These days, you’d be hard pressed to pick up a brand-new Mercedes-Benz for $48,500. How about buying an iconic 1969 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 for that same figure?
Early on in the ’70s, the Jaguar XJ12 and the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 fought for buyers in the equivalent of a sumo wrestling match performed in three-piece suits.
