The 300SL Gullwing built between 1954-57 is one of Mercedes’ most famous cars, but it took until 2010 and the launch of the SLS for Benz to revisit the idea of a production car with gullwing doors.
The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL did not just arrive in showrooms, it detonated into public consciousness as a road‑legal ...
Although it was a roadgoing, productionized version of Rudolf Uhlenhaut’s W194 sports-racers, the 300 Super Leicht Gullwing as we know it lost some of its eponymous lightness as it transitioned into ...
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The license plate was key, and it led to this week’s gala RM Sotheby’s auction of a Mercedes-Benz 300SL “Gullwing.” In 1985 German art dealer Hans Mayer met his close friend, the artist Andy Warhol, ...
In 1952, Mercedes-Benz unleashed the W194, its first post-WW2 race car. Powered by a 3.0-liter straight-six engine, the W194 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Carrera Panamericana against strong ...
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Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...
Well-heeled fans of the Mercedes-Benz 300SL gulling have the chance to pick up the only example to have left the factory in a striking green color known as Mittelgrün, German for “medium green.” The ...
Flogging a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL over 1,000 miles during Italy’s Mille Miglia is the most exhilarating driving experience, one where you get absurdly intimate with the world’s first supercar. And ...