International Motor Sports Show in New York, 1955.
The premiere of the Mercedes-Benz 190SL & 300SL was about to turn a couple of pages in the book of automotive history.
Le Mans, 1952.
This is either Herrmann Lang or Theor Helfrich driving the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. They took both 1st and 2nd place on this Le Mans edition.
Mercedes-Benz 190SL (W121) & the 300SL (W198).
Photo taken in 1956, Sindelfinge.
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.
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