As a mercedes, 600. Turn 60. We revisit the history of this iconic car, boasting all manner of incredible stories about extraordinary passengers. The best of the best. And the worst worst. Why did this car totally street along the famous owners of the 600 john lighting and the i mean the instant as ruler of youve gone to in the 19 seventys it looks like the kind of car that somebody important should be driving. Hopes were among its most high profile passengers, austria and pop stocum, 2 europeans, perhaps less. So. It was all about satisfaction, right. It was the, the academy of popular and over the course of 60 years and mercedes, 600. 00 has become a star and its own right. The magnetism of the 600, it just has a presence that no other car has. Theres nothing quite like in 600 and it was the best of the best on the luxury front cover and failing. Because the most of this for say, these engineers reveled in the challenge of making the impossible possible the engineers or to design the core that you one you think is the best car in the world. And if you give german, its easier just to kind of get it over checkbook to these guys. Something is going to be special. Its a special car. So that makes you a special person. We met the man with an, an arrival familiarity with mercedes, 600 orders. The world over peter, shell, hammer, deliver the high end cars to their investors, owners and also sort of repairs and maintenance work. And his job included, organizing, test, dries for potential buyers, which in 1972 may visiting the shot of iran. I met him and i convinced he said, your account must be better than the roadside, otherwise i dont, i dont want it. Im not interested in it. I could convince him as at the end, i was successfully because self pressed for 17 or 6 hundreds. He handed over mercedes 600 keys to dozens of heads of state. In most cases, they were bullet proof versions. The founder said change these have been just satisfied with you. This was in 1968 and i delivered the car in a subject to the president s. And why is that the is the space the energy of this car was that the covers. It was protected. And hes rich was to have movable windows on the rear because he was closer 40 and heather feeling to be enclosed too much. And therefore he wanted to have the possibility to share the mercedes news. Damaged card has one of the 25 ton bullet proof models use the ferry state guests in west germany, in the sixties and seventies from britain. This Queen Elizabeth the seconds to leon. Impression of leader of the soviet union. These distinguished figures for and at the wheel themselves. Of course the backseat frequently became the scene of a story diplomatic towards the this of freshman year for as it did here and the various other precedence is all the finest materials. Use the disco and its a homely feeling. It helps to improve the conversation, the atmosphere between the people and on the eastern side of the iron curtain, the 600 again, had some high ranking customers like president t, 2 of us lobby and the model belonging to romanian dictator nicoleyechuck chest who was nowadays on show in a private village car collection the one belonging to envoy hutcher, the decades on leader of albania, is now slowly riding away in a garage in toronto. A luxury mercedes that everyones warranty. From legendary cuban leader of fidel castro to the founder of the peoples republic of china. Mountains, a tool for countless authoritarian rulers to the verse, 8600 was the ultimate set of wheels. These people, they pointed, always to have the biggest and the nicest of the newest product of the money raise no load and therefore they say, oh, you say it is. I want these guys, well, the rock side of hussein, likewise on to 600. And his love of the armored mercedes model almost spelled, do them for peter show how ive always there for service purposes. And it just happens as it was in ninetys in 5090, even live in the 1st gulf war broke out. But luckily enough, i was getting out in due time side of husseins mercedes, 600 is now featured as a Peterson Automotive Museum in los angeles. A state limousine with a very particular set of extras. Is that all of these running boards all around the car . So the, his guards of the, theres running boards on the sites and on the back where i guess his body guards would stand. I would not have bought the car if it was easy, i mean, or seductive. Say i wouldnt feel comfortable. How would i ever drive a car that the me or, or sit down whos saying drove. I think that having some sort of positive provenance with it makes it better. So at least you know, saying its a roy orbison card for some people thats meaningful and which it certainly is for barrys own. And who bought one such model owned by orbison in the seventys and eightys, the car that provided inspiration for some of the american rock ballad use best known song lyrics it was never of that song, roy orbison. But whats funny is it now the car, you know, um if there is no cosette in the car, theres no cd in the car. So i refused to add any of those items. I put a Bluetooth Speaker in the back. And i play roy orbison and now i really like it. In fact, roy orbison only drove his beloved mercedes on very special occasions when he died in 1988 the car to poultry, 3000 kilometers on the clock. I bought the car because never want because of his condition. You need to buy a car. I really, really Good Condition thats been cared for. If you know the car, for instance, the pneumatic, the, the, the, the, the for games switch for the matic windows on the drivers side. Thats which alone cost 17000. 00. If you, if you, if you, if youre lucky enough to buy, find one new little wonder, given the engineering involved the car is fitted, visit comfort, type joining system. That means any pods which one to to be also in its precision is booked electrically operated by ty, totally and from the drive us to of course, or can operate or for the windows to do it. The idea is it is very quiet. It is most humming, there is no sound the and that silent running also applies to adjusting the seats at the front and the back every 600. 00 has a different interior design customized to the owners individual wins and wishes. And its only when you hit the road that you get a real feel for the cars and luxury credentials. We have shut up. So adjustments that means comfortably right here for soft adjustment the and we drive it and you get a box, you know, use it above because you can see it but you feel it. It just floats above what it feels like to see those Leather Seats up with the straight spring cruiser down the road. And you know, you just, you, you feel loves years cylinder. 250. 00 p s engine propels a 2. 00 ton or 2 at top speed of 205 kilometers per hour. And with a chassis set of rivaling that of a top sports car, the 12 prototypes were built over the course of 10 years before the final version was unveiled. The frankfurt motor show in september 1963, the car went on sale to the public in 3 different versions. Between 19631981 receives bill 59 as long delay editions featuring a convertible top and measuring 6 meters 24 long. Are accompanied by 429. 00 units of the regular pullman limousine. Likewise with the Long Wheel Base and 2189. 00 sedans with a length of just over 5 and a half meters. Little model variance had one thing and kind of the extremely sophisticated engineering student section 2 injection in between the v o, c h, and the instructors had the all the to produce of outstanding take maybe take the take a car and they were not limited as far as money is concerned, so thats why they could pay a little bit around with the ideas. So they came to the suspension of his liver control, adjustable shock absorbers. The total of all the innovations i show is extreme, the new model because they have a lot of these innovations taken over eager to keep the technically complex cars running. Hands across the world of team does to form national and mercedes, 600. 00 clubs. And then of course, we have support for spare parts and garages, where the people can bring that fast, which is not very easy because its not too many people are able to work on. The cars and the parts are limited. The german enthusiasts are in close contact with them. There is in the United States, which thinks also to social media is home to the worlds biggest 600. 00 club among its members is luis pacheko. Hes already taken a range of aging 6 hundreds and restore them to their former glory or continuing what mercedes did so many years ago and keeping these cars alive and on the road. And i think thats what drives me to be a part of the club. I liked the challenge and i fell in love as soon as i realized how complex the 6 hundreds were with the hydraulics and everybody in the club as a resource. Because everybody has connections versus 8600 drivers in the United States or a Close Knit Community and meet up regularly advantage carvings. And thats where it varies. So in, in, has picked up price was tips from former tv chat, show host and car lever. Jay leno, js out there, hes, hes a real car guy. You know, hes got his own garage with tremendous collection of cars, including the 600. And he came up to me and talk to me and he says, you know, you gotta, you really have to believe the, the, the, the, the eric say, cuz it gets water. And i said, oh okay, very was weve got them on the ground down on the ground, the ceiling goes down there. Im going to be down there, right . So i and hes showing me how to lead the water out. What makes very soon is mercedes special is the all black styling as desired by roy orbison himself. No one for his dark out fits in sheets. But the singer wouldnt have bought the car heading out one day be given a ride in this light blue, 600 in tennessee, which belonged to elvis presley. The that was the 2 of his own. And uh, yeah, and once he wrote it out, this is car. That was that, you know, and of course theyre both from tennessee that goes from that area. You know, and, and, and roy was a real assist, you know, cars, you know, hes just love cars. So yeah, and yeah, they have to be drove it is i have to have the mercedes, 600. 00 became a global phenomena in a car and blazing with a star for stars. That this is the most expensive car you could buy. Okay, so people who had, you know, unlimited amounts of money. Uh, and also unlimited need for an image. I mean, i dont know if the beatles had one that david bowie had one, supposedly ethan, janis joplin, you know, who have that serious song. Oh lord, wont you by the Mercedes Benz that was the car. That was to say that song she is taking a ride with some other rock star who had was a mercy of different kind of intoxicating trip for the music scene. But the clientele also included actors like Elizabeth Taylor and Fashion Designer coco chanel. No one could resist the charms of the 600 actually eclectic mix of owners from pop star peace activist john lennon to edi. I mean it looks like the kind of the car that somebody important should be driving. So i dont know if the beatles cared about looking important. But id say the World Leaders want to what they consider to be the best car john lennon. He bought it because he could do it. Right. Do you have that much money in for him . I think it was just you know, he made it right. He was successful and it was a great comfortable car, but edi, i mean, i think it was more typical dictate or are showing off button. Both had made it in their rounds, per se, for sure. The 6 of it attracted the best of the best. And the worst of the worst. I dont know where i i belong the mercedes, 600. The ultimate set of wheels for those seeking a bit of automotive majesty. The good, the bad, and the beautiful. But president s pop culture icons impulse a german economic miracle in a car that for some symbolizes an area in which nothing was impossible, and the likes of which will probably never see again the, at the out of this refugee companies this morning. So the most pleasant time of the day, its still relatively cool. Adam and safety now getting ready for another days when. Ready they come from saddam when i fled beyond rest a few years ago. The original plan was to get to europe the unless you tell me and i left to dan and 2015. My conditions back home are really tough. I wanted to go to libya. But when i got there instead of i was tortured and mistreated, tonya, i dont mean i realized that there would be no future for me. There were, there is no way of getting to italy or anywhere else in europe. Lineup, it was in libya that i met my friends if dean by then so we decided to head back to new share. So i thought id try to set up a business. The g not the, not only the content on model. And we had been on the road for a long time, and i will say it had a lot of issues and that was why we opted to stay in this year. And so we put together our savings and chose to invest in rickshaws, forgot the end as result. And were now able to send money back regularly and to our families in sudan, looking at the shock and other my husband, i think they actually started out with a motorbike, but they said they were able to afford or make some light is still, they invested in the 2nd one, the, the refugee camp is both give them is away from the city of i got this that makes it very difficult for residents to get into the 2nd item. And so if it didnt realize that there was a gap in the mortgage, and the business idea was the monthly, im like, its very difficult to find regular work here. Theres no point to just sitting around waiting for somebody to hire you. You have to build up your own business. Otherwise time just drags shad one in the 1st trip of the morning is to the main split and the refugee camp. This is where they find most of the customers. There are always people one seem to catch a ride into the city to go shopping. Oh, job hunting. Tough to green on a price. They get going. The progress is slow, but at least its a good road. It takes a long time, but its really beautiful. It reminds me of sudan and will be there soon enough the or maybe not just he has to deal with the breakdown. The ritual is old and the sun. The conditions are a problem for the engine. The elliot everyone has to lend a hand before they can continue that the when they finally get to get the space time for a break here adam, and instead of being shipped to other ritual drivers, the conversation helps costs the time while they wait for passengers, for the return journey these days they get on well with the other drivers. I had a chance to get to know 2 of them before theyve been driving for 6 months just the same. I think its good with some other not from the share of the refugee is it is, is it, but the good thing is theyre not just sitting around complaining and waiting for someone to help them home waiting for me to sit on the car. Theyre africans like us and, and as long as theyre here legally and they can drive a rickshaw country, are they going to prove fairly simple but need to add a struggling to integrate many of the refugees living within its board is according to mohammed, newer of july from the Un Refugee Agency is in the says, you always have to consider the needs of the society that takes in the refugees and im done per lie. There are not in any opportunities here to a level. There are very few Development Projects in this region. And local people also struggle to find work on the for actually the, the, the 2 men from these however, have gradually been accepted and building new relationships up the get. It wasnt easy at 1st. We had to learn the language and be able to integrate that or when were in a city. When we meet passengers and ill get is, were now able to communicate with them and negotiate a price. So we feel very comfortable here. While we finally have a job and feel welcome in the year, shortly before dusk, they draw it back to the can with the last passengers of the day, businesses running well in the evening, it finally starts to get cooler again. The pair of both themselves, the stereo system from the endings they have a generator to provide electricity to add them in such a dean. Its finally time to relax and enjoy the evening. The most sign of the kind of, or most so the powers, this 1st m city is to above us that can navigate online courses just before going into the river, said the driver disables the wheels and activates the prepared a village. A little ash gives you a little high just like when youre sitting on a swing or run in Amusement Park or i dont know. I was in the voice it drive. I can use either the brother or the Steering Wheel to see myself at that time. For me, its time to return to drive. The most challenging moment is when you leave the water, you have the movers of land. Its tricky for us to do that. You need to think, ok, im a boat like now on the coming across again to be able to do this. Myself the doctors 3 powers, 3 times a day. The special 5 passages tickets cost, 59. 00 euros for adults and 23 years for children. Divide takes an hour and 45 minutes, spend 2 minutes of which is spent on the voice. The license took a company 7 years. The bus which was built in the us and funds is based on a truck strain. The you will see sol up the engines position in the middle of the bus is crucial recently with the, with the, with some buses its at the back which wouldnt work in the water. And with the most of them, you can see see we have 2 independent engines. So a combustion one. And then electrical one at the band was its a battery on sale call that has the capacity of 22. 00 kilobytes out, which means a lot of charging for nothing, much range, but the technology is evolving. So our next model might have couple that do what the company is working on. 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