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1972 Mercedes-Benz 280 SEL 4.5 [W108]

1972 Mercedes-Benz 280 SEL 4.5 [W108] in Rocky IV, Movie, 1985

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

1972 Mercedes-Benz 280 SEL 4.5 [W108]

00:51:29 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
deion ◊ 2004-09-18 03:14	J'ai une capture de la malle arrière pour le 280 SEL 4.5
Ralph ◊ 2005-02-15 00:52	W108 (250S,250SE,280S,280SE,280SE 3.5,280SE 4.5,300SE,300SE)
merc108 ◊ 2006-03-31 06:51	Movie was set in Russia somewhere but those are US spec Mercedes sedans.
G-MANN ◊ 2006-11-01 11:40	Which mean it probably wasn't filmed in Russia.
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2006-11-01 11:55	G-MANN wrote Which mean it probably wasn't filmed in Russia. Indeed not. Quote Filming Locations for Rocky IV (1985) Grand Teton National Park, Moose, Wyoming, USA Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA (Siberian farm site) Los Angeles International Airport - One World Way, Los Angeles, California, USA (Drago's arrival) The Agrodome, Pacific National Exhibition Grounds, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Ziegfeld Room, MGM Grand Hotel - 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (Apollo Creed vs. Ivan Drago fight) http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089927/locations
G-MANN ◊ 2006-11-01 12:34	Films never seem to be filmed where the story is set.
GrkFlyersFan ◊ 2010-09-01 07:30	I imagine trying to film in the Soviet Union would've been hard to swing.
achiu31 ◊ 2011-12-27 04:07	-- Last edit: 2011-12-27 10:55:30 (walter)
3loader ◊ 2011-12-27 04:51	Freaky plate. Theres no such a character in cyrillic as that thing between numbers and TK...
sevel ◊ 2017-06-25 21:40	The most appropiated car for those characters should be a GAZ Volga 24
GodzillaFan54 ◊ 2021-03-21 15:57	Or a ZiL. A better location choice for scenes set in USSR would've been in Canada because aside from being a frozen hell for 5 months of the year, Soviet Ladas weren't a uncommon site on Canadian roads in the mid-'80s.
siemenstraffic ◊ 2023-10-25 23:59	The Soviet state did order a large fleet of Mercedes W108's to be used a police cars in 1970's. So I won't be surprised that KGB commandeered a few cars for use in State Security.
LadaLover ◊ 2024-10-22 10:01	A shot from the rear:
Honda Pete 81 ◊ 2025-08-21 03:26	The car is wrong the w108 280 SEL is a straight six not a huge thumping V8 so whoever created this got it very wrong didn't do the research
tore-40 ◊ 2025-08-21 11:31	Honda Pete 81 wrote The car is wrong the w108 280 SEL is a straight six not a huge thumping V8 so whoever created this got it very wrong didn't do the research I don't know about that, as @Ralph commented 20 years ago, they made a 3.5 version as well as the 4.5 offered to the US market Spoiler - click here to see it (just over 8,000 made, well over 13,000 for the short version) W109 even had the 280 SEL 6.3 with the W100 drivetrain jammed in, making it a wolf in sheep's clothing, as one of the fastest production 4-door sedans of its era, with about 6,500 units made

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