1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 c 'Adenauer' [W186.016]

1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 c [W186.016] in Nice Time, Documentary, 1957

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
sixcyl ◊ 2008-06-03 07:33
rpcm ◊ 2008-06-04 01:12	It's a [W186] - I guess it wasn't a common sight on British roads by then.
tali ◊ 2008-06-04 20:42	It was never a common sight on British roads at any time ever
Ingo ◊ 2008-06-04 20:48	It was never a common sight on German roads at any time, too. The "Big 300" was a car for presidents. In Germany it's, still today, known as "Adenauer-Benz", because the first chancellor after the war had such a car in use. There was one try to present him a BMW 501 - it failed, because Adenauer has lost his hat by entering the BMW.
chris40 ◊ 2008-06-04 22:47	I should have thought the later 300d ('Dora') would be even less dangerous to Der Alte's hat ...