1986 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL [W126]

1986 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL [W126] in Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Movie, 1995 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: DE — Made for: USA

1986 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL [W126]

Pos: 01:15:43 [*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase 

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Geeky1

◊ 2005-09-03 23:06

 Judging from the picture, it's a 1986 or newer U.S. spec car (the headlights give it away). This means it could be a 420SEL or a 560SEL. It might also be a 300SE, SEL, SD, SDL, or 350SD or SDL, but I don't recall which 6cyl/diesel models the U.S. got after 1986 for sure, though I seem to remember the short wheelbase SEs being dropped in the US after 1985.

antp BE

◊ 2005-12-24 01:29

 I replace the main picture, and add the following extra pictures :

[Image: dhv012652c03.1766.jpg] [Image: dhv012719c42.5940.jpg] [Image: dhv012801c29.4285.jpg] [Image: dhv012947c18.1708.jpg] [Image: dhv013036c43.889.jpg]

Now it is sure that it is a 560 SEL, as it is visible several times in the movie.

Old main picture was showing the Mercedes near the Yugo:

[Image: dhv011233c37.6417.jpg] [Image: dhv011240c06.4498.jpg]


-- Last edit: 2010-10-10 01:14:35

LH

◊ 2006-01-03 20:53

 the merc is also a belter

ProwlerX US

◊ 2006-06-20 18:48

 I should mention the man who quotes "Go fuck yourself!" is my acting teacher. His name is Jeff Driesbach.

jplemoine FR

◊ 2006-06-20 20:54

 Plus qu'une demi-seconde pour la vidange et le changement de pneus... :lol: :lol:

ProwlerX US

◊ 2006-06-27 03:25

 Too true.

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benny IT

◊ 2006-11-16 19:04

 Used by the main characters since the second half of the movie...some good shots and aggressive driving, and then the chase with the Dodge Ram. It's really a tank! Hit somethings and was hit by the Ram but the body wasn't damaged.

Ah, I forgot: It's a second series, from 1986 for USA, because the 560 SEL was available only with the restyled model, and this had the new bumpers.

G-MANN UK

◊ 2006-12-15 19:27
ProwlerX wrote I should mention the man who quotes "Go fuck yourself!" is my acting teacher. His name is Jeff Driesbach.


Isn't it funny how bolshy civilian bystanders can be (especially New Yorkers) in Hollywood action films?
A Typical scene:

Cop: Excuse me ma'am, I am a cop and I need to use this phone
Woman on phone: Fuck you!

antp BE

◊ 2007-01-08 20:22

 Info from gheinrich :

Quote Interesting debate on Die Hard With A Vengeance. I remember the movie - cheered at the usage of the SEL and grimaced at the outcome. Eventhough you clearly show that it was marked 560SEL, and the power of the vehicle demonstrated could really only come from the horsepower generated by the 560 engine (the 420 was potent, but not torch rubber powerful).

However on the interior of this Benz - it had Zebrano wood trim a feature only available on lesser models. All 560SELs were fitted with burl walnut veneer. Another tell tale sign is the control panel on the rear door - I remember there being only one button which signifies the 420 model. The 560 SEL had three buttons - window, heated rear seat, and power seat adjustment. This leads one to hypothesize as to whether two or more vehicles were used in the filming (quite possible).


-- Last edit: 2007-01-08 20:22:33

G-MANN UK

◊ 2007-01-08 23:52

 What probably happened is they would have used various Mercs for the action sequence and perhaps not all of them were 560SELs since that was the most expensive model, so they used the slightly cheaper smaller-engined ones for other shots or when the car gets damaged. But since at least one of those cars carried the 560SEL badge, we should use that name for all of them. It's like with Tomorrow Never Dies which features the then-top-of-the-line BMW 750iL, they used about 17 cars during filming and many of these got wrecked, do you really think all of them would been £75,000 750iL's when they could have used 728i's or 735i's (which cost about half as much) for the more punishing action shots?

-- Last edit: 2007-01-08 23:55:29

benny IT

◊ 2007-02-08 19:36

 I have seen with particular attention this scene, and now I'm pretty sure that they used two W126s. A 560 SEL, which wasn't so damaged, and then a 420 SEL, that was more used and wrecked.
Btw, I agree with G-Mann, also in Bond's movie weren't ALL 750iL.

Skid US

◊ 2007-07-04 20:55

 They likely had more than two. The jump sequence depicted in the main picture here, for example, likely used a special, one use stunt car.

vlim NL

◊ 2008-07-16 22:02

 I liked the part where the main character 'disables the ABS' by reaching under the dash. Especially since you won't find anything ABS-related there, except for the ABS control light :)

It is possible to disable the ABS in-car, however. A connection to the rear sensor is located under the back seats. When the connection is severed, the ABS module will automatically shut itself off.

All in all, not too far from the truth, but they just picked the wrong side of the car :)

Technomancer FI

◊ 2011-05-18 09:49

 Is this some typical U.S. spec car, because it has two Windscreen wiper? European version only have one "mercedes trademark" wiper?

Also ABS scene was funny ! :)

compu_85 US

◊ 2013-04-25 18:17

 All W126s have that style dual wiper, on right hand drive models they swing out from the other side :)

maxman CA

◊ 2013-09-07 05:03

 North American Mercedes use dual wipers.

Hipo1990 PL

◊ 2015-01-19 01:45

 by interior it's 1986-1988.

apex_DNA US

◊ 2015-12-31 05:44

 Ah the bulletproof Mercedes of the yesteryear.

jpts AU

◊ 2017-07-28 17:00

 There was one scene where McClane asked Zeus if the Mercedes-Benz had any airbags and the Mercedes Benz did have an airbag but as the Mercedes-Benz they were in was a 1986 model, the airbag were fitted to the driver's side only.

Mercedes-Benz started to add the passenger side airbag to their vehicles in 1988.

-- Last edit: 2017-07-28 17:16:34

tore-40 NO

◊ 2018-03-26 15:59

 As mentioned above, several cars involved. As seen in the movie, at least:

Spoiler - click here to see it
-A 560 SEL, hopefully undamaged, where the carjacking happens

-Another 560 SEL (or re-badged to one) with the rear end bullet holes (the license plate is not sitting right, so it's not the one above))

-A V8 420/560 SEL (possibly the same as above, identifiable as a V8 model as it tilts in the crash scene)

-Another 420/560 SEL, used (and destroyed) in the jump. Not driveable (but still complete at the jump so it probably can't be the above mentioned car), so it was reused in the last shot of 'the' car, just at the end of the crash scene, where the guide frame (much like a full-size slot car :D ) for the jump is again visible.


I would be surprised if not even further vehicles were used, as the style and damage level of the interior and the damages to the exterior as well seem to change from one shot to the next.

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