Friday, February 17, 2017

7 things to know about the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL





Its power, design and advanced technology for the time (50's), made the 300 SL one of the most emblematic cars of the German company. Do you want to know everything that distinguishes this genuine model? Here it goes.

 -The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL is one of the first super sports in the history of the automobile and the first model with gasoline engine of direct fuel transfusion.
- Manufactured between 1954 and 1963, it became one of the most prized and best-quoted jewels by classic car collectors.
-This model was rated by the American magazine Sport Cars International as the 5th. Best sports car in history.
- Following the Mercedes-Benz launch schemes (which were generally made in the Frankfurt or Geneva lounges), the 300 SL made its debut at the New York Motor Show in 1954.
-Designed with a maximum power of 215 hp and a speed of 245 km / h, this sporty style was a luxury for the time. Nothing despicable.

- Some of the units of this model were made completely aluminum coated. Many of these are still preserved and of incalculable value.


- Its particularly attractive doors, called "seagull wings", were made that way due to the arrangement of its multi-tube chassis and gave great fame and popularity to this model.

A classic made to the measure of the lovers of the cars of collection. One of the great models that positioned the German firm among the preference of multitudes. Undoubtedly, one of those machines on which you have to know everything.


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