The Mercedes Benz 600 Series Celebration

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Mercedes-Benz 600 series - Luciano Pavarotti's 1972 600, Hugh Hefner's 1972 600 Pullman, Pope Paul VI's 1965 600 Pullman Landaulet, and the 1972 600 SWB Sedan ......... Apart from the Pope and governments, famous owners of the 600 include celebrities such as Coco Chanel, Hugh Hefner, Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon, George Harrison, Jay Kay, Aristotle Onassis, Jack Nicholson, Simon Spies, Ron Wood, Bob Jane, Frank Packer, Elvis Presley, Rowan Atkinson, and Jeremy Clarkson, Communist leaders include Nicolae Ceauşescu, Josip Broz-Tito, Fidel Castro, Pol Pot, Enver Hoxha, Leonid Brezhnev,[3] Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-Il also owns a landaulet (both seen in the 65th anniversary parade in Pyongyang on October 10, 2010) and religious leader Guru Maharaj Ji. African revolutionaries Idi Amin Dada, Jomo Kenyatta and the former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos had four 600s including a Landaulet, a 1981 bulletproof and a six-door version.[citation needed] The 600 was so heavy that the largest engine of Mercedes at that time, the 6-cylinder 300, was inadequate. Instead a new engine with more than twice the capacity was specially developed to move the vehicle and its hydraulically powered amenities, the massive 6.3L V8 "M100" engine with single overhead camshafts, and Bosch mechanical fuel injection. 1963--1981 The 600's "M-100" engine and hydraulics were fitted to the 300SEL 6.3 model in 1968, providing the lighter (and more affordable) car with astounding, for the time, performance <b>...</b>

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600, S-Class, mercedes, benz, yt:stretch=16:9, series, Luxury, Car, Auto, Limousine, pullman, landaulet, Maybach, swb, Hugh, Hefner, Elizabeth, Taylor, John, Lennon, George, Harrison, Elvis, Presley, Top, Gear, Jeremy, Clarkson

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