Mercedes 560 SEC AMG Looks Suitably Eighties In Cocaine White

These days most any Mercedes leaving the factory in performance spec is badged as an AMG. But back in the mid-’80s, when this one was made, the two were entirely separate companies. And this was the pinnacle of the modified Benzes that AMG produced before Daimler bought it out.

What you’re looking at is a wide-body 1986 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC 6.0 AMG – one of fewer than 50 believe to have been made. And it’s coming up for auction.

Based on Benz’s top-of-the-line coupe, this planted AMG sled packs an enlarged version of Daimler’s 5.6-liter V8 – bored out to a nice, round 6.0 liters and capable of producing 385 horsepower. That was more than the Lamborghini Countach was making at the time.

At about $200k, it was also roughly twice as expensive as a Countach. To put that into perspective, imagine if today’s S-Class Coupe cost $800k instead of the $165k an S63 (or $236k an S65) will actually run you.

The price tag was (partially) justified by its rarity, and the wide-body aero kit that made it stand out the standard model on which it was based. It was a sign of its time, to be sure, especially all snowed-out as this one was in what we could only call Cocaine White.

Now more than 30 years since this one was made, this AMG super-coupe is slated to cross the auction block at RM Sotheby’s upcoming sale in Fort Lauderdale this April. When it does, we won’t be the least bit surprised to see it fetch a six-figure price like it did when new.