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Freight-train torque and performance character

Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 · driving

Owners describe the 6.9's appeal as effortless, freight-train-like torque rather than drag-strip launches: it can lay rubber at 30 mph and pulls seamlessly from 60 to 120 mph. Several rate it as shaming even a later 560, and note the car set the 155 mph gentlemen's limit later adopted by Mercedes and BMW.