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| Mercedes-Benz W111 | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz |
| Production | Saloon: 1959–1968 Coupé: 1961–1971 370,807 built |
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| Designer | Friedrich Geiger Paul Bracq (coupé & cabriolet) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Full-size luxury car (F) |
| Body style | 4-door saloon 2-door coupé 2-door convertible |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Related | Mercedes-Benz W110 Mercedes-Benz W112 Mercedes-Benz W113 |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2,195 cc (2.2 L) M127 I6 2,306 cc (2.3 L) M180 I6 2,496 cc (2.5 L) M129 I6 2,778 cc (2.8 L) M130 I6 3,499 cc (3.5 L) M116 V8 |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Mercedes-Benz W180[2] |
| Successor | Mercedes-Benz W108 (4-door) Mercedes-Benz C107 (2-door) |
- See Mercedes-Benz S-Class for a complete overview of all S-Class models.
The Mercedes-Benz W111 was a chassis code given to a range of Mercedes-Benz vehicles produced between 1959 and 1971, including four-door saloons (1959–1968) and two-door coupés and cabriolets (1961–1971). Their bodywork featured distinctive tailfins that gave the models their Heckflosse nickname — German for "fintail".[3]
Introduced with a 2.2-litre inline 6-cylinder engine, the W111 spawned a pair of variant lines which bracketed it in 1961: downscale entry-level inline 4-cylinder engined vehicles sharing the W111 chassis and bodies, designated the W110; and the W112, a high-end luxury saloon built on the W111 chassis with its body but exclusive features, elaborate appointments, and the Mercedes-Benz 300d Adenauer's fuel-injected 3-litre M189 six-cylinder engine – at the time the company's largest.
Somewhat confusingly, both the W111 and W112 lines included vehicles with different Paul Bracq-designed bodywork, the 2-door coupé and cabriolet.
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