• Delivered new in the UK • Single family ownership for some 40 years • Professionally restored • Comprehensive history file Having concentrated on four-cylinder models as production got under way following the end of WW2, Mercedes-Benz reintroduced six-cylinder models to its range in 1951 with the 220 and 300 types, both of which were shown at the Frankfurt Show in the spring of that year.

Both featured single overhead camshaft engines with the valves set across the head, rather than in line, and actuated by rockers.

The 220 was powered by a 2,195cc engine which in standard form produced 80bhp at 4,600rpm.

A separate chassis was retained for these models, which were replaced in 1956 by a new range featuring unitary construction 'ponton' bodyshells.

In this new form the 220 S saloon debuted at the 1956 Frankfurt Auto Show together with the 190 and 219.

Like the contemporary 180, the new trio featured unitary construction of the chassis/body, independent suspension all round, and d...