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Created on January 5, 1964

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Clauspeter Becker

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1964) – auf einem zeitgenössischen Farbfoto

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – mehr Chrom unterscheidet den "S" vom normalen 220

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) - durch den längeren Vorderwagen vom kleineren Vierzylindermodell zu unterscheiden

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) - Ansicht von schräg hinten und oben

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) - Das riesige Volumen des Kofferraums wird an dem aufgebauten Koffersatz beeindruckend dokumentiert

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – massgeschneidertes Kofferset

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Mercedes-Benz 220 (1959) - Die weit öffnenden Türen ermöglichen den bequemen Ein- und Ausstieg

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) - Blick in den großzügigen Innenraum

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – Interieur mit gepolstertem Armaturenbrett und "Fieberthermometer"-Tacho

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – senkrecht stehende Scheinwerfer wie beim 300 SL Roadster

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – Innenraum-Entlüftung an der C-Säule

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) - Tankstutzen unter dem klappbaren Nummernschild

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – auf dem Flugplatz

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – im Donautal

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – im Hintergrund das Kloster Zwiefalten

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – im Donautal

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – elegant mit Zweifarbenlackierung und Weisswandreifen

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – in Schwäbisch Hall

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – am Ufer des Kochers bei Schwäbisch Hall

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1960) – würdevoll und repräsentativ, auch in der Natur

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1959) – kurz vor der Steilkurve auf der Einfahrbahn in Untertürkheim

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1960) - ausgestellt auf dem Genfer Automobilsalon 1960

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Mercedes-Benz 220 (1959) – die Hinterachse mit Ausgleichsfeder

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Mercedes-Benz 220 (1959) – die überarbeitete Hinterachse

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Mercedes-Benz 220 (1959) – Ansicht der hinteren Eingelenkpendelachse mit tiefliegendem Drehpunkt und Ausgleichsfeder

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Mercedes-Benz 220 S (1965) - Durchsichtszeichnung

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Mercedes-Benz 220 (1961) – mit sehr grobstolligen Reifen in Südeuropa

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Mercedes-Benz 220 (1959) - Baureihe W 111

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Mercedes-Benz 220 (1959) – abgeschrägte Rückleuchten und nur einfacher Stossfänger

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – gefolgt von einem 220 S mit Vergaser und einem "nackten" 220

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – Vorserienfahrzeug inder Konstruktionsabteilung

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – Vorserienwagen mit Automatik

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – vornehm in Schwarz

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – am Rastplatz vor dem Aichelberg auf der A8

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – historische Kapelle, nagelneues Auto

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – Familienausflug

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – mit Schiebedach

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1959) – Der Einspritzmotor mit 120 PS

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Summary

The Mercedes-Benz 220 S was clearly designed for quality and comfort. Despite the rear swing axle, it could also be driven in a very sporty manner. Only two things stood in the way of this: the automatic gearbox, which occasionally made the wrong decisions - and above all the elegant aura of the car, which really didn't fit in with such semi-strong behavior. This historical test report explains what the tail fin Mercedes was still good at and what it wasn't.

This article contains the following chapters

Dignified through and through
Better traditional than modern
Security inside and out
Manageable
Brake for crested grebes
The engine: adequate, but strained
The automatic, the silent servant
Shifting gears yourself with the automatic
A wonderful car
Technical data & measurements

Estimated reading time: 26min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Perhaps the Mercedes test would have been a good reason for me to finally buy a hat. Apparently, that's what people expect when you drive a "twenty-something". Something must have been wrong, because during those ten days when I was driving the five-meter-long car around, the people around me looked at me with completely different eyes. My relationship with the world around me changed in one fell swoop. Neighbors, who would usually make a comment about the weather when they met me by chance, put all their professional social prestige together and greeted me as coolly as if my children were constantly throwing stones at their own. As I don't have any such children, I found this disconcerting. Inconspicuous girls of all ages - especially inconspicuous ones - suddenly had very bright eyes in the middle of December and didn't even look away when I noticed this. I also found this disconcerting because they showed no consideration for my wife, who usually recognized this much quicker than I did.

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