w140 Mercedes-Benz 300 SE rare S class with 5-speed manual transmission

Mercedes 300 SE W140 We don’t have statistics to determine how rare this choice was, but without a shadow of an exaggeration, we can conclude that it was a 1 in 1000 choice. Or rarer. Getrag transmission, manual, five-speed, in the W140 generation S Class. Great by the way, with a typically sporty layout with one to the left and back, two forward and three to back. Most of the gears shifted here stay flush, which supposedly used to be useful for racing drivers on tracks, but works just as well for normal city driving. Shifting gears like this is a pleasure... as long as you like to shift gears yourself. In a limousine, it used to be that every chauffeur did it himself, but now he expects the car to do it for him. #w140 #sclass #mercedes300se #oldbenz source: