Style icon and rally winner: The “Pagoda” from Mercedes-Benz

            • The hardtop design of the SL model series 113 is reminiscent of Asian temples
            • World’s first sports car with a safety body
            • Rally dancers: Winner at Spa-Sofia-Liège 1963 after 5,500 gruelling kilometres
            • Genuine parts from Mercedes-Benz Classic ensure authenticity and thus value retention

    Style icon and rally winner: The “Pagoda” from Mercedes-Benz

Sculpture in bright red: The Mercedes-Benz 500 K Special Roadster

            • A public favourite at the Mercedes-Benz Museum
            • Numerous details testify to elegance and sublime craftsmanship
            • Powerful supercharged engine and innovative suspension
            • Debut of the 500 K 90 years ago, at the motor show in Berlin
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    The Mercedes-Benz 500 K Special Roadster

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

                    • The brand presented the super-sportscar in February 1954 – 70 years ago
                    • The upward-opening doors were a striking feature
                    • Spaceframe, outstanding suspension and six-cylinder engine with direct injection
                    • The silver “Gullwing” in the Mercedes-Benz Museum is a most popular photo motif

                 

    Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

With modern “pontoon” body: The forefather of all “Erlkönig” prototype cars is 70 years old

Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 (W 201) “Nardò record car” of 1983

                • • 40 years ago, the Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 set a record over 50,000 kilometres
                • • Around the clock on the Nardò circuit, in outside temperatures of 40 degrees C
                • • Impressive proof of reliability for the new engine with four-valve technology
                • • Full service on the hot engine and tyre change in just five minutes

    Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 (W 201) “Nardò record car” of 1983

Mercedes-Benz mobile post office

              • The Mercedes-Benz O 10000 long-distance bus was built 85 years ago
              • In use for four decades – first as a long-distance bus, then as a parcel carrier
              • As a mobile post office until the end of the 1970s, it appeared as a guest at festivals and other events
              • Austrian Postʼs livery has a long historical tradition

Mercedes-Benz mobile post office

Introduced 50 years ago: the Mercedes-Benz luxury class vehicles of the 116 series

              • Exclusive classics take centre stage in Lombardy on the third weekend in May
              • 100 years of Le Mans: The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W 194)

                          Le Mans winning car from 1952 takes part in the Concorso Villa d’Este

              • One-two victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989: Sauber-Mercedes C 9 at Villa Erba
              • Aerodynamics: Mercedes-Benz 540 K Streamliner at the FuoriConcorso

Mercedes-Benz Classic presents automotive icons at Lake Como

The “baby” is more popular than ever at 40

            • 40 years ago, the Mercedes-Benz 190 “Baby-Benz” starts its success story
            • The 201 series establishes a new segment below the upper mid-size class and became the forerunner of the later C-Class
            • World’s most modern vehicle production in Sindelfingen and the newly built Nordwerk in Bremen
            • Today a sought-after entry-level model on the market of classics with the star

The “baby” is more popular than ever at 40

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