w140 Mercedes-Benz S 500 with a legendary M119 V8 engine, 1996

S500 W140 The Mercedes W 140 S 500 is a car designed on a huge scale, the project alone cost the company a billion dollars and took several years. You can feel it in the car even after 25 years - it’s hard to find any weak point. It is the fruit of an engineering quest for perfection that makes all the competition of the time pale in comparison. Any accountant responsible for approving automobile budgets today would call this simply excessive. But the S-Class dates back to a time when engineers were still in charge of the project and is one of the last cars to be designed without economy, using all of the company’s available resources and experience. #w140 #s500 #140series #oldbenz source: