Intsapho iklasi elawulayo Mercedes 600 iimoto kuya kuba echanekileyo ngakumbi ukufowunela lobukhosi, ogama imbali lisukela emva 1924 kunye kukhululwe yokuthuthwa Mercedes 140 PS. Ngowe-1926, le moto umenzi Mercedes labizwa ngokuba Mercedes-Benz, nokuba igama nangoku ukhona namhlanje. Ngowe-1930, oko kwabalelwa kwimveliso uthotho iimoto Mercedes-Benz 770, umiselwe ukuba inkokheli ephezulu waseJamani.
Emva koko yaphuhliswa imifuziselo ezimbalwa ngaphezulu, kwaye nangona imveliso yazo senzeka kweemeko kuqoqosho kakhulu post-imfazwe, zonke izithuthi zimelwe ngokwaneleyo kushishino lweemoto German kwi ezithengiswa kunye nemiboniso ngamazwe. Ekugqibeleni, ngowe-1963, xa i-Frankfurt Motor Bonisa yanikezwa Mercedes-Benz W100, umzekelo wokuqala kumgca olude "wamakhulu omathandathu wokudla" Mercedes. Igwebu lalingafani, abameli zokuthengisa le nkampani Mercedes wayengasayi ukuba imoto entsha. Queue efuna ukuthenga Mercedes 600 lathatha iminyaka emine.
Kudos kumatshini iyaqengqeleka nje. Abanini kweemoto Mercedes 600 ngamaxesha ezahlukene Elvis Presley and Elizabeth Taylor Beauty, Billionaire yamaGrike uAristotle Onassis kunye odumileyo Beatle Dzhon Lennon, igosa eliyintloko eSoviet Union Z Brezhnev kunye nezinye abadumileyo abaninzi.
Mercedes 600 enzelwe ngesandla kuphela yenziwe iinguqulelo ezimbini - yokuthuthwa standard yaye elide, ngokusekelwe Pullman isisu semoto. Kananjalo loyamano uhlobo cabriolet «Andau», leyo yayame kuphela inxalenye elingasemva kophahla evula icandelo umkhweli ndlwana. cabin Long Pullman wabanika ngamathuba angawo ukulungiselela iintlobo lwendibaniso zokuhlala, nemivalo, iishelfu magazini nkqu ngubo encinane.
Mercedes 600, iimpawu zazo ingafikeleleki kwezinye izithuthi, laba khuphiswano 1991. Kuye kwakho iinzame eziliqela zokwakha ezihlangwini andifanele odumileyo Mercedes, kodwa abazange kakubi. impumelelo kuphela wafika ngowe-1991, kwi-Geneva Motor Bonisa yanikezwa Mercedes W140 kunye injini V12 zakutshanje kunye amatsha ezininzi kwezobuchwepheshe ukuba aye kule ndlwana naphantsi umzimba yomqeshi kunye eluphahleni. kunjalo zonke kukucwangcisa isimanga,, sase intsingiselo yalo ezisebenzayo, kwaye imoto phantse akazange abe nantoni na eyongezelelweyo. Umzekelo, i-W100 edume wabonakala "indlalifa" kumgca othe ngqo kwi ubuso W140 abazoba.
Ehlabathini i "wamakhulu omathandathu wokudla» W140 wayengasekho njengomzi enjalo, apho sikhatshwe inkangeleko W100 ngo-1963. Ukanti nomdla kumatshini omtsha omkhulu, nangona abantu abaninzi baseYurophu bayeka inkuntyula ubungakanani imoto, ngokunjalo neendleko zalo liphakamile.
Ngowe-1992, imveliso W140 babeka phezu yokuthutha kwi iinguqulelo ezimbini akubizi ukukholisa imithetho engaguquki emarikeni. Imoto kwafuneka ukuba athengise, kunye nabathengi ezifana Elvis Presley no Jack Nicholson uyile. Ngoko line ibandla waba ifumaneke ukuya eklasini yolawulo umthengi Mercedes-avareji. Okwangoku, uMercedes 600, ixabiso apho isusela ukususela 180 000 ukuya kuma-400 000, liyana kakhulu, imfuno ephakamileyo ngokuthe ngcembe.