Photo Gallery «The super-hot iron - the Mercedes Benz 300 SL prototype from 1953»
In 1953, the Daimler-Benz test department created a special version of the Mercedes 300 SL, a lightweight streamlined coupé with an injection engine, uncompromisingly trimmed for maximum performance, which promised ambitious sports drivers everything that the later production 300 SL was not to deliver. One example of this most exciting and "hottest" car ever built in this model series has been preserved. In this historical report, eyewitness Jörg-Erhard Hofelich talks about the fast 300 SL of 1953 and its interesting history.
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