Used 1983 MERCEDES-BENZ 500 500SEC COUPE RHD in WARREN, MICHIGAN

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Produced as the first ever two-door version of the wildly iconic S-class, the Mercedes-Benz SEC?, or C126?, was an instant hit. This was partly due to its timing being born in the colourful 80?s that was defined by excess and consumerism, the market was hungry for expensive, luxurious, and sizeable cars for boomers to flaunt their relatively easy-to-come-by wealth. Grand tourers were therefore the flavour of the month and Mercedes at the time didn?t really have one, hence the SEC was a timely introduction to the Mercedes flagship lineup. The beautiful design by Bruno Sacco was of course another huge contributing factor to the model?s success. Keeping the robustness of the Mercedes-Benz design language at the time, Sacco was still able to create a streamlined and perfectly proportionate model instantly recognizable even today. No, it was not a Ferrari Testarossa, Lamborghini Countach nor a Porsche 930 Turbo, but it was a heavy hitter of the 80?s in its own right. For the flashy businessmen, bankers, or lawyers who were not into super cars or, perhaps, unable to drive a manual car, the SEC was the natural choice. The car was popular and iconic throughout the 80?s like the Ferrari Testarossa, it too was frequently featured in the hit TV show, Miami Vice, the undisputed authority of what was cool and what was not in the 80?s. The SEC was produced between 1981 to 1991, with a facelift in 1986. At the time of introduction, Mercedes-Benz introduced a new fuel injection system, which was the inspiration of the model?s name. SEC is short form for Sonderklass Einspritzmotor Coupe which translates to special class injection engine . The car only ever came in V8 engines, with the entry model being the 380SEC, then the 500SEC, and 560SEC. The car today is the mid-level 500SEC, and as the name suggests, it has a five-litre V8 engine producing about 260HP, 50HP short from the 300HP 560SEC.

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