Investigation Investigation: Low Compression Engines 08/30/202509/06/2025 What is low compression engine? To users living in developed societies by the 1990s, the term is likely unfamiliar. A low compression engine is not a fault, but a deliberate…
Investigation Investigation: What’s new on the MAYBACH Design-Studie 08/01/202510/07/2025 The 1997 Mercedes MAYBACH Design-Studie, based on the W140, remains an elusive object of fascination, having scarcely made a public appearance over the past 27 years. Fortunately, a recent feature…
Investigation Investigation:Brunei’s Mercedes and AMG orders 12/07/202412/07/2024 Our attention has been drawn to the impressive high-resolution, extensitve variety of a set of photos that have recently revealed, purportedly from the Brunei Royal Family (BRF) car collection dating…
Investigation Investigation: Why serial numbers aren’t so informative 10/26/202403/19/2025 Earlier, an Instagram user commented on our post about Nonna (tagged as #Nonna144545): "I don't know why people call the pre-facelift S 320". His implication is that since it is…
Investigation Investigation: The 1/1 600 SEC model 08/10/202408/10/2024 I'll be mesmerized as I read about a beautiful brochure. Perhaps reason will remind me that these charming vehicles have been specially beautified and professionally photographed for promoting purpose. But…
Investigation Investigation: Three Limited Editions 06/02/202401/29/2025 One night in September 2019, my newly acquired not-start 1999 CL 600 was pushed off the trailer by the black pal truck driver. "Hey boss, you got bulletproof glass, it's…
Investigation Investigation: AURUS prototype, an enlarged W140? 04/26/202401/04/2025 In <History: Project DIAMANT, the MAYBACH>, we already explain that the MAYBACH show car launched at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show was built by STOLA on the 140 sedan chassis.…
Investigation Investigation: Was the taillight delayed? 04/21/202410/04/2024 On the first few production body prototypes, one kind of special taillight appeared. They appear on a limited basis on a few vehicles, but are very distinctive. Studies here suggest…
Investigation Investigation: The 140 inventory of the Classic Center 02/17/202402/17/2024 Who has the most 140 inventory? The answer used to be clear, of course Daimler AG, with a total of 432,741 examples rolling out of their factory. No one knows…
Investigation Investigation: Demarcation between SD/SE/SEL and S 02/03/2024 The 140 underwent a name change during its product life, with the series name changed from SD/SE/SEL to the shorter S. For example, the 600 SE and 600 SEL both…
Investigation Investigation: Who’s the last 140? 06/16/202307/02/2023 There are many anecdotes about the production of the 140 on the market, the most common questions are about the last production - they are usually discussions about monetary value,…
Investigation Investigation: “Mixed grille for starters” 06/06/202307/02/2023 The Mercedes-Benz Presse released a brochure called "A car reaches maturity" at the Cannes press event in March 1991, which gave many interesting stories about the development of the new…
Investigation Investigation: Sonderschutzs of the Korean Peninsula 04/29/202307/02/2023 Korean Peninsula Mystery It started with a 140 I met when I was traveling in Pyongyang in 2014. I have a lot of confusion about the cars from the Korean…
