MERCEDES-BENZ, The 1960s, W108 and W109 V8

Bernd S Koehling

• 24 april 2017
• 9781545583517

Samenvatting:

The Mercedes 300SEL 6.3 was for Daimler-Benz a milestone. It was a mixture of two cars that did not sell too well: the 600 and 300SEL. Updated in April 2018, this 190-page book tells the story of the 6.3, 3.5 and 4.5 L versions. It walks you through the cars’ history, explains their chassis number and data card and comes with a comprehensive buyer’s guide. All this is accompanied by superb recent non-Daimler AG color photography, this includes pictures of the suspension. These are some of the topics covered:

a comprehensive buyer's guide will help you to check the trouble spots of the W108, W109 V8

chassis number and data card are explained detail

over 140 mostly recent non-Daimler AG color photos highlight many interesting features; this includes pictures of the suspension

the book discusses the recent price development of the V8 models from March 2010 to March 2018 and

it invites you to a ride in a 6.3.

Another part covers the technical features and production history of each model. A separate chapter is devoted to safety guru Béla Barényi, whose concepts greatly influenced how Mercedes cars like the W108/109 were designed.

Why is this book not available as hard cover? Even today with modern digital printing services available, books with many color photos are expensive to produce. This book comes with over 140 high quality photos, most of them in color, and would cost retail as hardcover version over US$ 75 (or the corresponding amount in £ or €), which the author finds excessive. That is why the choice to offer the more reasonable to produce soft cover option. Thank you for your understanding.