1978 pre-production Mercedes S-class w126 - test and proof

[@OldBenzClub]

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[@ghettomist1575]

It’s weird how much I love this car. I wasn’t even alive when these were in production.

[@Madarauchihaaa]

Same! I’m 20 years old and I bought a w126 as my first car lol

[@benitopussolini544]

@@Madarauchihaaa And now any car you own or drive in the future will be a disappointment,nothing else comes close.im nearly 60 and know these cars inside out,I've owned around 30,the newest being a w211,and no,it just didnt compare to the real thing.

[@victoryepik]

Yes

[@jeffgavid2367]

Make Mercedes-Benz great again!

[@KaniToken]

you cant sadly. back then engineers made the decisions. today it's accountants...

[@mohammadcheema7375]

That’s a great phrase for T-shirts and hats. MMBGA!

[@friendlypiranha774]

When Mercedes-Benz fornicated with Chrysler it all went downhill.

[@andrija2296]

When conservative logic German Men became Liberal emotional males.

[@mikescorner4017]

Get rid of Daimlers board, especially this Kallenius guy!

[@cnd380sec]

The iconic and mighty W126! All modern day cars owe a debt of gratitude to the pioneering W126.

[@jenswegener6729]

Damals war ein Mercedes noch ein Statement - das beste Auto der Welt!

[@marshalllucky]

The best looking Benz ever, still looks modern today

[@lucalentini1169]

Design by italian Bruno Sacco

[@ahassen1236]

When Mercedes Benz looked like a solid chunk of metal as opposed to a standard shred of plastic nowadays.

[@ФеликсВетров]

Да,раньше машины делали инженеры,а не маркетологи,как сейчас!!!

[@АндрейМеликов-х1ь]

И металл был из руды , а не из металлолома .

[@1jz182]

テストも凄いけどこんな綺麗な映像が残ってるの凄すぎない?? デジタル技術でここまで綺麗ななるモノなんか?

[@michelledauvergne6830]

C'était l'époque durant laquelle ces voitures étaient incassables ! De formidables voitures d'une solidité à toute épreuve !

[@safariautoservice7032]

Maintenant, c'est que du plastique par tout même dans le moteur. Il n' y a plus des Ingénieurs mais des comptables.

[@mariusjivan7757]

W126....THE BEST MERCEDES-BENZ EVER THEY MADE! A DIVINE LIMOUSINE , A GENUINE BRAND ONE! THE SUPERLATIVE OF THE BEST MERCEDES-BENZ EVER THEY MADE!

[@V8_screw_electric_cars]

W116 better

[@ajk6651]

the best car ever

[@elirenigar9357]

Such incredibly well designed cars.

[@Jiffypistol]

w126 / r107 GOLDEN AGE

[@robinsattahip2376]

That's not only when Mercedes were beautiful, they wew also good for 500,000 miles. Not any longer.

[@ComeJesusChrist]

This car in metallic blue was my first Matchbox-style toy car. I also remember having a plastic pagoda SL in red. As an adult, my first Mercedes was a red 107 SL, followed by over ten various Mercedes models. However, I never owned an S-Class, SEL, etc. and and the older I get, the more I appreciate these classic designs. I cannot wait for my first big barge saloon!

[@peterhofstatter4548]

Der w126 kam 1979 auf den Markt

[@wdbwdb]

W126 💙💙

[@antiares1684]

The best S-class!

[@saadahmed129]

Mercedes-Benz s-class ❤️ 😉👍💪😎❤️w126 1979.1991

[@chenharry4848]

W126 IS THE BEST BENZ EVER MADE. PERIOD. 560SEL 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tonychavez2083]

I wonder if the durability testing is that thorough and extreme on the current late models?

[@1beck2en3ham]

The 2018 E350e have many problems.

[@sultanqasim]

I owned a W126, and currently own a W140 and C216 (related to W221). When it comes to tolerance for very bad roads, the old W126 is king. It can shrug off huge potholes and glide over rough roads better than any of the later models. The newer models are better optimized for quiet and isolation over small bumps, but the W126 is more rugged and bad road friendly. The W126 had pretty decent ground clearance and approach angles too. My old W126 300SE had 400k km on its original powertrain when I sold it last year, and it was healthy and built to last decades and hundreds of thousands of km more. In that car, I used to accelerate into big bumps and deliberately aim for potholes sometimes because it was fun to experience how the car could totally brush them off.

[@htimsid]

@@sultanqasim And what do you think of the W140?

[@friendlypiranha774]

@@sultanqasim- yes, I can relate to that. My W126 500 SE would sit all day just eating up dirt roads. But I must say one thing... My old W116 350 SE was even better still on dirt roads. It was just a huge, very comfortable but unstoppable barge.

[@CAPRICELOVER]

Between 1999-2001…..I had a W126 MB 280 SE with a set of penta wheels and a AMG Body side moldings……

[@vetdoc35]

The good old days. Today MB is rusty, oilleaking Yunk !

[@rymanh9094]

Not mine! I just put 15k into it. Totally worth every penny. Better than a new car.

[@maldridge7630]

Back then long time ago when Mercedes were honest car makers...

[@DarthWaffle.]

Hey look, the last time mercedes made good cars.

[@richardhowlett9424]

From when Mercedes Benz made Mercedes Benz. Now all they make is cars .

[@nurlan.rakhmanov.9318]

Инженерам👍🔥

[@Mydoorman111]

DPRT ZPRK Toirohhayia Gineslavia Has car used

[@KeizashiAcidRain]

when the cars were cars

[@باغيالخير-ك3غ]

I LOVE YOU MERCEDES BENZ ❤️🌹😘❤️😘🌹

[@1beck2en3ham]

The new Benz is disappointed so I came here. The design and reliability of the new Benz is bad.

[@arthurkucharew5428]

Beste Auto meine Jugend 280 Se und SEL war ganz selten zu treffen , ein einmaliges Erlebnis

[@MrSilentwater]

Damals waren das noch gute und schöne Autos und nicht so ein Elektro Mist ❤️❤️❤️

[@jimmyfleetwood1118]

A great deal of interesting info there--the roll over test was telling...the door windows were still in place. This is not great news to me--I found out how strong the bodies are in an unconventional manner. There was a monster truck event at the Oakland Coliseum about ten years ago. I came upon the used up cars at a nearby wrecking yard--one was a W126. The roof had nearly no deflection, while all the other cars were crushed down to the top of the seat backs.

[@rymanh9094]

You can easily buy a used W126 in the East Bay, I did. What an amazing car. I had no idea it was this amazing until I saw this KZbin.

[@jimmyfleetwood1118]

@@rymanh9094 You're right about the east bay--there's a good population of them. Good cars--I've had my '84 for 19 years.

[@paulhackett1313]

Thanks for posting.

[@samueldeandrade9058]

Um dos melhores já feitos sonho de consumo até hj

[@interflug4631]

класс 👍

[@angusnz7910]

Turned down a mint 500SE 5 years ago…oh how I kick myself today seeing what’s happened to the values. It’s not all about the money, but getting a frivolous purchase past the other half would have taken more than just desire into it

[@JonasOnAutos]

You can still pick them up for peanuts, I recently bought my 89 300se for $2500 cad, other than needing a bit of paint work it's a rust free mechanically solid daily driver

[@claudedarche8593]

La belle époque des BMW et surtout la Mercedes classe s ❤❤❤❤la nostalgie quand tu nous tiens

[@svenfiedler8348]

Na 1978 gab es den aber noch nicht, 1980 kam der in Deutschland auf den Markt!

[@jay.c7175]

Only One side mirror 🤣🤣🤣even bikes had 2 mirrors

[@balicnizamik]

82 Comment 23:25 18-11-2022 rusSweden

[@azaralamouri5140]

Do not sleep on your past glory, stay in the lead.

[@jasxx1108]

W126 world class quality ❤ I have owned few of these 500SEL &560 SEC KOENIG-SPECIALS WIDE BODY 🥂🥂🥂

[@craftedwithart]

didn't even exist when these were made but I love it so much. Got a 560SEL when I was 23 and it's so smooth powerful and reliable 👑

[@정재영-u6h]

벤츠 s 클래스 차하난 마 쥑이네 이정도면 대한민국 자동차 대우자동차의 아카디아 버금갈정도

[@thetruth7633]

Best car ever, period.. well maybe after the Toyota Hilux 😬

[@arbob5979]

there will be no such cars, the current Mercedes is not a car but a problem

[@OMENAKAKKU-zb6lx]

i liked it i wishd id had 450sel. 350slc and 280se

[@marioturkalj1239]

Just driver has left mirror..... Where is right one?

[@Andy_Novosad]

Stolen. What else could it be. Thanks God Mercedes logo on the hood is still there.

[@peterszalka4521]

@@Andy_Novosad He didn't steal. The standard Euro-spec Mercedes S-Class did not come with a better mirror.

[@olivierdenisard7858]

Une voiture extraordinaire dans tous les domaines

[@raulherrera2045]

ESTE AUTO Es IGUAL DE SEGURO QUÉ El VOLVO 760

[@joonaslehto4356]

NICE

[@إيناسأحمدايناسأحمدمحمد]

😢😢😢🇱🇾

[@jjadragna]

La qualité ne ment pas …

[@klauskarnath2935]

W116 was nicer

[@truckeronprivatetour4730]

Schade, dass Mercedes nie auf die Idee gekommen ist, die Autos durch Salzwasser zu fahren, um nachzusehen wo ihre Autos verrotten werden. Selbst nach 120 Jahren Automobilbau rosten die Autos weg.

[@rymanh9094]

Not in California, mine is rust free. 40 years and 250k miles later, not garaged.

[@GamingWolfZockt]

[@manuelpulido6498]

Mercedes Benz lo mejor

[@lr882027]

1:41 Drive my 380SE on those surfaces and it would fall in half. Liked the car but there was always something to fix......

[@furat1974]

زمانك ولى وانتهى

[@marcelfouquet9865]

Jenson was the first who hat an antibreaking sytnem , in the the FF type. Mercedes copied this with an electrocal way. They think they are the inventors, but they are not, they just cobied it.

[@mariusjivan7757]

Especially 560 SEL!

[@friendlypiranha774]

I had 500 SE and 560 SEL... 500 SE was the sweeter car of the two.

[@weliketoplay7848]

Es ist fast unvorstellbar aus heutiger Sicht, das selbst die S Klasse nicht serienmäßig einen rechten Außenspiegel hatte.

[@klauskarnath2935]

Das ist Mercedes Politik...die ersten W116 hatten noch nicht mal eine heizbare Heckscheibe

[@ozibizi2125]

Daimler benz möchte auch heute für bestimmte x tras money 👍 das Problem is mercedes investiert zuviel für die Qualität obwohl die autos dadurch nicht besser werden bester Beispiel w220 wurde wenig investiert die ingenieure haben trotzdem ein geniales Auto gebaut genauso c219 der kam sehr günstig auf dem markt gerade mal 45.000€ superauto // heute kostet sogar die c Klasse viel mehr 🤦

[@Freddy454x72]

now im excited