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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE dream coupé - sports car with every comfort

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Created on March 1, 1961

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Hans Günther Wolf

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - die Abendstimmung bringt die elegante Linienführung besonders hervor

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - eleganten Linienführung bei der Baureihe 111

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - passt bestens in jede schicke Einfahrt

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - auf dieser oppulenten Sitzbank lässt man sich gerne nieder

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Coupé (1961) - gegenüber dem Vorgänger kaum veränderte Armaturen

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Coupé (1961) - bequemer Einstieg trotz nur zwei Türen

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - Blick ins Interieur der Baureihe 111

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - edles Armaturenbrett in der Baureihe 111

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - viel Platz auch im Heck - Baureihe 111

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Coupé (1961) - wurde gerne auch zweifarbig bestellt

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - das Traumauto für viele

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - der Baureihe 111 ist kein Hintergrund zu edel

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - die Baureihe 111 überzeugte auf der ganzen Linie

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - Fahrzeug der Baureihe 111

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - ohne Flossen und mit gut proportionierten Rundungen

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - unvergleichlich eleglant, die Fahrzeuge der Baureihe 111

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SEb Coupé (1960) - viel Platz im Kofferraum in der Baureihe 111

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Coupé (1961) - Werbung "A stylish setting for real elegance …."

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE Coupé (1961) - Werbung "the secret of classic beauty"

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1961) - Böhringer und Wolf (Hobby)

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Mercedes-Benz 220 SE (1961) - seine Vorläuer von 1901 bis 1939, inkl. SSK, 500 und 540 K

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Summary

The Mercedes-Benz Coupé 220 SE was in the tradition of great automobiles, from the Prinz Heinrich model to the SSK, 540K and 500 SL. The expectations of the 'hobby' tester were correspondingly high when private sports driver Eugen Böhringer invited him to take a test drive in the new Mercedes Coupé. And he was not disappointed. This article reproduces the original wording of the test from 1961 and is illustrated with historical images.

This article contains the following chapters

The showpiece car from Mercedes
Ten years of 220 models
A comfortable touring coupé
Quickly up to speed and standing still again
Safe to drive
With gear stick
Technical profile

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

"... .heidenei... dees engine with straight intake manifold and dees chassis ... now all that's missing is the proper gear knob and a disc brake ... heidenei! ..." These Swabian words with their heavy content were not plucked out of the air. They came from Eugen Böhringer, the successful private sports driver from Stuttgart, at the very moment when he was driving the then new 220 sedan through the shadowy banked curve on the Solitude racetrack at seventy or eighty kilometers per hour, causing some specialist journalists to be horrified. With the help of specialist Eugen Böhringer, I was able to get a real impression of what the new 220 SE sedan actually had to offer in terms of road holding.

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