Price On Request ### 1971 Mercedes 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet (LHD) - For sale in London* Mercedes-Benz' flagship model and their last hand built automobile* Beautiful colour combination of Ice Blue Metallic over Deep Blue hide* Highly equipped example with all the desirable options* Air Conditioned* Floor Change Automatic* Electric Windows* Original Becker radio* Burr Walnut woodwork'If you feel obligated to ask about the price you not only will never understand the car, you have branded yourself incapable of ever appreciating its virtues even if someone gave you one.' - Car & Driver on the Mercedes-Benz 280SE 3.5.Introduced in late 1969 as a prestige model to supplant the somewhat underpowered six-cylinder 280SE, the V8-powered, W111-Series 280SE 3.5 in both coupe and convertible form was of immediate appeal to wealthy customers who were accustomed to having the best quality and workmanship available in an automobile, but didn't need or desire the next step up, the over-the-top 600.The hand-built body of the new model was slightly restyled, with a cleaner and flatter nose and radiator shell, but was still quite conservative. Beneath the wide hood there now rested a Bosch fuel-injected, 200bhp overhead-cam 3.5 Litre V8 with 211 foot-pounds of torque designed to deliver excellent performance. One reviewer referred to it as having a "hot-rod"- like persona with a lovely exhaust snarl - while meeting ever-more strict emissions laws in the US, the company's most vital market.Fitted with a compact but sturdy V8 that was capable of moving this big 4/5-seater to 100 kilometres per hour in under 10 seconds, and offered a top speed in excess of 200km/h, a substantial improvement on the six-cylinder version's figures. Large vacuum-assisted disc brakes at each corner allowed the driver to slow with ease, and handling was described as very comfortable, thanks to its coil-sprung independent...