Mercedes-Benz, the 1960s, W108 and W109 V8: From the 280se 3.5 to the 300sel 6.3, Paperback

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. This guide is one of over twentyfive books and e-books about Mercedes cars, written by the author. 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 B la Bar nyi, 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.

About the Author:

With over 25 books and e-books written about Mercedes-Benz cars, Bernd S. Koehling has proven to be an authority on the brand. The books cover cars from the 1936 170V to the 2012 SL R231.

Bernd has been involved in the Mercedes scene since the early 1970s, when he restored his first 170 Cabrio B. Since then he has not only owned many classic Mercedes including a 220S, 300d Adenauer, 200D, 250SE, 280SE coupe 3.5, 300SEL, 350SL, 280E, 450SE, SLK230. He has also gained a wealth of knowledge and experience, which he shares with his readers in his books.

Mercedes has always been considered one of his favorite car manufacturers and Bernd has driven almost all Mercedes models built since the 1950s. His other weakness revolves around British cars, here especially Jaguar and Alvis.