1976 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 [W116]

1976 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 [W116] in Ronin, Movie, 1998

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00:43:37 Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
antp ◊ 2004-07-16 13:30	Participe à la poursuite dans Nice
bmtroubleu ◊ 2005-06-09 14:15	450SEL 6.9 at one time the fastest production sedan -- Last edit: 2005-06-09 22:07:05
antp ◊ 2005-12-21 01:00
appassionato ◊ 2006-05-05 18:28	PS:Sorry for my english!
Raul1983 ◊ 2006-06-07 19:12	very handsome car
appassionato ◊ 2006-06-07 19:14	I like very much this car, too
93montero ◊ 2007-06-23 22:04
Speediac ◊ 2007-07-24 00:08	My father had a car like this once. 1 of 9 in traffic in Sweden... It was a wonderful car to drive. 0-100 km/h in 6,2 sec, and top-speed at 260 km/h...
crazyforcars12 ◊ 2007-07-30 09:30	Is that damage on the rear bumper in the main pic?
TheHeartbreakKid15 ◊ 2007-08-19 18:46	Bulletholes I think
G-MANN ◊ 2007-08-19 19:43	No, they're speed holes, they make the car go faster.
TheHeartbreakKid15 ◊ 2007-08-19 22:28	Not very desirable to have holes in your car, makes it look like shoddy workmanship
antp ◊ 2007-08-19 23:30	G-MANN wrote No, they're speed holes, they make the car go faster. From what movie/series does that come? That reminds me something
G-MANN ◊ 2007-08-19 23:35	It's a Simpsons joke, from "Homer the Clown" Extract from the script courtesy of www.snpp.com : Fat Tony and his henchmen go cruising for Krusty. Tony: OK, wherever Krusty's gone, we'll find him. Legs, you check out the East Side. Louie, Rome and Budapest. Tell the boys I want a total world search. Legs+Louie: Right, boss. Homer: [at a car dealer] I want a free car because I'm Krusty. Krusty the Klown? Get it? Krus -- [honks horn] -- ty! [honk] [Tony's car skids to a halt] Tony: Cancel the world search. Homer: I want everything that's coming to Krusty the Klown. Which is me, Krusty! Louie: [behind a fence with a rifle] Hey! It's Krusty, all right. Should I shoot him gangland-style or execution-style? Tony: Listen to your heart. Salesman: Well I can't _give_ you the car, Krusty, but I _can_ let you have this little number for practically nothing: only $38,000. [bullets hit the car] Homer: [suspicious] Hey, what are all these holes? Salesman: [quickly] These are speed holes. They make the car go faster. Homer: Oh, yeah. Speed holes! [bullets riddle the car and smash the windshield] Salesman: You want my advice? I think you should buy this car. -- Last edit: 2007-08-19 23:37:02
antp ◊ 2007-08-19 23:50	Indeed. I was sure to have heard that somewhere -- Last edit: 2007-08-19 23:50:18
crazyforcars12 ◊ 2007-10-23 20:26	I mean the bumper looks kind of dented.
Skid ◊ 2007-12-04 07:54	IIRC he skids in one scene and glances off a pylon by the sidewalk, creating that rear damage. All in all, though, this car remains intact compared to other vehicles in the film.
ggj ◊ 2007-12-09 02:02	I hate the fake computer-smoke-effects they used in this scene were the 450 SEL does a reversed-180. It spoils pretty much everything.
vilero ◊ 2008-03-31 17:56	My first comment in imcdt is for Ronin. The same Mercedes-Benz with a bazzoka as a extra equipment -- Last edit: 2008-03-31 18:52:17
tali ◊ 2008-04-21 02:35	in 1979 a 6.9 would have cost 30k new.1975-80
jettalover ◊ 2009-09-16 03:22	How many cubic inches did this 6.9 engine have?
atom ◊ 2009-09-16 03:32	6.9 litre = 421.063834 cubic inches Link to "www.google.se"
Neon ◊ 2009-09-18 00:11
Neptune ◊ 2009-09-18 00:19	Wonder why they went back and added that really fake smoke? That reverse 180 maneuver would have looked just as good without it.
G-MANN ◊ 2009-09-18 00:22	1st thumbnail would be a better main image.
Jale ◊ 2009-09-18 00:24	Fourth is nice.
dsl ◊ 2011-02-21 22:03	The position of the 6.9 boot badge changes - compare 5th of Neon's thumbs with /vehicle_15401-Ford-Fiesta-1984.html . I think the fiesta pic is correct, so more than one car used, with an ordinary 450 as well as a 6.9.
mgisbert ◊ 2020-08-18 19:20	286 Cv. V8 6,9 Litres Automàtic, W116- 1975-1980. Built 7.380u.Suspension hidropneumàtic plagied Citroën. Dry carter oil, autoblocant diff. 225 Km/h.( not 280 ) Claude Lelouch, dans le film-courtmetratge "C'etait un rendez vous"; Utilize le meme car pour le tournage a París 1976.
LadaLover ◊ 2020-09-25 21:31	Could anyone tell me the color code of this Mercedes? Probably a 424 or 480 but I can be wrong. -- Last edit: 2020-09-25 21:39:16
bhomburg ◊ 2021-07-19 13:52	LadaLover wrote Could anyone tell me the color code of this Mercedes? Probably a 424 or 480 but I can be wrong. I`d say 404 or 480. Those two look very similar. Chances are higher it's 404, as 404 was available from the beginning of 6.9 production until including MY 1979, and 480 was introduced in 1979 and only available for one year until the 116 was discontinued mid-1980. So there's many more 404 out there than 480. -- Last edit: 2021-07-19 14:37:33
bhomburg ◊ 2021-07-19 14:27	mgisbert wrote 286 Cv. V8 6,9 Litres Automàtic, W116- 1975-1980. Built 7.380u.Suspension hidropneumàtic plagied Citroën. Dry carter oil, autoblocant diff. 225 Km/h.( not 280 ) Claude Lelouch, dans le film-courtmetratge "C'etait un rendez vous"; Utilize le meme car pour le tournage a París 1976. I had two of them. Both went around 235 km/h (according to the GPS and not the speedometer), and that was with 30+ years and over 250.000kms on them. Contemporary press road tests also always stated top speeds between 235 and 240. The factory rating of 225 was very conservative, typical of the brand at the time. And MB officially licensed the Citroën hydropneumatic patents for use in the 116 and 126 cars. They also developed it further on their own, introducing electronically controlled damping based on an accelerometer for the system that also automatically lowered the car above 120 km/h in 1986 with the mid-cycle refresh of the 126, predating what Citroën sold as "Hydractiv" years later. Albeit at a much higher price point and far lower production numbers - it was only available for the V8-engined models with long wheelbase at a very high extra cost of between 5000 and 6000 DEM depending on the model.
J E ◊ 2024-06-08 23:37	The 450 SEL 6.9 had so much torque that it didn't need the fake tire smoke effect. Any dab of the throttle and the big V8 would easily light up its 215/70VR14 rear tires. -- Last edit: 2024-06-08 23:37:34
Shervinator ◊ 2024-07-11 00:05	Shouldn't this be listed as a 1975+? Unless we have any proof that the screen-used one was actually a 1976 model.