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THAT'S B-I-N-Z, NOT B-E-N-Z; Attention, high rollers: We've got your limo.(News)
Byline: NICK KURCZEWSKI
When is a car that looks like a Mercedes-Benz and drives like a Mercedes-Benz not really a Mercedes-Benz?
When it's a Binz, from a company that has manufactured coachbuilt Mercedes models for more than six decades. Today, the company produces two Binz-badged six-door limousines based on the E-Class sedan.
The main differences between the XL Six Door and the XL Vis-a-Vis are their interior seating arrangements and whether the second-row doors have exterior handles.
Every Binz limo begins life as a standard E-Class. The cars arrive at the company near Stuttgart, where they are carefully disassembled, stretched about one meter and reassembled. The entire process takes 10 weeks.
Two diesel engines are offered, as well as a 3.5-liter, 268-hp V6 and a range- topping 302-hp V8. We bypassed the diesels and jumped straight into a Binz XL Six Door fitted with the V6. An estimated 0-to-60-mph time of 8.4 seconds isn't exactly neck-snapping. Top speed is electronically limited to 130 mph with the V6. Binzes powered by the V8 have a more autobahn-friendly limit of 167 mph.
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