had a slightly different look up front - the regular flush “aero” lamps were not yet legal here, so seal beam units in housings replaced them. - Refined, long-legged, and bank-vault quiet, then as now the S-class’ premiere coupe was a very expensive car - $53,570 before options in 1983 (that’d be $138,113 today - ouch!), but it was also built to last. With proper maintenance, they’re capable of interstellar mileages.  - The initial 380 version was only offered for the first two years in the U.S. Because it’s successors are appreciably faster (particularly the 560) - and because the U.S.-spec 380 used a trouble-prone single-row timing chain (a matter of some debate with Merc specialists), this version of the car is the least frequently seen and the least pursued by enthusiasts. #MercedesBenzUSA #Mercedes380SEC #W126SEC #ClassicMercedes #1983 #Eighties #Coupes #ig_autoshow #MercSEC (at Ray's Boathouse, Cafe & Catering) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHVkDUlXyb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q9aa420xw6uk