
Mercedes 280 SE W111 Coupe Black AUTOart 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Mercedes
- Manufacturer
- AUTOart
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 76286
- Year
- 1968
- Era
- 1960s
- Body Type
- Coupe
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 674110762860
About the Mercedes 280 SE W111 Coupe Black AUTOart 1:18
TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Mercedes 280 SE W111 Coupe, in black, reproduces the elegant two-door successor to the Fintail sedan platform. Doors and hood open. This is a used model; the box shows traces of storage. A design widely regarded as one of Mercedes' cleanest coupe shapes of its era.
The W111 coupe traded the sedan's tailfins for a genuinely restrained, elegant two-door profile, proving Mercedes could build a formal luxury car with real visual lightness when it chose to.
Diecast Construction and Opening Panels on the 280 SE Coupe
AUTOart's zinc-alloy body carries real substance, and the black paint holds even, formal gloss across the coupe's slim pillars and low, clean roofline. Doors and hood open, revealing the inline-six under the hood and a cabin trimmed to the period's top luxury standard, with detailed wood accents and chrome switchgear. Panel gaps along the coupe's thin door frames and low beltline stay tight, a genuine test given how much glass area this body carries relative to its metal panels. This copy is a used model, box showing traces of storage; the casting itself carries none of that wear.
Why the W111 Coupe Still Impresses
Design writers still cite the W111 coupe's slim pillars and glass-heavy greenhouse as an example of 1960s German restraint done right, a quieter counterpoint to the more flamboyant American coupes of the same decade. For a Mercedes collection focused on design rather than raw performance, this coupe belongs near the top.
Displaying the 280 SE Coupe
Set beside a Fintail sedan, the coupe's slimmer, lower roofline shows how Mercedes reworked the same underlying platform into something genuinely more elegant.














