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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL - solid and sporty touring car (ZQ)

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Created on November 14, 1956

Reading time 12min

Written by:

AR-Testteam

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - Elegante vom 300 SL beeinflusste Karosserie-Form

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - 190 SL mit Coupé-Dach

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - Das Dach lässt sich auch von einer einzelnen Person öffnen

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - Kofferraum und Ersatzrad

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - Am Lenkrad des 190 SL

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - Einladendes Interieur mit Kübelsitzen vorne

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - Vollgepackter Motorraum

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - Die Rücksitze sind gut zugänglich

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL (1956) - Überdachter Raudausschnitt

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Summary

In 1956, the AR editors tested the Mercedes-Benz 190 SL and were impressed, which they documented with the following test summary: "The Mercedes-Benz 190 SL is suitable for all those who are looking for an elegant, two-seater vehicle with a sporty touch, who attach importance to careful production and extensive equipment and who want a car that is also fully serviceable in the long term and has the highest qualities in terms of driving characteristics. Despite its high performance, the 190 SL is not an actual sports car, but an uncomplicated, serious touring car with all four wheels firmly on the ground, as it were. Thanks to its exemplary driving characteristics, it is one of the very few types of vehicle in which you can reach the highest average speeds in complete safety without haste and with full consideration for other traffic."

This article contains the following chapters

At the wheel
Ready to go
On straights and through bends
In the mountains
On a long journey
See and be seen
Plenty of room for two
Summary
Maintenance data
Measurement results and results of the endurance test
Comparison of the 190 SL with other vehicles

Estimated reading time: 12min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When Mercedes-Benz unveiled the smaller 190 SL to the American public in New York in February 1954 together with the 300 SL, which has since become famous, it was not only the brand's return to the sporty automobile that characterized this event. If the departure from the traditional radiator shape was the main feature of these models for the public, the 190 SL, which is the subject of the following report, was to play the role of the technical progenitor of today's Daimler-Benz passenger car models. It was the first model to combine the load-bearing frame-floor system, the high-performance engine with overhead camshaft and the single-joint swing axle with low-lying pivot point, which has since become a household name. Its engine was also the forerunner of the four-cylinder engine now used in a less sophisticated form in the new Type 190.

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