Mercedes-Benz · 1965–1972
Mercedes-Benz W108
The Mercedes-Benz W 108 and W 109 are luxury cars produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1965 through to 1972. They succeeded the W 111 and W 112 "fintail" (German: "Heckflosse") sedans, and upon their introduction, the manufacturer designated them as constituting a newly created "Upper Middle Class" range. The cars were successful in West Germany and in export markets including North America and Southeast Asia. During the seven-year run, a total of 383,072 units were manufactured. As the W 108 and W 109 were only available as 4-door models, the similarly squarish, Paul Bracq-designed 2-door W 111 and W 112 coupés and cabriolets filled those niches and are frequently mistaken for W 108/W 109 two-doors.
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Predecessor: Mercedes-Benz W112|Mercedes-Benz W111 · Successor: Mercedes-Benz W109
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Specifications
- name
- Mercedes-Benz W 108 • W 109
- Manufacturer
- Daimler-Benz
- Assembly
- West Germany: Stuttgart
- Production
- September 1965 – November 1972, 383,072 built, W 108: 359,522, W 109: 23,550
- Predecessor
- W 108: W 111, W 109: W 112
- Successor
- W 116
- Class
- Full-size luxury car (F)
- Body style
- 4-door sedan
- Engine
- 2.5 L M 108/129 I6, 2.8 L M 130 I6, 3.0 L M 189 I6, 3.5 L M 116 V8, 4.5 L M 117 V8, 6.3 L M 100 V8
- Related
- W 113, W 111/W 112 (2-door models)
- Designer
- Paul Bracq, Friedrich Geiger (1963)
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual, 5-speed manual, 4-speed automatic , K4A 025, K4B 050, K4C 025, K4A 040, 3-speed automatic, W3A 040
- Layout
- FR layout
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971157CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W108/W109CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1371718733 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercedes-Benz_280_SE.jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo: klugesmarketing · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.