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Created on March 15, 2015

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Bruno von Rotz

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - erlaubte hohe Reisedurchschnitte

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - in Fahrt

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - elegantes Cabriolet

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - macht auch geschlossene eine gute Figur

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - das Verdeck türmt sich hoch auf

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - Heckansicht

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - viel edles Holz und Leder

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - wunderschön gearbeitete Schalter

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - die serienmässige Uhr von VDO

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - grosser Tacho direkt vor dem Fahrer

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - Instrumente im Cockpit

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - für besondere Informationsbedürfnisse

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - für Eilige eine Stopuhr

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - der Reihen-Sechszylinder mit drei Vergasern

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - Zusatzscheinwerfer und Horn auf der Stossstange

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - der Stern überstrahlte damals alles

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - die relativ enge Sitzgelegenheit hinten

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - Mercedes-Markenzeichen auf dem Kühlergrill

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - Aussenspiegel

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - klassische Raddeckel

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - das serienmässige Kofferset neben dem Reserverad

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1951) - Koffersatz neben einem Reserverad

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1951) - die spezifisch auf den Wagen angepassten Koffer

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1951) - mit Werks-Koffersatz im Kofferraum und aufpreispflichtigem zweiten Reserverad

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1951) - Koffersatz für die Rücksitze

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1951) - Koffersatz hinter den Vordersitzen

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Mercedes-Benz 300 Cabriolet (1951) - die viertürige Cabriolet-Limousine

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1952) - der perfekte Reisewagen

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1952) - wirkt grösser als der Wagen eigentlich war

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1952) - die Karosserien wurden in Sindelfingen gebaut

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1953) - in hellem Farbton

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S (1951) - die ersten beiden Exemplare, ein Coupé und ein Cabriolet A

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1951) - mit geschlossenem Dach

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1952) - herrschaftliches Gefährt

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1952) - mit geöffnetem Dach

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1952) - Heckansicht des eleganten Strassenkreuzers

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1952) - Heckansicht

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster (1951) - mit grossem zentralen Tacho

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster (1951) - offene Variante der Baureihe W 188 mit schlankerem Dach

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster (1951) - Blick ins Cockpit der Baureihe W 188

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster (1951) - Blick ins noble Interieur mit viel Holz und Leder

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1951) - Interieur des Elitewagen mit wertvollem Autoradio

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1951) - mit geschlossenem Dach - Farbvariante

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1954) - Detailaufnahme

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S (1952) - als Sport Coupé, Sport Roadster und Sport Cabriolet in der Werbung

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Mercedes-Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (1953) - Illustration für den Prospekt

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Summary

From 1951 to 1958, Mercedes built the 300 S/Sc as a Cabriolet, Roadster and Coupé. These luxury cars embodied the ultimate in comfort without being unsportsmanlike. In fact, industrialists also liked to drive these vehicles over long distances, which they could cover with high averages. This report portrays a 300 S Cabriolet A from 1954 and also shows it and its brothers in historical illustrations.

This article contains the following chapters

Saloon presentation at the IAA
The sporty variants
Sindelfingen elegance
Price ensures exclusivity
High travel averages
Sporty?
Improvements to the Sc
A typical CV
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Visitors to the Paris Motor Show in October 1951 were able to see the Le Sabre, a car of the future from General Motors, the Pegaso and the new Bugatti 101, among others, and witness the huge spectrum of shapes and ideas that were commonplace after the war. It was precisely between these cars, at least conceptually, that Mercedes placed its new sporty variants of the Mercedes Benz 300. They were called "S" for sporty and they had a lot to offer. The S models were preceded by the limousine presentation (W 186) at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt in April 1951, where a stately limousine with a three-litre inline six-cylinder engine with 115 hp was on display for just over DM 20,000.

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