This, as you may or may not have guessed, is a classic Mercedes 300SL. And we can forgive you if you didn’t immediately recognize it, since this has to be one of the worst examples of a 300SL ever.
By: Jonathon Klein | December 17, 2014
The Mecum auctions are some of the year’s best chances to get your hands on a classic Mercedes-Benz. This year’s auction is no exception. Here are three fine examples from the Stuttgart company.
By: Mike Aguilar | August 12, 2014
Even while they’re standing still, it’s obvious that the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and 300SL, with their long hoods, short decks and gullwing doors, share some attractive genes. The video after the jump makes it clear that they also have similar voices.
By: Derek Shiekhi | July 14, 2014
Ah the 300 SL. What a vision of class, style and performance. The cars a classic, but it existed well before Mercedes and their performance arm ties the not. Honestly that would’ve put it squarely in AMG’s wheelhouse. The SLS AMG is the modern interpretation, but it’ll never really carry the cachet of the original. If […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | June 19, 2014
If a major manufacturer modernized their own classic car, does that really count as a restomod? Or is that just a new version of the old car? Whatever you want to call it, Mercedes did it to eleven 300 SLs. They’re the only gullwings in the world with modern components put together by AMG, which […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | March 17, 2014
Owner says, “It gets driven often. It’s driven hard.” When the owner of this Mercedes-Benz 300SL was 10 years old, he assembled a plastic model of a Gullwing Benz and said to himself, “Someday I’m going to have one of these things.” Thirty years later, his dreams became a reality, and the folks at eGarage have […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | January 23, 2014
The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing originally owned by the Hollywood legend Clark Gable which was featured in the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction on January 19. Both Clark Gable and the car itself are icons of their time. It was expected to sell for over $2 million at the auction, but bidding stalled at $1.9 million. The car was not sold due to the reserve it carried. But later on, it was eventually sold for $1.85 million.
By: BenzInsider.com | January 28, 2013
