Like so many great automobiles of our time, the Mercedes-Benz SL series can trace its origins directly to the racetrack....
Casey Annis (Editor) Photo: Dan R Boyd At the end of January, I was asked if I’d speak at the...
As you’ll see, throughout both sides of the magazine, this month we recognize and celebrate the 60th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s SL line of sports cars. Born in 1952, as a way of returning Mercedes-Benz back to international motorsport, the SL line of cars has continually evolved, every year since. While...
Quit Scraping the Paint! Photo: Roger Dixon Dear Editor, I would like to point out one quibble and one major...
Sixty years ago was when—for me—the world became modern. Many people will laugh at that; some will understand but have...
The story of the production model 300 SL really picks up where our story about the W194 Le Mans racecar ends. After a highly successful 1952 racing season where the W194 “Gullwing” won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Carrera Panamericana, the entire sports car program was closed,...
Like most German industrial companies, World War II left much of Mercedes-Benz’s Stuttgart factory in ruins. However, with time Mercedes...