what secrets lie behind these discovered new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating. both heritage selling dw world heritage 360. now the 60 use of them is say the 6 hundreds. how it became because the heads of states saw, i'm hope our student needs refugee is a thriving in asia with a ritual business. outsource and powers can travel on voice and land in the same vehicle like no unrest. c the as a mercedes,

60260. 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. what is this car totally street? among the famous owners of the 600 john lady and the i mean the in some is ruler. if you gone to in the 1970s, it looks like the kind of car that somebody important should be driving. hopes were among its most high profile passengers, austria and pops. don't really your things perhaps less so. it was all about status back then, right. it was the the epitome 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. there's nothing quite light and 600. and it was the best of the best on the luxury front cover. and felix was the, was the best car, mercedes engineers reveled in the challenge of making the impossible possible the engineers or to design the car that you want you think is the best car in the world . and if you give germany leaders that kind of get it over the 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 for potential buyers, which in 1972 may visiting the shot of iran. i

met you man by convinced you say your account must be better than the roadside, otherwise i don't, i don't want it. i'm not interested in. if i could convince him. as at the end, i was successfully because self pressure was 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 kingsley, they've been just satisfied with you. this was in 1968 when i delivered the car in a ship just to the presidents. and why is that the is this fits the energy of this car was that the covers put it was protected and he's rich was

to have movable windows on the rear because he was closer fob. you had a feeling to be enclosed too much and therefore he wanted to have the possibility to shape the mercedes museum interested card has one of the 25 ton bullet proof models used to ferry state guests of west germany in the sixties and seventies from britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd to leon, impression of leader of the soviet union. these distinguished figures worn at the wheel themselves. of course the backseats frequently became the scene of historic diplomatic tongues. the this of freshman year was it, the dear and the various other precedence is all the finest materials. use the disco 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 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 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 products of

the money. there is no road and therefore there's a new car. mercedes, i want these guys, well, the rock side of hussein, likewise under 600. and his love of the armored mercedes model almost spelled do for peter show how much i've always there for service purposes. and it just happens as it was in ninety's in 5090, even live in the 1st gulf war broke out budget. luckily enough, i was sitting out in due time side of hussein's mercedes, 600 is now featured as a peterson automotive museum in los angeles, state limousine with a very particular set of extras. is that all of these running boards all around the car? so the, his guards, i mean there's running boards on the sides and on the back where i guess his body

guards with stand, i would not have bought the car if it was easy. i mean, or the doctor say i wouldn't feel comfortable. how would i ever drive a car the eda me or, or sit down? because same 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 car for some people that's meaningful, which it certainly is for barry zone and who bought one such a model owned by orbison in the seventy's and eighty's the car. they've provided inspiration for some of the american rock values, best known song, lyrics it was 0 of that song, roy orbison was 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 refuse to add any of those items. so 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 had a poultry, 3000 kilometers on the clock. i bought a car because nothing was because of his condition. you need to buy a car. i really, really big condition that's been cared for, you know, the car for instance, to do. maddox is the, the, the, the 4 games switch for the medic windows on the driver's side. that's which alone cost. $17000.00. if you, if you, if you're, if you're lucky enough to buy, find one new little wonder, given the engineering involved, the car is fitted, visit comforts hydraulic system. that means any parts which one to,

to be also in it's precision, is built electrically operated by title, likely. and from the drive us to of course you can operate or for the windows and 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 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 here,

right here for soft adjustment the and we tried that and you did 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 sit in those leather seats up with the straight spring listed the cruiser. and you know, you just you, you feel of the sale under 250 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. in september 1963, the car went on sale to the public in 3 different versions. between

19631981 mercedes bill, 59 long delayed 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 sedans was the length of just over 5 and a half years. little model variance had one thing and kind of the extremely sophisticated engineering student section really have st. jude injection come in between the v o, c h, and the instructors had the all the to produce of outstanding take me to take that out to the car and they were not limited as far as money is concerned. so that's why they could pay a little bit around $50.00 ideas. so they came to the suspension of his livery

control, adjustable shock absorbers. the total of all the innovations show is extreme, the new modem because they have a lot of these innovations taken over eager to keep the technically complex cars running pans across the world of teams up the form national and mercedes, 600 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 a 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 world's biggest $600.00 club. among its members is luis pacheko is already taking

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 cloud was 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 list tips from the 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 a 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 these, the, the of the, the eric say, cuz it gets water. and i said, oh, okay, there it was. we've got them on the ground and i are down on the ground. the ceiling goes down there. i gotta be down there, right. so 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, lose 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 they are both from tennessee that goes from that area. you know, and, and, and roy was a real assist, you know, cars, you know, it easiest low cars. so yeah. and uh, yeah, the,

he drove the mercedes 600, became a global phenomenon, a car and blazing with a star for stars. and 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 even janis joplin. you know who has a fairy song? oh lord, want you by the mercedes benz. that was the car. that was to say that song, see it 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. a truly eclectic mix of owners from pops our peace activist john linen. 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 at port, but i think the world leaders wanna what they consider to be the best car. john lennon chief 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 600 it attracted the best of the best. and the worst of the worst. i don't know where 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 presidents, pop culture icons and pulse a german economic miracle and 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 and not getting ready for another days when they come from saddam where they fled beyond rest. a few years ago. the original plan was to get to europe is unless you tell me and i left to dan in 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 tiny. i mean, i realized that there would be no future for me. there was no way of getting an italy or anywhere else in europe and the line of government. it was in libya that i met my friends, that the dean by the end. so we decided to head back to new share. so i thought i'd try to set up a business g, not there, and um, what i need is uh, going to and i'm gonna, i'm gonna,

and we had been on the road for a long time. and obviously i 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 of the we're now able to send money back regularly and your families in sudan looking up the shock and have them my husband. i think they actually started out with the most a bike, but they said they were able to afford or make some lights and still they invested in the 2nd one the, the refugee camp is both. keep 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 full 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 shopping when they 1st chip of the morning is to the main split, the refugee camp. this is where they find most of the customers. there are always people wanting to catch a ride into the city to go shopping. oh, job hunting, tough. the agreement a price, 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 a breakdown. the ritual is old and the sand. the conditions are appropriate for the engine of any yet everyone has to lend a hand before they can continue that the when they finally get to, i'll 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 for they've been driving for 6 months without it . so i think it's good with some other not from the share of the refugees is it, is that the good thing is where they're not just sitting around complaining and waiting for someone to help them listed under the car. they're oswick is like

us and, and as long as they're here legally and they can drive a rich country, are they going to put the family? but new data struggling to integrate many of the refugees living within its fluid is according to mohammed, nor up to lie from the un refugee agency in that. and the more so you always have to consider the needs of the society that takes in the refugees. that provide, there are not in any opportunities here to is the novel. there are very few development projects in this region. and local people also struggle to find work on the people. actually, the idea is on the, the 2 men from these, however, have gradually been accepted and are building new relationships of 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 this, 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 cam with the last passengers of the day. business is 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 adam and such a dean. it's finally time to relax and enjoy the evening. the

most signs that come up or most. so the powers this 1st and to these 2 above us, but can navigate on the gun voices just before going into the rivers, 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 on an amusement park or i don't the sofa and the voice it driver can use either the brother or the steering wheel to see my cell, the ducks. so it's time to return to drive the most challenging moment is when you leave the water that you have coming to you 1st with lane, it's tricky to assume that you need to think ok, i'm a boat for point now on the coming across again as you've been to the on this

must sell the doctor to 3 powers 3 times a day, the specified passengers tickets cost 39 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 of the buff license took the company 7 years. the bus which was built in the us and front is based on a truck strain. the . it was the soul of the engines position in the middle of the bus is crucial. we recently moved to put them on some buses. it's at the back which wouldn't 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 of the fat was the to battery down call. that has the capacity of $22.00

kilowatt of thousands, which means a lot of charging for not much range that the technology is involved. and so our next model might have couple that. ready the company is working on a big brother for myself, the duck, which is expected to make a slash on the river send in a few years time. join us again. next time for more read the the, the

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