1967 Mercedes-Benz (W100) 600 - Formerly owned by George Harrison MBE from The Beatles

[@P.Galore]

I had the opportunity to drive a 600 belonging to a friend in Los Angeles. You feel the weight but it handles well and doesn't drive as big as it is. Hydraulics are everywhere - windows, locks and even the trunk. Beautiful bespoke vehicle. These are NOT modified 280sel - every panel, window is unique to the 600.

[@anibalnikov47]

This very car appears on the recently Beatle's movie "Get Back" Episode 02, you can see George arriving at apple records headquarters on that machine.

[@ravisriram6746]

Fantastic car: possibly the best Mercedes ever. You can keep the overstyled newer ones and the godawful MB SUVs. This was from an era when cars, especially those from Mercedes, really mattered.

[@mrpdofff]

Top 3 cars ever....but not in any order are......Mercedes 600, Aston Martin DB5 and the E-Type. End of story.

[@josephp5058]

I remember seeing this car at Tidworth motors down in Bow/Hackney in the 70’s - it had so many problems no one wanted it

[@stringer-ik1pc]

I bet a Pakistani bought it, and is still using it as a taxi.

[@MichaelRuss2006]

This actual car or another 600?

[@josephp5058]

@@MichaelRuss2006 that actual car in white it was being repaired at Tidworth Mercedes at Bow East London if my memory serves me right it has novel hydraulic doors and windows

[@TheLuisg92]

Is almost impossible to believe this particular example doesn’t have A/C. Even in such expensive opulent car the A/C was optional. Today, even the cheapest car has it as standard. Times have changed, possibly weather too…

[@wontee2]

Everyone here is certain that the windows and door locks etc. are hydraulic. I worked on one as a mechanic back 60's and could have sworn that they were all pneumatically operated. I can remember hearing a compressor going in the boot when various things were operated, and assumed it was an air compressor as that's exactly what it sounded like. One thing that was really memorable was the performance, in the workshop at the same time was a Lotus Elan SE, considered to be a really fast car of the times. I drove the Lotus and the Merc. and there wasn't much between them, and I can remember thinking that the Merc. was maybe a bit faster in a straight line, but the Lotus would be a clear winner in normal conditions such as traffic or a typical bendy road.

[@simes205]

They are hydraulic not electric

[@wontee2]

A quick google reveals many pneumatic spare parts for MB doors and boot lock, including a pump motor. Maybe MB fitted different types for some reason. I've listened to enough compressor motors to know exactly what they sound like, and I know what a hiss means. Some years later a rumour circulated that car door locks could be opened by cutting a tennis ball in half and quickly squashing one half against the car door lock, compressing the air inside of the lock. Motoring forums joined in and before long reports were coming in of people opening their Allegro, Cortina, Reliant and house front door locks with half of a tennis ball. thought about it and the only car I could think of where it just might work was the MB 600

[@njh4473]

The car windows and door locks were 100 percent hydraulic no air, the compressor was used for the air ride suspension.

[@nwk-wt3ty]

George Harrison had great taste. Friar Park, guitars and cars.

[@007meus]

and wives.

[@marjanp4784]

Clothes...his 60's and 70's style was just fantastic....he was such a fashion icon...

[@Rahoorkhuitable]

Until the Maharishi said:" George , you have to get rid of all these earthly things.....give it to me!"

[@marsattacks7071]

Very nice review ! Thanks !

[@spilot1016]

That trunk close is lethal. Designed to send you into orbit.

[@sumkunt0r]

Boot close reminds me of a hungry hippo 😊

[@NickForest999]

Was able to see that in John Haynes workshop last week while they were working on my 107…it certainly has presence close up!

[@euc131]

Beautifully built car... but mega expensive parts so only worth buying if properly maintained/restored

[@Shane-zx4ps]

Beautiful car, a bit weddingly looking though, I’d prefer the Pullman that was in the excorcist..

[@CmackMacj]

Most beautiful car Mercedes happens to be my favorite car no wonder I loved George Harrison so much I have the same taste as him ' he is well missed he had a party and I was invited him and Eric Clapton had a band party and I was laughing with him he said to me you're the most beautiful person I have met in a long time I said to him oh i thought it was me who only felt that way about me he invited me to stay with him somewheres in California i thought me and George Harrison it was exciting but the bad news i turned him down. I just loved him as a person a beautiful man it probably not long after him and patty broke up he was my favorite but Paul also was my favorite i was in love with their music George was a very special man in everything about him from music to his personality. Love you George.

[@rodericklohrey1746]

Australian formula One champion Bob Jane bought a Pullman. A cabriolet,metal roof over the driver but a convertible roof over the 5 seat rear.A very stylish car.

[@marjanp4784]

What a beast!!! No wonder George had great taste...❤️

[@johnsmith1474]

This thing is an obscenity, Harrison was no doubt drunk on his wealth.

[@axeljacobs9723]

You lost me as soon as you said the boot looks like a Shadow! What Are you Smoking????🙁

[@JSDesignHK]

Exactly. 😵‍💫

[@richardmiranda640]

This is a great video! Love the car and Geo. Harrison provenance. Thank you from the people’s republic of California.

[@pereldh5741]

George had great taste in cars and influenced lots of others into buying MB’s, like John Lennon, Ringo and Eric Clapton too. It’s clear this presenter doesn’t know too much about him or his music tho.. 😄

[@Banglish123]

I thought that too. When he mentioned the cigarette lighter I was waiting for him to say "Looks like it's had a bit of use"

[@breakfastsurreal5650]

It's okay not everyone studies the lives of celebrities...

[@pereldh5741]

@@breakfastsurreal5650 Altho George was never a celebrity :)

[@ralphl7643]

I thought it weird he even mentioned the cigarette lighter. Few cars in the US didn't have them until recently.

[@philipcooper8297]

Are those electric windows? IIRC, they used hydraulic system to operate the windows.

[@jonathanmb8157]

windows are hydraulic, like the trunk.

[@brandbryce]

That was the correction I was looking for! Don't get your fingers caught!!!!

[@dennisalexanderreilly8624]

which is why they open and close so quickly

[@johnsmith1474]

Tom Hartley has a 600 Pullman for sale "once owned by Lennon & Harrison" right now.

[@flippert0]

I saw a 600 one or two times in my life personally. First time in 1988 by chance on the autobahn. And despite the production had already ended seven years ago, this car was not only one of the fastest back then (only Porsche could match), but it had the greatest presence of all cars I've seen so far. Really big SUVs weren't a thing yet in Germany.

[@gene978]

POSH! Notice: Head rest in the rear seat and none in the front. hmm. They may have been an option in 1967. LOVE This type of presentation

[@niconesta8566]

This makes me sob about todays designs, esp luxury vehicles. My, this is a pretty car all around, simple yet so perfect.

[@TheAtstube]

Very nice years all the way up to 1971, I like the 280

[@jeffyu8854]

Love this car.

[@mohmoudfarah1897]

Informative; thank you for sharing it with us. Oh btw, I take a Left-Hand Drive version of it.

[@PhantomWoIf]

what a wonderful classic looking car, the W100 and the color is interesting too, i dont think there is many of them left over in that white color.

[@ronpage1994]

Everything’s cool with this bloke.

[@goral705]

STYLE!

[@6th.replicant577]

David Bowie owned one, too.

[@chaimshamza5850]

it was the best, thats why people chose one.

[@bluebear6570]

It´s really a pity that Mercedes gave up on their signature design features in favour of contemporary, but generic ones. Put a Kia badge on a Merecdes and everyone will say it´s a Kia.

[@shelleyharris2850]

That color was the same as the 420 SEL I owned, palomino interior

[@realkontrols.r.o.8471]

Who knows, may be the famous German composer, pianist and singer Udo Jürgens, who was 10 years older than the famous English composer, guitarist and singer George Harrison, influenced him to buy, drive and enjoy this wonderful luxury long limousine. And may be, the famous English singer and actress Marianne Faithful referred in her song Lucy Jordan to this long white car that waited past the crowd?

[@MrMightyytau]

The Maserati Khamsin, Bora and Merak and 4.9 Indy uses some of the 600 Bosch micro Hydraulics

[@sputumtube]

Beautiful vehicle to be sure, but this isn't a review, it's just name dropping in order to sell it.

[@JSDesignHK]

Bingo.

[@Backwardlooking]

Contrast this with the garish contemporary Mercedes designs.

[@MercOne]

The very definition of a tank. Greatest Mercedes sedan, like ever.

[@publicidad420]

Is the car turned on when he uses the hydraulics? If don't I believe that there is a pressure limit to use those amenities when the car engine is turned off

[@colingarner6175]

Two hands firmly on the steering wheel ! 😮

[@bestbox8376]

Nice color brand new car i hope to drive same car Or pullman

[@admiralsemmes6939]

Where was this videoed? Southern England?

[@wollaminfaetter]

Did you say that this badass has electric windows?

[@tjm3900]

I think he should have said Hydrulic powered windows.

[@rogerbear60]

I'm curious about the hood (bonnet) release being on the passenger side of the car. In the U.S. the release is always on the driver's side. I wonder why it's on the passenger side?

[@ralphl7643]

They didn't bother to move it for the British market. It's surprising they made any RHD ones at all. The Queen wasn't going to buy one.

[@guyspooner4580]

Interestingly another white RHD 600 has just come on the market, also claiming to have been owned by George Harrison (who bought it from John Lennon). Different registration. So there seems to be some confusion.

[@MrPhotodoc]

Massive, Large, Enormous...

[@jimsmith1856]

Look under the dash see if there's any acid.

[@elediablo]

The Malaysian Sultan in the State of Johor ,Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar is said to own 7or 8 mix units of this pullman 600

[@lenny108]

7:30 seems the car was made for people who would never even touch the door handle what to speak of sitting on the driver's seat. In Germany for example only CEOs would own such a car who were providing well-paid jobs for thousands of employees. The employees would feel proud working for such a boss. There was no envy because they got paid very well. So why has this cult disappeared? It is plain and simple, there are no more such companies where thousands of people are well-paid. Even the Amazon owner Jeff Bezos drives Honda Civic because he knows that his minimum wage employees would freak out when he drives up in a fancy limousine.

[@danielesbordone1871]

That is a real and proper Mercedes.

[@londonman8688]

great car.. what price is expected ?

[@JustFunandGames]

Sold for £145,000

[@lonewarrior1543]

Would have been nice to actually find what the driving was like....not interested in the buyers...bit of a fail really

[@terrygoodman9782]

Worked on it and driven it 1968 9.

[@MichaelRuss2006]

George's actual car or another 600?

[@terrygoodman9782]

Worked at mercedes benz brentford.1964 1971.Was always in for repair. Also lennons white Pullman.Good times.

[@nedcoburn6421]

John Lennon owned Rolls Royces, Bentleys and Mercedes-Benz.

[@TheLuisg92]

No 600 review would be complete without mentioning the morbid association of this car with dictators and the mafia. This car is good enough and interesting on its own; there is no need to keep telling the dark aspects of the people who bought it when it was brand new.

[@danielmarshall4587]

"electric wndows all round"..... oh dear.

[@z978ady]

In 1967 USD that would have sold for a little over $20,000 loaded out the door?

[@paulpan2553]

Hydronic windows not electric

[@edwinblank58]

Absolutely right!

[@westhavenor9513]

You mean hydraulic

[@daviddalby9699]

I when to the bungalow and hered Abbey Road before it was released

[@LeonThe4th]

Wow...just Wow...SO jealous😌

[@daviddalby9699]

I have been in that car . With Terry dorran .

[@ralphl7643]

There isn't much space above his head in the back. No tall dictators wearing hats.

[@rory693]

No one with skinny jeans and trainers should be even test driving a W100

[@kielbasaglen6843]

I had to turn the volume down because I thought the guy was a real putz.

[@Giddykippa65]

the windows seats and boot aren't electric they're all hydraulic

[@Philip.Magnusson]

Can't believe it only sold for 145,000 pounds! A regular 600 is at least 100,000 pounds! And if I'm not wrong this was the very car that when it was restored, it was the most expensive car restoration in the world.

[@hamadmirza7325]

is their seats are very soft cushion or firm?

[@Licenciadopedro]

Are you sure it's George Harrison's MB 600? Isn't it John Lennon's MB 600? George had a Grey MB 600, he might had had this one too, In those days Rolls Royce was as always very luxurious but Mercedes Benz 600 was used by the cool people in England, John Lennon, George Harrison, the hip series Department S, the TV comedy show The Goonies and in USA Elvis Presly and Hugh Hefner. Elvis Priestly shot the car and I heard that it was sold with the shots but the restored to its original state. Also bad guys bought the MB 800, Yugoslavian dictator Tito, North Korean Dictator Kin, Uganda´s dictator Idi Amin Dada, and some nice world rulers like the Pope, West German Chancellor and the Shah of Iran

[@gotham61]

John Lennon's 600 was a long wheelbase Pullman, also in white. Ringo had a SWB also. Paul was the only Beatle who never owned a 600.

[@reljaradojicic4519]

Don't be stupid. Yugoslavian "dictator" was very good guy. One of the biggest leaders of last century.

[@Licenciadopedro]

@@reljaradojicic4519 Don't call me stupid. Whenever you call someone stupid look at yourself in the mirror and there you'll see who is stupid.

[@eight-cloudspurple5871]

The Official car of German Engineering, timeless masterpiece, and His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, lord of all the beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and conqueror of British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular

[@rodericklohrey1746]

Ah yes,the man who upon meeting Queen Elizabeth the second called her "Mrs Quinn".

[@shelleyharris2850]

Was that 23 on the speedometer

[@MrMortenf]

Price ?

[@computerjantje]

as this is not an British car, the steering wheel is on the wrong side.

[@lesklower7281]

The 600 pure luxury has quater windows and ashtrays with a cigar lighter my 1997 hi lux ute has these luxury appointments

[@gglen2141]

It also has 4 wheels and steering wheel. Difficult to tell them apart.

[@robertd4468]

Imagine no possessions.

[@davidhynd4435]

Very large. Very German. Very thirsty.

[@juusohamalainen7507]

Who is George Harrison?

[@MG-qo2ok]

No AC !!!???? I'm surprised that AC wasn't standard fitment

[@rjnation5042]

Remember this car was the dealership display car, it looks like it's in poverty spec to me, I've owned mine since 1990, Rj in Oz

[@gglen2141]

AC was a big deal back then. A lot of people didn't even know what it was back then. My Dad ordered a 230-6 from the factory back in 1969 and had it shipped to Rajasthan (long story). The car was $2,300 and AC was another $800. One third of the purchase price.

[@russcattell955i]

I'm sure I saw a finned A/C compressor under the bonnet, or was it the hydraulic pump ?

[@foxxster3565]

Can’t see any air con controls and he didn’t mention it so I guess it doesn’t have it.

[@gotham61]

All 600s came with standard automatic climate control with air conditioning. You can see the controls @ 9.43. The oblong panel and the round knob to its left.

[@jackh5489]

Pneumatic windows, not electric and what happened to the soft close system. Gingerly skipped past the gauge, that adjust the ride firmness.... Clarkson vs May private cars, have a much better look into the world of the Pullman....

[@21stcenturyozman20]

Hydraulic, not pneumatic.

[@wontee2]

Yep, Pneumatic. You could hear the compressor working in the boot.

[@mrconstable1908]

How amusing that 14 Idiot don't appreciate this magnificent vehicle, or understand they extraordinary level of engineering it took to create it.

[@ralphl7643]

The winning bid was 145,000 pounds.

[@flyinghedgehog3833]

Plenty play in steering

[@rodericklohrey1746]

MBenz did not use rack and pinion steering,so play is a given.

[@MrTiti]

1:15 who is j k ?

[@ale16_69]

Jason key, singer of jamiroquai.

[@MrTiti]

@@ale16_69 thank you

[@gotham61]

Jay Kay. He owns the ex Coco Chanel car.

[@MrTiti]

@@gotham61 thanks a lot!

[@jorgefonseca9225]

When the really MERCEDES BENZ made a best car's 👌 today only piece of crap electronics sensors, plastics, etc... never ever MERCEDES made car's like that the last great car made it was finished in 99 (W140) after that day only crap vehicles 👎👎 ROLLS-ROYCE also are a really fucking good car👏👌👍👍 a silver spirit 👏 👍 great vedeo and great explanation for the people never driver that beast or never hear about that (W100) 👍 👏 cheers from Norway

[@JSDesignHK]

No, the windows are not electric, as you state. The wheel covers are not original or correct for the year, ditto the tyres. If you think that a 600 could be mistaken for a Cadillac or a Silver Shadow, then you need a new occultist - each is unmistakable. Although I don’t doubt your enthusiasm, the dumbed-down style of this video really lets the car down.

[@THIRSTYGUMS]

stunning car , shame about the chrome rust-smugglers on the arches... cant stand those

[@gotham61]

Those were standard factory fitted on the 600

[@THIRSTYGUMS]

@@gotham61 yeah i know... just dont like them, in the 90s and 2000s they were everywhere, used to hide big scabby rust holes

[@fidelcatsro6948]

240hp from a whopping monster 6.3litre kettlepot? lets add a twin supercharger to it and squeeze 600hp out of it!

[@fludeball]

Let’s not.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@fludeball arrgghhh but i want a 6litre to go like a 6 litre!

[@fludeball]

And I want it to go like George’s All Things Must Pass album- horrendously bloated and proceeding with dignity.

[@DejaView]

I have only ever seen one of these cars up close. Have not thoroughly studied them but various times & places I have seen ratings of 247HP, 250HP, 300HP. Not sure what accounts for the differences. Were the early cars 250 & later ones 300? Starting in the early 1970s. USA required NET HP ratings. Does that account for the unusually low number? Also, given the weight of these cars, low end torque, rather than the highest possible HP may have been one of the design parameters. But I have long suspected, however, that these engines are seriously under-rated. Consider the following. Rated 247 (250) HP at only 4000 RPM. By the tach, red line appears to be around 5000, and that seems low for a Mercedes. In the smaller cars the 2.8 litre (170 CID) 6cyl. Produced 180 (gross HP) & the 3.5 litre (215 CID) V8 produced 215 (gross HP). Given that the two smaller engines were capable of 1HP/cubic inch or greater AND that Mercedes had experience with racing engines in the 1950s that produced 100 HP/ litre of displacement, do you really think this approx 386 CID engine was only good for 250HP? Wouldn't surprise me if it was closer to 350/400. Same engine in the smaller (approx 4000 lb.) 300SEL was competitive with American muscle cars in the late 1960s. 250HP wouldn't have cut it against our engines. The heavy 600 may not go like a rocket but even at that size & weight it was no slouch. AND they weren't all out of breath at the end of the quarter mile. The top speed was well up there too and that necessitated having some serious HP just for the wind resistance. Interestingly however, Jay Leno has one with a supercharger. Don't think he ever gave any info on actual performance of his versus stock engine though...

[@MegaPunisher777]

The boot is a finger guillotine

[@WSNO]

I've got John Lennon's

[@Paravantos]

The windows are not electric. They’re hydraulic! This guy repeatedly fails in lot of the videos on automotive Terminology.

[@jamesstuart3346]

You say you want a revolution? I want a great big capitalist imperialist pigmobile

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

It doesn't have air suspension, but Citroen derived hydraulic suspension

[@edwinblank58]

No, the W100 had air suspension (Luftfederung) like the 300SEL 6.3. Only the 450SEL 6.9 had the Ciroën system.

[@21stcenturyozman20]

It sure did have air suspension, not hydraulic.

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in EU :-( In Germany the Green party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing petrol stations to only one single state operated central gasstation per city or county. :-(((

[@Czechbound]

This video adds nothing new, and is 90% filler faffing. Avoid

[@markahomer]

If Hitler had survived he would have no doubt ordered a 'custom' convertible version....

[@cliveedwards2958]

Made me laugh :D thanks

[@joachimkniprath7005]

@@cliveedwards2958 Hitler would have preferred AUDI fomerly known as HORCH which was his favoured car.

[@verdict1163]

Who cares about some giant limo that you can't park anywhere. W108/W109 sedans are much more interesting

[@MICHGO1]

LIMO'S AREN'T PARKED, THEY DROP OFF THE OWNER AT THE DOOR THEN DRIVE OFF TO A PRIVATE GARAGE.

[@raycroal]

rolls royce were junk back then and they were no rival to the 600 get real man

[@paulgabolinscy2502]

Hardly

[@jimstanage7670]

Boring script, lifeless commentary = very disappointing.

[@stringer-ik1pc]

That's one expensive Pakistani taxi. Hideous vulgarity designed to appeal to the yanks.