The 2-door version of the typ 200 emerged as an exotic retractable soft-top ride with a baroque styling that made it highly desirable.
However, ownership came with a hefty price tag. But who wouldn’t have payed to have such a beauty? Easy distinguishable from the saloon through its manually operated soft-top kept in place by to articulated chrome arms, the Cabrio had an elongated rear complete with a spare wheel mount while the door sills and wheel arches had been enlarged to achieve that epoch luxury look. The car’s lines were made curvier while access was done through a suicide door-opening system.