Benz ‘Tropfenwagen’ Car: Benz/ Engine: Inline 6 Cylinder / Maker: Tropfenwagen Typ RH (RH = Rennwagen mitt Heckmotor) / Bore...
A collection of significant Mercedes-Benz will be offered at the upcoming RM Auctions Monterey auction. The two-day Monterey sale, scheduled...
Mercedes W 165 Car: Mercedes W165 / Engine: 600 V12 / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 64 mm X 58...
Mercedes W 25 Car: Mercedes W25 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 78 mm X...
During the November 1952 running of Mexico’s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana, the Karl Kling/Hans Klenk Mercedes 300SL makes a pit stop for new tires in the Sierra Madre after Tehuantepec. Note that the windshield has been smashed by hitting an errant buzzard at high speed, and that Klenk is wearing goggles...
Mercedes-Benz Classic will be an integral part of the celebration of Juan Manuel Fangio at the 2011 Goodwood Revival, scheduled...
The design department at Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) – which had not yet merged with Benz & Cie – began developing Mercedes...
Mercedes W 196 Car: Mercedes W196 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Mercedes-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 76 mm X 68.8 mm / Year: 1954 / Capacity: 2,496 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 257 bhp at 8,200 rpm / Wheelbase: 2350, 2210 and 2150 (Monaco) mm / Track:...
Mercedes SSKL Car: Mercedes SSKL / Engine: 6-Cylinder In-line supercharged / Maker: Mercedes / Bore X Stroke: 100 mm X...
Bonhams held its Motor Cars and Automobilia auction on 1 December 2011 at Mercedes-Benz World in Surrey, England, resulting in...
By Leigh Dorrington The Mercedes-Benz Museum at the company’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany is a depository of the history of the automobile, motorsport, commercial transportation and the Twentieth Century altogether, presented in one of the most modern museums in the world. Two names, Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz, stand above...
Mercedes W125 Car: Mercedes W125 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line Supercharged / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 94 mm X...
Let me get my bias out of the way, right up front—I’m not a NASCAR fan. Though I’ve tried at...
“Dear editors – The new Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (Super Light) sports car will complete test drives in public for the first time during this week. In light of this occasion, please find enclosed the car’s technical data and a photo.” This was how the company announced the debut of 300...
The finned Cunningham D-Types of Walt Hansgen and Sherwood Johnston, wait with Duncan Forlong’s AC/Bristol and Curtis Attaway’s XK-120.Photo: Bob...
Mercedes-Benz will showcase its motorsport heritage at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for June 28 to July 1 at the 1.16 Goodwood Hillclimb in West Sussex, England. “There is so much to look forward to at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. We celebrate 60 years of our...
The 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Autobahn Kurier owned by Arturo and Deborah Keller was named winner of the 2011 Louis...
To be honest, I’ve had a lot of great racecars in my career and it’s very difficult to select just...
The 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans was staged June 14-15 at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. The race signaled the return of Mercedes-Benz to international motor racing, as the German team scored a one-two finish with the W194 300 SL racing car that was developed for...
A 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster will be among the featured offerings at the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach...
A recently discovered 1928 Mercedes-Benz 26/120/180 ‘S’ Type Sports Tourer will headline the Bonhams Goodwood Revival 2012 auction, scheduled for...
“Among my drivers, Giovanni Bracco was, perhaps, the one who scored the most spectacular success,” Enzo Ferrari once said about the fun-loving, booze-loving winner of the 1952 Mille Miglia. Bracco won other races, but he will always be remembered for his climb from nowhere to victory, chain-smoking and swigging red...
New cars are constant objects of study in the wind tunnel. They are subjected to tests in order to optimise...
German racer Paul Pietsch, the last surviving driver of the prewar Silver Arrows era and the oldest living Grand Prix...
Mercedes 1908 GP Car: Mercedes 1908 GP / Engine: 4-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Mercedes / Bore X Stroke: 155 X 170-180 mm / Year: 1908 / Capacity: 12,781 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 135 bhp at 1,400 rpm / Wheelbase: 270 cm / Track: 140 cm / Notes:...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through...
Mention the words “Rudi” and “Mercedes” and what comes to mind? Chances are good it will be images of famed...
Bruce McLaren Scrapbook – A Pictorial Celebration of a Kiwi Legend By Jan McLaren and Richard Becht Bruce McLaren was the sporting, smiling and human face and founder of the team that has now morphed into that which competes in modern Formula One racing under the frosty corporate banner Vodafone...