what is the difference
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92 500sel/01 320e wag
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The 600SEL was a V12 long wheelbase sedan and The SEC was the coupe. I dont know if they actually built a 92 but 93 SEC coupe was introduced and later changed to S600 Coupe, it was dropped in 97, the last old body style was a 91 560 SEC. Those badges were used in the new 140 body style, 92 and 93, they were later changed to S600, since SEL and SEC were used in the 80 & 90s . There was as a 94 SC600 coupe and was built up to 97 I think. There is a v12 still being produced as a S600 and was reintroduced as an 01, in the new 220 body style.
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if you check autotrader there is a 92 sec out there done carls nicely done s600 grill would finish its look so what did you mean by v12 long wheel base or what you said i can't really recall as i'm on 56k atm i'd really like to get my hands on a 93 sec and have brabus work done on it like the vI's logos sills engine works think it would go great in black
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im not going to post pics up of the cars - but a 600 SEC is the coupe - but i would avoid if possible anything pre 1996 as the engine looms are organic and fall apart.
if you are going to get 'work' done on it, then save that money for the moment and get a later example - a CL 600 - its the same car, just re named. remember that this is a big complicated car, and not every garage has the ability to work on it... it has somthing like 13 computers in it!
personally I'd get a CL 500, save on fuel, save on maintainance, and if necessary drop in a later AMG 500 engine (which is a V8 as well...)
the problem is the V12 weighs so much more that the handling, soft in the first place, suffers, and the front end tends to slip out under 'enthusiastic' driving...
good luck - and remember that commas are useful when separating sentances.....
if you are going to get 'work' done on it, then save that money for the moment and get a later example - a CL 600 - its the same car, just re named. remember that this is a big complicated car, and not every garage has the ability to work on it... it has somthing like 13 computers in it!
personally I'd get a CL 500, save on fuel, save on maintainance, and if necessary drop in a later AMG 500 engine (which is a V8 as well...)
the problem is the V12 weighs so much more that the handling, soft in the first place, suffers, and the front end tends to slip out under 'enthusiastic' driving...
good luck - and remember that commas are useful when separating sentances.....
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hmm well how much would a new lets say cl65 amg engine cost? and what did you mean by organic engine??? if i were to get a 600sec/sel and do some work on it well besides then looks what sort of engine work could i go besides drop a new v12 into it, also is it possible to drop a v8kom engine like the one in the e55 into a w202 such as my c280 its not a 140 but any reply could help thanks
