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 of the worst. why did this car totally street? among the famous owners of the 600 john lady and the the, i mean the in some is ruler of you've gone to in the 19 seventy's 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, the 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. there's nothing quite like in 600 and it was the best of the best on the luxury front. feeling was the most the best for say these engineers reveled in the challenge of making the impossible possible the engineers or to design the car that you one you think is the best car in the world. and if you give german, it's theater, kind of get it over checkbook to these guys. something is going to be special. it's a special car. so that makes you a special person. we met the man with an unrivalled familiarity with mercedes, $600.00 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, or potential buyers, which in 1972 may visiting the shot of iran. i met him and i convinced him he said, your account must be better than the roadside, otherwise i don't, i don't want it. i'm not interested in it. i could convince him. as at the end, i was successfully because self pressed on board. 17 of the $600.00. he handed over mercedes 600 keys to dozens of heads of state. in most cases they were bullet proof versions. they understand change because they've been just satisfied with you. this was in 1968. when i delivered the car in a ship to, to the president and the is that the is the speciality of his car was that the

covers for it was protected and he's rich was to have movable windows on the rear because he was closer. phobia had a feeling to be enclosed too much but definitely he wanted to have the possibility to shape the mercedes museum and she did card has one of the to 5 ton bullet proof models used to ferry state guests in west germany in the sixties and seventies from britain, this queen elizabeth the seconds totally unit version of leader of the soviet union . these distinguished figures worn at the wheel themselves. of course the back seats frequently became the scene of historic diplomatic tongues. the this of freshman year for sitting here and the various other precedence is all the finest materials used in this car.

and it's 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, a tomato belonging to romanian dictator nicoleyechuck. jessica was nowadays on show in a private vintage 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 everyone warranty. from legendary cuban leader of fidel castro to the founder of the people's republic of china. and i would say to him for countless authoritarian rulers to the 1st 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 doomed for peter show how not. i've always there for service purposes and it just happens as it was in the 90s in february 9th. even live in the 1st uh goes for broke out but luckily enough i was getting out in due time side of hussein's mercedes, 600 is now featured as a peterson automotive museum in los angeles state. the limousine was very particular set of extras. is that all of these running boards all around the car?

so the, his guards of the there's running boards on the side 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 as a doctor say i wouldn't feel comfortable. how would i ever drive a car that eda me or, or sit down who's st drove? i think that having some sort of positive provenance with it makes it better. so at least, you know, saying it's a roy orbison card for some people that's meaningful and which it certainly is for barry's own. and who bought one such model owned by orbison in the seventy's and eighty's, the car that provided inspiration for some of the american rock ballad use best known song lyrics of that song, roy orbison. but what's funny is it now the car, you know,

um if there is no cosette in the car, there's 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 that's 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 driver's side. that's which alone cost $17000.00. if you, if you, if you, if you're lucky enough to buy, find one new little wonder, given the engineering involved the car is treated as an accomplice,

hydraulic system. that means any pods which one to to be also in its position is the electrically operated by ty, totally and from the drive us to of course, or can operate or for the windows. and you, the idea is it is very quiet. is most humming. there is no sound. the immense 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 it's 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 comfortable override your soft adjustment the we drive it and you get a box, you know, use it to bump because you can see it but you feel it. it just looks like a boat. 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 sho, september 1963. the car went on sale to the public in 3 different versions.

between 19631981 receives bill, 59. as on to late additions, featuring a convertible top and measuring 6 meters. 24 long are accompanied by 429 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 in common, extremely sophisticated engineering. the age student, section 2 injection from the v o c h, and the instructors had p o the to produce of outstanding take me to take the take a car and they were not limited as far as money is concerned. so that's

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 show is, are extreme, the new modem, because they have a lot of these innovations taking 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 size, which is not very easy because it's not too many people are able to work on. the cars and the parts are limited. the german enthusiasts are in close contact with others in the united states, which thinks also to social media is home to the world's biggest 600 club.

among its members is luis pacheko. he's already taken a range of aging 6 hundreds and restore them to their former glory the or continuing what mercedes did so many years ago and keeping these cars alive and on the road. and i think that's 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 that's where very so in, in, has picked. the price was tips from former tv chat, show host and car lever. jay leno, j's out there, he's, he's a real car guy. you know, he's got his own garage with tremendous collection of cars,

including the 600. and he came up to me and talked to me and he says, you know, you gotta, you really have to believe these, the, the, the, the eric say, cuz it gets water. and i said, oh okay, very was we've got them on the ground down on the ground, the ceiling goes down there. i'm going to be down there, right? so i and he's 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 and shades. but the singer wouldn't 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 with his car, that was that, you know, and of course they're both from tennessee, they're both from that area. you know, and, and, and roy was a real assist, you know, cars, you know,

he's just love cars. so yeah, and yeah, as i have to have the mercedes, 600 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 don't know if the beatles had one that david bowie had one, supposedly ethan janis joplin. you know, who has a serious um, oh lord, won't you? by the 1st eighty's bed. that was the car that was okay, that song she is taking a ride with some other rockstar who had won

a mercy of different kind of intoxicating trip for the music scene. but the clientele also included actors like elizabeth taylor and fashion designer cocoa show. now, none could resist the charms of the $600.00 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 don't know if the beatles cared about looking important, but i think 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 a 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 don't know where i i belong the mercedes, 600. the ultimate set of wheels for those seeking a bit of automotive mattress. the good, the bad, and the beautiful. but presidents pop culture icons and pokes 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 other, this refugee companies this morning. so the most pleasant time of the day, it's still relatively cool. adam and city now getting ready for another days when. ready they come from saddam when i flip an 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 don't 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 friend said dean by then. so we decided to head back to new sheriff. i thought i'd try to set up a business july. 3rd. um,

what i need is a little bit more than what we had been on the road for a long time. let me say it had a lovely thing 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 of the we're 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 didn't realize that there was a gap in the mortgage,

and the business idea was the monthly, i'm like, it's very difficult to find regular work here. there's 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 chip of the morning is to the main split the refugee camp. this is where they find most defect actually is. there are always people wanting to catch a ride into the city to go shopping or job hunting. opted reading on a price or they get going. the progress is slow, but at least it's a good road. it takes a long time, but it's 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 is eliot. everyone has then to 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 they've been driving for 6 months. is it open for the same? i think it's good with some other not from the share. the refugee is it is,

is it. but the good thing is they're not just sitting around complaining and waiting for someone to help them to sit on the car. they're africans like us and. and as long as they're 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 i'm 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 onto the for actually the, the, the 2 men from these however, have gradually been accepted and are building new relationships with

the get. it wasn't easy at 1st. we had to learn the language and be able to integrate better when we're in the city. when we meet passengers and i'll get is, we're 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 drive back to the can with the last passengers of the day . business is running well in the evening, it finally starts to get cooler again. the pair with both themselves, the stereo system from the endings they have a generator to provide electricity to adam and such a dean. it's finally time to relax and enjoy the evening. the

most signs that come out or most. so the powers this 1st and to be is to above us, but can navigate on the gun bullshit. 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 you're sitting on a swing or run an amusement park or i don't know. i was in the voice it driver can use either the brother or the steering wheel to see and my cell is a desk. so it's time to return to drive. the most challenging moment is when you leave the water, you have the movers of land. it's tricky at 1st to see that you need to think,

okay, i'm a boat like now and the coming across again as you've been to the on this most of the doctors 3 powers 3 times a day. the especially 5 passenger tickets costs 39 years for adults and 23 years for children. divide takes an hour and 45 minutes. spend 2 minutes of which is spent on the voice. buff license took the company 7 years. the box, which was built in the us and front is based on a truck strain. the you will see sol functions, position in the middle of the bus is crucial to the moment. i'll put some buses. it's at the back which wouldn't work in the water and with the but most of them you can see see we have 2 independent engines. so a combustion one and then electrical,

one of the bank was, it's a battery. you don't sell call. that has a capacity of $22.00 kilowatt of thousands, which means a lot of charging for not much range that the technology is evolving. so our next model might have double that to what the company is working on. a big brothers who am i sell the duck, which is expected to make a splash on the river send in a few years time and join us again. next time for more read the the, the

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