The Peter F. Baumberger Collection of Motorcars
* All sold with No Reserve *
20 Aug 2010
Gstaad Palace Hotel
Switzerland
Lot No: 10
One owner from new
2000 Mercedes-Benz 600CL
Chassis no. WDB2153731A011643
Estimate: CHF15,000 - 20,000
Footnote:
The CL Class is the flagship of the Mercedes-Benz car range. Ignore the more exotic fly-by-nights such as the SLR and SLS supercars – they don't have the longevity of the CL, a car that can trace its roots back 30 years along an unbroken line to the W126-generation 500SEC.
As with its predecessors, the W215 model coupé is based on the underpinnings of the S-Class limousine, and in a quest to give the two-door greater standing, Mercedes used it to premiere various technological innovations. It was the first Mercedes to feature Active Body Control (ABC), a system that used four hydraulic suspension struts to keep the car level through corners; the first to feature Bi-Xenon headlights and, on the early V12 models such as this one, it employed Activ