Considered to be the Maybach of her days, the Mercedes-Benz 300D was a fairly large car that was bought by several rich people. Governments bought them for use by their Presidents and Prime Ministers.

Produced between 1957-1962, this 4-door luxury car was superior in performance to Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. In terms of luxury, it offered a partition to separate the occupant from the chauffeur, VHF mobile phone, dictation machine, etc.

This car was more known as Adenauer after the German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (1949-1963) who was instrumental in making this model popular after he declared the 300D to be the official state car. This car is now kept at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.