Can someone tell me if the Euro 560sec's had speedometers in mph or kph.
Did any Euros come with mph speedo's?

Just trying to determine a true Euro from a psuedo Euro. I am looking at a Euro version but it has an mph speedometer which seems weird.

It depended on the destination market whether they were in mph or kph, so yes, Euro models did come with speedos in mph. The UK and HK markets had them up until mid 80s in mph.

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1988 W126 420 SE

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Well, it gets a little more complicated than market destination.

Yes, M-Bs did came standard with MPH speedometers for U.K., Hong Kong and U.S.A.

But the option was openly available on the option list and as a "no charge option". Hence you may find (which I have seen) a car destined for a non-MPH regulation market and it could come with a MPH speedometer.

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A. Rosich
CL 500, 1998
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If by "Euro" you mean a gray-market US import, the speedo was probably switched by the company that did the importation and conversion to US specs! Most conversion shops back in the hey-day of the gray market (about 1980 to 1985) would change headlights and speedos and call it good. Some added US bumpers as well. Some added side-impact beams inside the doors (or pop-riveted PVC pipe spraypainted gray to look like steel). The only way to identify a "Euro" car for sure is to look for an engine/transmission combo not offered by MBNA at the time (of course all bets are off if someone did a swap later).

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Thanks everyone for the input. This car was a Japanese import that was recently brought in and had all the DOT conversions done. I don't know what the country of origin was originally. I guess I'll have to check the VIN numbers on the Russian site and see what comes up.