Cars of Coolhaven

This car is a direct successor of one of the most beautiful cars ever designed: the 1954 300SL Gullwing. I am no Mercedes fan at all, but the Gullwing… This sporty SL500 from 2005 is a long, long way from the classic beauty of the 300SL, but this site was turning a bit in a [...]

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We’ve digressed a bit from the format… cars of Coolhaven! So back to my beautiful neighborhood with this classy classic: the Mercedes 220 SE, build in the fifties and early sixties. This car was nicknamed the Heckflosse or fintail, but I must say that these fins don’t really stand out. Especially when you consider its [...]

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The Mercedes G (for Geländewagen) is an all-wheel drive that has been around for quite some time now. Production of this rugged, durable and reliable Merc began in 1979. And the fun part, two weeks ago Jurriaan and I were off to Regensburg, Germany to buy one of the oldies in the series, and to [...]

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Oke, couldn’t help it… I was browsing through some old holiday pictures, and ran into this nice little inexpensive car we spotted in London last year. I just have to post it, it is too nice a car! No need to give you the tech report, it is known Actually, I am happy I saw [...]

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This is a Mercedes 190. its factory name is w121. this is the version after the face lift of ’58. The difference are made in the front. The indicators are placed above the lights and the grill is bigger. the w121 was build from 1956 until 1961. it looks a lot like the 180 but [...]

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I don’t know what it is, but there is something really nice and classy about the old-but-not-that-old smaller Mercedes ehm esses? sis? Oh well, Mercedes in plural This gentle metallic blue classic is a great example of how a good performing car can look elegant and chique. Not like nowadays BMW’s with these monstrous frowning [...]

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