Rudolf Uhlenhaut

Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR

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1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR W196 S in silver with Mille Miglia number 722, side profile in motion

Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR: The Silver Monologue Nobody Could Answer Some cars win races. Some make history. And then there’s the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, which did both in the same season and then walked away forever. No farewell tour. No victory lap. A clean slam of the door that left the motorsport world speechless and sick … Read more

MERCEDES-BENZ 300 SL Gullwing

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing plateado con ambas puertas de ala de gaviota abiertas al atardecer en aeródromo vintage

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing: Aviation on Wheels There is a photograph from 1954 that says it all. A Mercedes-Benz 300 SL with its doors open to the sky, parked in front of a DC-3 on an airstrip. The message was clear: this is not a conventional automobile. This is aviation on wheels. Seventy years later, … Read more