Holiday Gift Guide 2009 Oyster Perpetual Datejust II $7,525 41mm, stainless steel case, 18kt white gold fluted bezel, 31 jewel...
Everything is new at www.mercedes-benz.com/classic: presented in customer-friendly form, the Portal has detailed information and offers relating to the classic...
A 1939 Mercedes-Benz W154 Silver Arrow was specially featured at Lime Rock Park’s Vintage Festival September 4-7, 2009. A stellar attraction of the legendary period from 1934 to 1939, the W154 represented the apogee of the supercharger era of Mercedes-Benz’s racing vehicles....
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is holding its first collectors fair for models, brochures, literature, pins and accessories on November 28th, 2009...
Mercedes 1914 GP Car: Mercedes 18/100 / Engine: Water-Cooled, M93654, Inline-4 / Maker: Mercedes / Bore X Stroke: 93 mm X...
Mercedes W 154 Car: Mercedes W154 / Engine: 600 V12 / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 67 mm X 70 mm / Year: 1938 / Capacity: 2,962 cc / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 425 bhp at 8,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 107.5 inches / Track: 58.1 inches front, 55.6 inches...
For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put...
One of the world’s great racing cars, a 1939 Mercedes-Benz W 154 Silver Arrow, will be specially featured at Lime...
Unquestionably, one of the most dominating racing cars was the Mercedes W196, particularly with drivers such as Fangio and Moss...
Despite mid-August being a predictably warm and sunny month, nothing was going to stop the climatic conditions, synonymous with the...
1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster For Sale Details: Seller Fantasy Junction is asking $595,000. Car is located in San Francisco Bay area. Seller Comments: “This particular car is a matching numbers US model car that was restored in Germany some years ago and fitted with European headlamps....
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a...
Three cars from the entry list for the first French Grand Prix in 1908 were recently reunited at the Vintage...
Fifty-one years after winning his fifth and final world championship, Juan Manuel Fangio is still my favorite F1 driver. Never mind that I never actually saw him race an F1 car, not for real. But I believe I know what I would have seen. That’s because I grew up feasting...
Selecting the overall victor at the annual Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ automotive design competition at the Goodwood Festival of Speed...
On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north...
1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing For Sale 1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing Details: Seller Cars International Kensington is asking £595,000. Car is located in London. Seller Comments: “This car was completed on 23rd September 1954 in time for display on the manufacturers stand at the Paris Mondiale de...
The three-liter, six-cylinder 300S model Mercedes-Benz was first exhibited in October 1951 at the Paris Salon and production began in...
2003 Mercedes Benz CLK DTM Factory Race Car For Sale Details: Seller Oakfields is asking £245,000 for the DTM racer. Car is located in the U.K. strong>Seller Comments: “Full factory specification car. Carbon body weighing only 980 kg (2160 lbs) with ballast. V8 5 litre engine production 475 bhp. 6...
Patina is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as, “an appearance or aura that is derived from association, habit, or established character.”...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived...
December 2007 Alfa Romeo Argentina By Christián Bertschi & Estanislao Iacona With nearly a 100-year continuous history, it may come as no surprise that the Alfa Romeo marque has established a long and unique racing history in most corners of the world. In “Alfa Romeo Argentina,” Argentine enthusiasts Bertschi and...
As a young mechanic Tony Robinson answered an ad for work with London’s Ray Martin Motors. Little did he know...
On August 4, 2007, an icon of American racing and my dear friend, John Fitch, turned 90 years old! In...
I have just marked my half-century of being a motor racing enthusiast. On February 1, 1957, I bought a copy of Motor Sport. Many years later, I was chatting with James Weaver at Silverstone, who said, “Bloody Denis Jenkinson, it’s thanks to him I’m in my current mess.” In 1957,...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last...
Nino Vaccarella Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson wins the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in a John Player Special Lotus 72 (1973). 3 Nino Vaccarella drives a Maserati 200SI to victory in the Mendola Hillclimb in Bolzana, Italy (1960). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
