1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL ‘Gullwing’
One owner for 42 years, with rare service book and documents
“If only one car built since World War II could be called a classic, it would have to be the ‘Gullwing’ 300 SL” US magazine Road & Track revisits the iconic ‘Gullwing’ in a 1968 road test 14 years after the model was launched, driving it in 1960s traffic and concluding: “Too bad Mercedes isn’t building something like the 300 SL today”.
The immortal 300 SL Gullwing was the finest sports car in the world by some margin when launched at the February 1954 New York International Motor Sports Show and is instantly familiar seven decades on, an iconic classic that has never gone out of fashion.
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL ‘Gullwing’
One owner for 42 years, with rare service book and documents
“If only one car built since World War II could be called a classic, it would have to be the ‘Gullwing’ 300 SL” US magazine Road & Track revisits the iconic ‘Gullwing’ in a 1968 road test 14 years after the model was launched, driving it in 1960s traffic and concluding: “Too bad Mercedes isn’t building something like the 300 SL today”.
The immortal 300 SL Gullwing was the finest sports car in the world by some margin when launched at the February 1954 New York International Motor Sports Show and is instantly familiar seven decades on, an iconic classic that has never gone out of fashion.
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