MotorWeek Review | ‘86 Mercedes 560SL

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[@tonychavez2083]

These SL's were everywhere in south florida and Miami in early 80's - absolutely "THE" car for the upper crust of society and a status symbol for most all celebrities of the time..

[@davidsherrick898]

If you were really wealthy you bought a Rolls-Royce

[@tonychavez2083]

@@davidsherrick898 R107 was a more practical car for the young rich at the time, these had just as much curb appeal and were probably more reliable.

[@relaxitsme_alex9104]

@@davidsherrick898the r107s were a really a target for yuppies in the 80s. The only convertible rolls had at that time was the archaic corniche and when you compare that car to the 560SL you’d see why the r107 was vastly popular. Even though the r107 had an equally old design even back then, it still looked very modern and fit in the 1980s for a car that was designed in the late 60s people forget the r107 was way ahead of its time in style when it came out in the early 70s. The rolls back then was honestly for old money and not a lot of young people with money flocked to the corniche

[@santiagocruz3843]

Here in California, you still see plenty on the roads!

[@tonychavez2083]

@@santiagocruz3843 mostly in so. Cal and San Diego from what I have seen.

[@Niro.C]

The R107 is timeless

[@4MATICbenz]

It's amazing how many of these R107s I still see cruising around four decades later (and usually still in fantastic cosmetic condition too). Same goes for W126 S-class of this era.

[@theotherpaulmitchell]

I have a number of r107 SLs and still drive one. Love them.

[@zenjamin6262]

They need to bring this exact car back

[@BuzzLOLOL]

With decent MPG, maybe... and a vastly lower price...

[@zenjamin6262]

@@BuzzLOLOL if your not on the gas and going down hill its not so bad

[@paulkeating1986]

Bobby Ewing loved these

[@Felipe-bv5kj]

When Mercedes-Benz were built like a tank, looked like $$, had power and were deadnutz. Reliable

[@fernandorocha8459]

Mercedes Benz SL 1980s is best classic car

[@danmccarthy4700]

5:04 nice

[@Timico1000]

227 HP? Maybe because of emission regulations? We never got the 560SL in Germany, but the 5.6l delivered 279PS in the 126 S-Class.

[@Aforementioned]

Yep!

[@davidsherrick898]

USA regulations! So sad

[@bizmyurt8582]

even 300hp. us emissions is the reason. They have lower compression rate and lower cfm intake with just one channel.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Also bad MPG compared to USA cars... 14/17 ?... '86 Monte Carlo V8 17/25...

[@KDoyle4]

The purpose of the 5.6L in the US version was to give the same performance as the 5.0L European version.

[@jeepthing98]

In 2023 dollars, this would be $144,000. No power seats or tilt wheel for that money lol

[@cherkas009]

In fact it'll be around for 120 years and it looks like the seats are mbtext not leather

[@KDoyle4]

560SL front seats are always leather. Rear seats, when equipped, are MB-Tex

[@GeeEm1313]

Leather is finally standard? Why wouldn't it be before? These were expensive, world class cars.

[@relaxitsme_alex9104]

Well I’m Europe leather wasn’t really seen as luxury and these cars had a combo of leather and plaid cloth going down the center.

[@henryovalles1163]

Grey puppon please

[@Lexrolla-1]

I prefer caviar...

[@MDavidG1]

It's not a Rolls Royce.

[@zenjamin6262]

@@MDavidG1 that's correct its much much better