The 300 SL (W 194) is the first racing car with which Mercedes-Benz renewed its participation in international automobile racing in the postwar period. Top-ranking positions and triumphs, such as at the legendary twenty-four-hour endurance race in Le Mans or the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, are not a long time in the coming and as early as 1952 secure a place for the Stuttgart-based make in the worldwide motor sports scene.
The racing car achieved particular fame for its unusual gull-winged doors, which turn the production sports car 300 SL, introduced in 1954 and directly derived from the W 194, into one of the lasting icons in automobile history.
The book provides exhaustive and authentic documentation of the technical development of the W 194 based on extensive research in the archives of Mercedes-Benz Classic: all of the races as well as the biography of each individual vehicle are presented with the aid of in part unpublished images and illustrations. Its high-quality design as well as its exquisite features make the book a true collector’s item
Data sheet
- Author
- Günter Engelen
- Publisher
- Daimler
- Publishing Date
- 2015
- Size
- 30x39 cm
- ISBN
- 978-3-7757-4003-6
- Number of pages
- 600
- Language
- English
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Clothbound with slipcase
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All necessary info - but it will be satisfy by 1/2 scale. Stupid "like artificial" silver-black pictures in double pages layout. It too sad this not user-friendly solution.
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