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1972 Mercedes Benz W108 280 S Specifications The W108 Mercedes Benz 280S was built by Mercedes Benz from 1965 through to 1972 as an update of the famous W111 and [...]

Auckland Club member Garry Boyce completed the Vintage Car Club’s Targa Rally this year in his beautiful 190SL. Garry’s regular offsider for these challenges was unavailable so Garry invited a [...]

Sunday was a wet miserable day so a pretty good day to be attending the FoMC AGM. It was held at the North Shore Vintage Car Club rooms and when [...]

2010 Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG Specifications The 2010 Mercedes Benz SL63 AMG with 7 speed auto, 2 door, with metal convertible roof body, comes with a V8 6208 cm3, 386kw [...]

1982 Mercedes Benz W123 230CE Specifications: Mercedes Benz 230CE 123 series, offered by Mercedes between 1976 – 1986, with 29,858 units being produced. The M102.980 engine has a 95.5mm (3.76in) [...]

February 13th 2022 is the date of the Ellerslie Classic Car show. The show has been running for 50 years and this show will be the 51st. That’s pretty impressive! [...]

Ferdinand Porsche arrived at Daimler in 1923 after many years at Austro-Daimler and was immediately involved in developing a new straight-six engine.  Described in 1924 as a money-no-object engineering exercise [...]

Sue started it. With a bit of an online shopping habit, she discovered a blingy handbag complete with Mercedes logo and accessories, in a range of glorious metallic colours.  She [...]

As I sit here writing, and now reading, my first President’s report I reflect back on the last 12 months. It has certainly been a challenging time for everyone, personally, [...]

A total of 45 cars took part this year. We were car 14 and Tom O’Hagan and his navigator Kevin Plunkett were number 12. Among the cars were 7 Mercedes [...]