S class of W 140 that was released in 1991. It is famous for the designer Sakko later told "I am 10 cm taller than my ideal, tall," but when I see it, I feel that this car height is producing a distinctive heavy feeling.

The total height said to be high is 1490 mm. The current S class is 1495 mm, so it was lower than that.

Speaking of W140's release in 1991, the bubble burst. It can be said that it is a bad luck model released at the timing of the end of the bubble in Japan.

Moreover, the price of 600 SEL at the time of release is 21 million yen. This is a rough price setting which received a bubble economy of 1.5 times the final price of the previous model. I think that it can be said that it was quite high-priced even though I thought that the current price of S600L is around 23 million yen in 25 years. The name "600 SEL" is also symbolic.