Three keepers from new.

Registration No: COD 700LChassis No: 11602822006794MOT: Exempt

In single family ownership until 2015 with just one registered keeper thereafter
c.109,600 warranted miles
Finished in the rare and striking combination of Icon Gold Metallic with Pine Green velour upholstery
Offered for sale with original tool roll, jack, service book and Becker radio etc

Introduced in 1972, the W116 was not only the first Mercedes-Benz to be termed S-Class (an abbreviation of ‘Sonderklasse’ or ‘Special Class’) but also the last to be styled by Friedrich Geiger whose previous credits had included the 500K, 540K and 300SL ‘Gullwing’.

Immensely capable, the newcomer proved a benchmark design and was crowned ‘European Car of the Year’ for 1974.

Equipped with all-round independent suspension (McPherson strut front, semi-trailing arm rear), disc brakes and power assisted steering, engine sizes varied from a modest 2.8 litre straight-six to an extravagant 6.9 litre V8.

Though, for m...