1971 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3

[TheSRalston]

Amazing, this was the culprit of technology and luxury when I was born. Awesome!

[anas2912]

speedometer in MPH

approx. 6 seconds

[DranoBombCo]

Now whoever said it can't go around corners is a dumbass. No other car that long can corner or do a u turn. Try doing it with a caddy, your not gonna get fat.

[MrDodobmw]

kph or mph?

[BlackHawk2669]

@MrDodobmw mph

[steven19640]

Hope you find my film interesting. All the best Steve B

[theprof291166]

Great drag car - can't go around corners for toffee

[rc1inc]

When I was in college (1989) I drove a 1970 6.3litre 300sel around an entire summer while my dad put a new engine in my 1966 230s (4 speed stick shift w/ dual zenith carbs) that I used to drive off-road. I had that 6.3 going over 150 MPH about 60-70x that summer and I smoked a lot of 280 ZXs and Irocs on the freeway. At 150mph that car was still pushin to go faster with space. At 50 MPH it was like the powerband of KX125 motorcycle kicking in. Amazing car!!!

[desmonds22]

0-60 in 6 seconds. now thats similar to a brand new bmw 335

[2jzgtejza80]

@desmonds22

Yes, but 335i have 2 times smaller engine and fuel economy 2 times better, but sounds lame compared to this 6.3 V8

[oooswitaskiooo]

bartoszkra

to jest w mph:) wiec nie jeden nowy samochod moze sie schowac!

[bartoszkra]

przyspieszenie jak 1,4 w nowocxzesnym samochodzie ;)

[bigbzon]

The fastest i have ever gone is 185Mph(295Kph) in a 1973 Mercedes 280 SE with a 6.9 liter(417 in³)V8 from 450 SEL.

Custom built by my stephdad in the late 1970's.

[aestbird]

I have an 6.3 and I love It

[Jimbo8012]

hbgsr, if you look closely the speed is in mph. The clip starts at about 3 secs and gets through 60mph in 9 secs. The official stats for a 300SEL 6.3 were:

0-60mph(0-62mph)= 6.2 secs (6.5secs)

0-100mph = 14.95 secs.

If you don't think that's quick for a car that's 40 years old, then you're a complete idiot! This is easily the 70s equivalent of SL65 AMG performance.

[McLarenMercedes]

Especially a 40 year old car which is a sedan which can seat 5 adults in total comfort.

[audiman25]

damn that's pretty quick even by today's standards, would give a lot to have one of these.

[hbgsr]

0 - 100 kph in ZzzzZzzzZzzz

[90kar08]

You should have said that in 1968 when it came. Among the very fastest cars then. And it was a saloon!

[Homejengeneering]

Don't worry my friend, I'm sure that it puts his ricer-trash-mobile to shame any day ;)

[uglysnotnosepunk]

My awesome Civic is wayyyy faster than that old grandpa mobile. With my awesome driving i can drift better than anyone!

[MercedesBenzGKlasse]

with your front drive rice box you can't do nothin but tune it to death. This car will kick your cars ass. I'm sure you could wipe out the civic with the benz. The civic would be a pile of junk and the benz would have 2 or 3 scratches.

Drifting with an RWD car is way harder than steering, pulling the handbrake and feeling awesome because the car is "drifting"

[kombatt00]

Do Tomasz55545 Zauważ, że samochód z silnikiem M100V8 pochodzi z lat 1968-1972 miał 300 koni, wentylowane tarcze na 4 kołach, pneumatyczne zawieszenie, centralny zamek, elektryczne szyby, wspomaganie kierownicy i co najlepsze, fabrycznie 0-100km w 6,67 sekundy w najmocniejszej wersji. Nawet dziś zawstydza dużą większość samochodów więc poczytaj i pomyśl zanim coś napiszesz.

[Tomasz55545]

taka pojemność i słabo przyspiesza...

[tommysbrowncaddy]

Lovely cadilliac!

[0thingthing0]

will you shut up about stupid cheaply made cadillacs!!!!

[tommysbrowncaddy]

no!

[chinny4290]

I would hardly call an equivalently made 1969 Convertible Deville cheaply made. but I'd still have the Benz.

[jogga123]

Old people drive caddys.

[aldaloo3]

I Drive An Escalade And Im 27.

[jogga123]

What drew you to the Escalade?

[aldaloo3]

I Dont Know There Is Something Charming With That Car.

[bnz500]

Thats something my grandma would say.

[aldaloo3]

Oh Really?? Then What Your Grandpa Would Say About CTS-V??!!

[anas2912]

Very strong Car compared with new models acceleration

[mbphofan]

@anas2912 WHAAAAAT?! it went 0-60 in 13 seconds lol my minibike would eat this thing off the line.

[DummkopfRadar]

@mbphofan no not the lenghth of the whole video..it startet at 0.2 second and reached 60 at 0.8 seconds..thats 6 seconds, not 13!

[mbphofan]

@DummkopfRadar my bad, what fuckin video was i watching when i typed that? lol its clearly 6 seconds. oops

[DemoFly]

With bad headgaskets? GIT-R-DUN

[matts242424]

6 seconds fuck it! now tell me what other 2.0-2.5 ton car with 250hp can manage that? I tell you, NONE! That's what torque's made of...

[longde]

The manliness of this car is unsurpassed by no other car except the 450SEL 6.9.

[acalthu]

perhaps but off the line the 6.9 is actually slower than the 6.3. But both are still amazing cars. it's a pity that RHD versions are so rare.

[UKChris012]

its 60 km/h

[RobertFulton]

It is in MPH.

[UKChris012]

apologies, my bad. That's astonishing

[Heske1991]

the 300SEL 6.3 is faster than the 450SEL 6.9. it used a 4 speed ZF autmatic transmission, the 6.9 used a three speed automatic Borg Warner transmission, that really slowed it down

[lutzie200]

I thought Mercedes made their own autos - I will check on this. The 4 speed ones were epicyclic - they had a rougher change at time but the gears all lock up. The later 3 and 4 speeds were torque converters (smoother for the US market).

[chinny4290]

Mercedes made their own trannies. Made under teh Daimler name and not Mercedes-Benz.

[aldaloo3]

What About ZF Trannies?

[chinny4290]

ZF is their own company, just like Allison, and Getrag.

[aldaloo3]

Wow!! Thanks For The Info.

[Ruelpsgruetze]

@Heske1991

and a handshifted (optional 5 speed ZF floorshift) 280 Se W108

without heavy add ons

is even faster than the 6,3 :) I tried thst!

[Allesmussmehrwerden]

@Heske1991 that's wrong. the difference between both was the power transmission: the 6.3 had a hydraulic clutch and the 6.9 was one of the first MB with lock-up torque converter. to me it's unknown that Borg Warner ever engineered a transmission for MB. maybe some parts were taken from Borg Warner but till 1990 nearly all MB transmissions were engineered by MB! btw: the 6.9 weighs about 200 kg more, that could also explain the worse performance.

[Allesmussmehrwerden]

@Heske1991 but you're right: the 6.9 has only 3 gears.

[shelby350gt]

No ZF or borgwarner gearbox , it's mercedes benz gearbox !

[superchargedturbo]

brilliant car and now amg is reviving the legendary 6.3

[AustraliaTwo]

The AMG 6.3 today has little to do with an M-100 powered Mercedes.

[wsmith68]

Killllllllllerr!! I have watched this a million times. M100 RULES!!

[shelby350gt]

nice 0-60 mph in 6.5 second

[W123W116]

Good but short...

[acalthu]

Way too short :(

[dazaar]

why too short? Try googling "w109 6.3 0-60" and see what comes up.

[AmvC]

nice car :)