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(2021) MERCEDES-BENZ S500 vs MERCEDES-BENZ 450 SEL (1980)

I RECOGNISE THAT BIG OLD BENZ…

o you should. The 450 SEL 6.9 made a brief but memorable appearance in , mandatory viewing for any reader. It was the car to which French director Claude Lelouche strapped a 35mm camera and drove at high. James Hunt had one. It is without doubt one of the coolest Mercedes ever built. And what better excuse to have a go than the launch of a new S-Class?

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