Mercedes-Benz 450 SL
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The Mercedes-Benz 450 SL is a luxury two-seat roadster from the 1970s and early 1980s, renowned for its V8 power, solid build quality, and status as an iconic member of the SL sports car lineage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mercedes-Benz 450 SL canonical | 2 |
| Mercedes-Benz 450 SL (early R107, certain markets) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13290386 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercedes-Benz 450 SL Context triple: [Mercedes-Benz R107, marketedAs, Mercedes-Benz 450 SL]
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A.
Mercedes-Benz 420 SL
The Mercedes-Benz 420 SL is a V8-powered luxury roadster from the R107 generation, produced in the 1980s and known for its refined performance and classic, long-running SL design.
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B.
300 SL Gullwing
The 300 SL Gullwing is an iconic 1950s Mercedes-Benz sports car renowned for its distinctive upward-opening doors, advanced engineering, and status as one of the first production cars with fuel injection.
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C.
Mercedes-Benz 560 SL
The Mercedes-Benz 560 SL is a late-production R107-series luxury roadster, prized for its V8 performance, classic styling, and status as one of the most desirable vintage SL models.
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D.
Mercedes-Benz 380 SL
The Mercedes-Benz 380 SL is a luxury two-seat roadster from the early 1980s R107 series, known for its refined V8 performance, solid build quality, and classic open-top grand-touring character.
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E.
Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
The Mercedes-Benz 280 SL is a classic luxury roadster from the late 1970s and 1980s, renowned for its refined inline-six engine, solid build quality, and timeless R107-series styling.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mercedes-Benz 450 SL Target entity description: The Mercedes-Benz 450 SL is a luxury two-seat roadster from the 1970s and early 1980s, renowned for its V8 power, solid build quality, and status as an iconic member of the SL sports car lineage.
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A.
Mercedes-Benz 420 SL
The Mercedes-Benz 420 SL is a V8-powered luxury roadster from the R107 generation, produced in the 1980s and known for its refined performance and classic, long-running SL design.
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B.
300 SL Gullwing
The 300 SL Gullwing is an iconic 1950s Mercedes-Benz sports car renowned for its distinctive upward-opening doors, advanced engineering, and status as one of the first production cars with fuel injection.
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C.
Mercedes-Benz 560 SL
The Mercedes-Benz 560 SL is a late-production R107-series luxury roadster, prized for its V8 performance, classic styling, and status as one of the most desirable vintage SL models.
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D.
Mercedes-Benz 380 SL
The Mercedes-Benz 380 SL is a luxury two-seat roadster from the early 1980s R107 series, known for its refined V8 performance, solid build quality, and classic open-top grand-touring character.
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E.
Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
The Mercedes-Benz 280 SL is a classic luxury roadster from the late 1970s and 1980s, renowned for its refined inline-six engine, solid build quality, and timeless R107-series styling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class model
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automobile model ⓘ luxury roadster ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation |
Stuttgart, Germany
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linked to:
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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| bodyStyle | 2-door roadster ⓘ |
| brakeType | disc brakes (front and rear in most markets) ⓘ |
| category |
classic car
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collector car ⓘ |
| chassisCode | R107 ⓘ |
| class |
grand tourer
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luxury sports car ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| drivetrain | rear-wheel drive ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | V8 ⓘ |
| engineDisplacement | 4.5-litre (approx. 4520 cc) ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| introducedAt | early 1970s ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz ⓘ |
| market |
Europe
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North America ⓘ |
| marketPosition | premium luxury roadster ⓘ |
| modelYears | 1973–1980 (approximate, varies by market) ⓘ |
| notableEra | 1970s luxury car market ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
crumple-zone safety body
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folding soft top ⓘ fuel-injected V8 engine ⓘ removable hardtop ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Daimler-Benz
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linked to:
Daimler AG
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| partOfSeries |
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
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linked to:
Mercedes-Benz SL
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| platform | R107 ⓘ |
| predecessor | Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (W113) ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1980 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1971 ⓘ |
| relatedModel | Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC ⓘ |
| reputation |
reliable grand tourer
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solid build quality ⓘ status symbol ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
energy-absorbing steering column
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three-point seat belts ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 2 ⓘ |
| status | iconic member of the SL sports car lineage ⓘ |
| steering | power-assisted recirculating ball steering ⓘ |
| successor |
Mercedes-Benz 380 SL
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Mercedes-Benz 500 SL (R107) ⓘ
linked to:
Mercedes-Benz SL 500
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| transmissionOption |
automatic transmission
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manual transmission (limited markets) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mercedes-Benz 450 SL Description of subject: The Mercedes-Benz 450 SL is a luxury two-seat roadster from the 1970s and early 1980s, renowned for its V8 power, solid build quality, and status as an iconic member of the SL sports car lineage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
R107
Bosch mechanical fuel injection
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usedInVehicle
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Mercedes-Benz 450 SL (early R107, certain markets)
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linked to: Mercedes-Benz 450 SL