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Originally Posted by 450SEL 6.9 How do you think the Type 300 compares to the 600 W100 as Mercedes-Benz flagship vehicle? The 600 did not have a cheaper mass-production version, but the Type 300 Adenauers were coachbuilt. |
Hello Ray! ......nice to talk with you again.
In my previous post I called the 300 Adenauer the best car in the world, however, if I really was to be objective about it, I think the best cars of the time were more likely to be Cadillac or Bentley.
1954 Cadillac Eldorado 
1954 BENTLEY R-TYPE CONTINENTAL FASTBACK 
Mercedes was essentially still recovering from WW2 - there is no doubt about it though, the 300S/300SC is a spectacular car.
The 600 (W100) was indisputably the finest car in the world at the time of it's debut - it might not have been a traditional coachbuilt car like the 300's or Rolls-Royce Phantom V, but it was still built [as you know Ray] to the highest standards possible and was technically superior (and far more sophisticated) than any other car in the world at the time.
1963 Mercedes-Benz 600 