This is a 1964 Mercedes-Benz 600. Designed by Bruno Sacco, Friedrich Geiger and Paul Bracq and nicknamed the Großer, the 600 was an ultra-luxury limousine acting as Mercedes-Benz's flagship model.
Internally designated the W100, the 600 was launched on 28 August 1963 at the Val de Poix hotel to ten motoring journalists; it would later be publicly unveiled at the 1963 Frankfurt Auto Show, where it "mesmerized" those who saw it. The car acted as the successor to the 300d Adenauer, Mercedes-Benz's previous flagship model.
When introduced in 1963, the 600 was priced at $20,500, making it far and away the world's most expensive car at the time. Production began in September 1964, with each car being hand-built in Stuttgart. A highly advanced car for its time, the 600 was powered by a 247 hp 6.3L M100 V8 mated to a 4-speed K4B 050 automatic, as well as numerous hydraulic systems such as the Bosch-developed Komfort Hydraulik System which used hydraulics to control the car's windows, seats, sunroof, trunk, ventilator flap, doors, air conditioning and some parts of the suspension.
Effectively a status symbol, the 600 has had numerous famous owners, such as celebrities like Elvis Presley, Francis Ford Coppola, Hugh Hefner, John Lennon, Jay Leno, Karen Carpenter, Pete Townshend and Ringo Starr among others, as well as politicians and royalty such as Bhumibol Adulyadej, B.J. Habibie, Ferdinand Marcos, Idi Amin, Mao Zedong, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Pablo Escobar, Saddam Hussein and Silvio Berlusconi among others. Production of the 600 ended on 17 June 1981; 2,677 were produced.
Now this casting was designed by Brendon Vetuskey and introduced in 2025. It features opening doors. This is currently its only release.
