Mercedes-Benz W126

Sonderclasses.

They started in 1981 with their, well, sorry, they started in the 70s, but their proper first launch was 1981 when they naturally cut the roof off a W126 and made a hydraulic convertible.

There you go.

As one does.

Yeah.

But they made some standout cars that you will have definitely heard of when they went total batshit.

Is it Arrow C1? So, yeah, one of them is called the SGS Arrow C1, which is, picture if you will, a black W126 SEC, a C126, a Coupe S-Class, and then give it gullwing doors.

Yep.

then, Joe, you've got to beat that.

Luckily, I can get us back on track because for my price of a house, actually it's marginally less, would you believe, I could have bought what at the time you could justifiably call the best car in the world, which was the coupe variant of the Mercedes W126 S-Class, arguably still the best S-Class ever.

The C126 Coupe and your 29 grand would get you the 500 SEC, the big V8.

Not quite the 560, but for £29,000, you get the 500 SEC, big 5-litre V8, pillarless two-door coupe, still looks gorgeous, Bruno Sacco styling.

I think they looked taut.

In that era of the W126, 124 and the 190, you know, there was a kind of tightness to the metalwork.

It looked thick and it looked absolutely just kind of wrapped around the structure of the car.

Yeah.