1966 Mercedes-Benz 200-Series Light-Blue/White-Grey / Parchment

General:

The Mercedes-Benz W 108 Series premiered at the

Frankfurt Auto Show

in 1965. The initialmodel range consisted of three W 108 s (250 S, 250 SE, and 300 SEb). Theinline-six engines were carried over from the previous generation withmechanical refinements. The 2.2-litre

M 180

engine was enlarged to 2.5 litres while the fuel-injected 3-litre

M 189

version was carried over from"300 Adenauer".

The 250 S was fitted with 2,496 cc

M 108 engine

with dual two-barreldowndraft

carburettors

producing 96 k W (131 PS 129 bhp) at 5,400 rpm. It could accelerate to 100 km/h (62 mph)in 13 seconds for manual and 14 for automatic. The top speed was 182 km/h(113 mph) for manual and 177 km/h (110 mph) for automatic. The 250 SE had the same engine as 250 S except for fuel injection system anddifferent engine designation

(M 129) . With increased engine output of 110 k W (150 PS 148 bhp) at 5,500 rpm, 250 SE was one secondfaster to 100 km/h than 250 S and had higher top speed of 193 km/h(120 mph) for both manual and automatic versions.

The “bugs” that plague many new cars were snuffed out long agoin the 250. It was 5 years being readied – on the test track, on the Autobahnsand Italy's Autostradas, in Africa's heat and Scandinavia's cold.

Within reasonable cost at the time, it embodied every technicaladvance known to the engineers of Mercedes-Benz, allied with the comfort of thenew body design. And none of the W 108 Sedans are status symbols. All are full 5-passenger automobiles, perhaps the most technically sophisticated passengercars in existence at the time. At the time you could load this one and ahalf-ton machine with friends and baggage – and rip around a road-racing coursequicker than many exotic sports cars. And safer, before all.

The 250 S abolished the curse of rough-road riding, the solidrear axle. Each wheel on the 250 S is separately sprung. Harshness of the roadsurface is damped by the rubber “biscuits” that scotch metal-to-metal jarringbetween suspension and chassis. Its brawny coil springs, wide-stanced shockabsorbers and a front anti-roll torsion bar fend off any hint of wallow, lurchor sway. A pleasant detail: the steering linkage carries its own shockabsorber. Tremors and jolts never reach driver's hands on the wheel.

The skittish braking – is forgotten on the 250 S. Larger 14-inchwheels were introduced to fit the 250's caliper-type, 10-inch disc brakes.Discs are used on each wheel – and are standard equipment. A sensitiveservo-booster, not driver's leg muscles, supplies braking effort.

A brake control automatically balances frontand rear braking forces – no rear wheel lock-up in emergencies.

Vibration of the engine is smothered by anelectronically-balanced 7-main-bearing crankshaft. A viscose drive cooling fanautomatically cuts out when not needed, saving power while muffling noise atcruising speeds.

The 250 S “sips” fuel: 20-25 miles per gallon.

The production figures for the first series from 1965 to 1967 showed 129,858 of 250 S/250 SE. *About this car:1966 Mercedes-Benz 250 S (W 108)VIN # 108

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