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NZ Benz
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: New Zealand
Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320
Posts: 2555
| NZ 560SEL
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=63009900&key=85254
Strange to find a cloth interior in the top of the line W126 in 1988, yes?  |
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jdc1244
Date registered: Dec 1899
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European market, no.
Your 140 was the first with standard airbag and I’m guessing leather seats.
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NZ Benz
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: New Zealand
Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320
Posts: 2555
| RE: NZ 560SEL
jdc1244 - 7/12/2006 9:01 PM
European market, no.
Your 140 was the first with standard airbag and I’m guessing leather seats.
I guess so. It just strikes me as strange that teh new S600 costs more than the average house here and teh 560 would have been the same and that there were no leather seats. Notice also I think that the climate controls are not euro spec? |
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jdc1244
Date registered: Dec 1899
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yeah, those are auto climate controls, an option in the European market like the leather seats - standard in the US market. Caddys and Lincolns had standard leather and automatic everything so MBs came with that stuff to compete. In the early 90s Lexus and Infiniti started selling worldwide and MB had to follow suit. |
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NZ Benz
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: New Zealand
Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320
Posts: 2555
| RE: NZ 560SEL
jdc1244 - 7/12/2006 9:29 PM
yeah, those are auto climate controls, an option in the European market like the leather seats - standard in the US market. Caddys and Lincolns had standard leather and automatic everything so MBs came with that stuff to compete. In the early 90s Lexus and Infiniti started selling worldwide and MB had to follow suit.
Oh OK, I think not having leather makes the car look very dated IMO. |
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jdc1244
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: NZ 560SEL
NZ Benz - 7/12/2006 9:41 PM
Oh OK, I think not having leather makes the car look very dated IMO.
I agree 100 percent - shame on DB for not making leather standard in all the second gen V8s at least. |
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1996_S500
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: NZ 560SEL
jdc1244 - 7/12/2006 6:01 PM
European market, no.
Your 140 was the first with standard airbag and I’m guessing leather seats.
nope, cloth was avalible for European Market for the 140, even in an S600. I dunno why....  |
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nomad
Date registered: Dec 1899
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I agree, leather is far better and velour shouldn't have been available even as an option in the flagship models (500/560)
Though, if in good condition, the velour material as seen in that 560 is very luxurious to feel with it's velvety texture
It's soft, warm and you don't slide around, it just doesn't say luxury when you look at it
Even Caddies in the seventies and eighties had velour as a cost option on some models, though the 'crushed' velour in those was far more plush than the rather staid looking benz type |
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Marsden
Classic MB
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Capital City USA
Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz
| RE: NZ 560SEL
1996_S500 - 7/12/2006 10:37 PM jdc1244 - 7/12/2006 6:01 PM European market, no. Your 140 was the first with standard airbag and I’m guessing leather seats. nope, cloth was avalible for European Market for the 140, even in an S600. I dunno why.... :cool: Note, in various limousines, RR Phantoms for instance, there was leather in the chauffeur's compartment and cloth in the passenger cabin. Cloth has its appeal when done well, although of course it's not as durable... |
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jdc1244
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: NZ 560SEL
1996_S500 - 7/12/2006 10:37 PM
jdc1244 - 7/12/2006 6:01 PM
European market, no.
Your 140 was the first with standard airbag and I’m guessing leather seats.
nope, cloth was avalible for European Market for the 140, even in an S600. I dunno why.... :cool:
...but were leather seats standard with cloth an option?
DB tailored the cars for the given market - airbags were technically an option but were de facto standard in US cars. |
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NZ Benz
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: New Zealand
Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320
Posts: 2555
| RE: NZ 560SEL
1996_S500 - 7/12/2006 10:37 PM
jdc1244 - 7/12/2006 6:01 PM
European market, no.
Your 140 was the first with standard airbag and I’m guessing leather seats.
nope, cloth was avalible for European Market for the 140, even in an S600. I dunno why.... :cool:
You mean the S600 that guy is looking at on MB world. Something is strange about that car. I think it's some kind of dealership expo or demo model. |
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jdc1244
Date registered: Dec 1899
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How about a pic or link? |
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NZ Benz
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: New Zealand
Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320
Posts: 2555
| RE: NZ 560SEL
jdc1244 - 7/12/2006 11:45 PM
How about a pic or link?
OK time to get out of your comfort zone:biggrin: .
If you don't want to see the appaling state to which some people end up at, don't go to the offtopic forum.
http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=153728 |
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1996_S500
Date registered: Dec 1899
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NZ Benz - 7/12/2006 8:57 PM
jdc1244 - 7/12/2006 11:45 PM
How about a pic or link?
OK time to get out of your comfort zone  .
If you don't want to see the appaling state to which some people end up at, don't go to the offtopic forum.
http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=153728
man, if only we could link P3 from other forums.  |
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