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Karl Kling drove the Mercedes 300 SE - the most perfect car in Europe

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Created on September 27, 1961

Reading time 6min

Written by:

Heinz Kranz

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - bei den frühen Modellen sitzt der Rückspiegel auf dem Vorderkotflügel

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - Titelblatt der Zeitschrift Hobby 10/1961

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - Karl Kling testet den neuen Mercedes

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - auch "Heckflosse" genannt

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Mercedes Benz 190 D (1961) - Fachsimpeln mit Professor Dr. Ing. Nallinger

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - der Chauffeur wartet auf den erfolgreichen Geschäftsmann

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - elegant und stattlich

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - frühes Pressebild der Baureihe W 112

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - Heckflossen-Merzcedes der Baureihe W 112

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - W 112 neben seinen Vorgängern - viel Gepäck hatte im Kofferraum der Heckflosse Platz

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - Interieur - Heckflossenmodell der Baureihe W 112

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - Blick in den Innenraum der Baureihe W 112

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - Armaturenbrett einer W 112 Automatikversion

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - Motor mit drei Litern Hubraum für die Baureihe W 112

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1961) - die vorderen und hinteren Aufhängungen der Limousine

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Mercedes Benz 300 SE (1964) - für die Baureihe W 112 gab es einen eigenen Koffersatz

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - Verzylinder-Mittelklasse mit Höchstmass an innerer Sicherheit und Fahrkomfort

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - äusserlich und im Interieur den Sechszylindertypen angeglichen

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - mit geräumigem Kofferraum mit 640 Liter Volumen - auch für grosses Reisegepäck

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1962) - das Armaturenbrett war in den verschiedenen Typen sehr ähnlich

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1963) - die kleine Heckflosse auf der Landstrasse

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Summary

In 1961, Mercedes presented new saloons in the guise of the successful 220. Hobby drove the top-of-the-range 300 SE model with Karl Kling and the entry-level 190D and 190 models with Professor Nallinger. The technology was convincing beyond all measure, but the Hobby writer did not want to judge the shape. This report reproduces the original wording of the historical article and shows the 300 SE in many archive photos.

This article contains the following chapters

Technical non plus ultra in a plain guise
Safe to drive
Sporty driving even with automatic transmission
Engine with ancestry from the 300 SLR
Sports car in limousine guise
Professor Nallinger in the 190 D
Lively diesel
Better driving performance thanks to higher torque
A guaranteed hit on the European market
Even as 190 lively
Technical data and driving performance

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Royal blue and infinitely elegant, that's how it stood before us, the star among the stars. And there is something regal about it, even though it differs in no way from the 220 in terms of body shape, only externally through chrome strips from front to rear at three-quarter height of the doors, as a border for the wheel cut-outs, as well as a chrome ornament between the rear hinged windows and the rear window. But chrome doesn't do it, it's something else: the alternative bordering on snobbery is more than it seems. We are referring to the Daimler-Benz 300 SE, the new car for kings and princes of blood as well as from industry and commerce. In Untertürkheim, they have dared to clothe the automotive non plus ultra of Germania in the guise of the 2-liter Mercedes.

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