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Iso Rivolta IR300 (1962)
Fitted with a V8 Chevrolet engine and styled with plenty of elegance by Bertone.
I know what you’re thinking.
The 300SL didn’t have the MB star on the bonnet, no.
(1952 Mercedes Benz 300SL — 2995cc straight 6 SOHC engine)
found via retrodoll
Mercedes Benz 300 SL (1954)
I have written so much about the 300 SL during these last few months, and yet I feel I never actually said everything I could have.
It’s so much more than a design exercise. It’s so much more than an engineering showoff. It marked a very important turning point for Mercedes in the mid fifties, and the german brand as we know today was born.
Since it’s late and I’m terribly sleepy, I’ll just leave you with a note I found while researching a bit more about the 300 SL:
“Mercedes-Benz still supplies parts for every car they built.”
Oh, yes.
Footage of the 1955 Mille Miglia, with Stirling Moss at the wheel of his Mercedes SLR.
Stirling Moss at the wheel of the Mercedes 300 SLR, in 1977 at the Nurburgring.
Stirling Moss at 1955’ Mille Miglia.
Mercedes 300SLR (based on the W196)
