Considering its substantial price and seemingly limited market, the fact that Mercedes managed to sell 1400 examples of the W198 300 SL Gullwing between 1954 and ‘57 remains truly remarkable.
Read MoreHad sales of the base SLR met expectations, it’s doubtful whether Mercedes would have produced the wild Stirling Moss edition which, with its lack of roof, windscreen and other basic amenities, was…
Read MoreHaving created arguably the greatest super sports car of its day with the W198 300 SL Gullwing, Mercedes-Benz went on to sweat the Sport Leicht moniker with a line of luxurious boulevard cruisers…
Read MoreIn terms of the hottest brand new car available in the final months of the 1987-1990 collector car boom, it’s hard to argue against the wild Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 in Evolution 2 trim. Built right at…
Read MoreHaving quit circuit racing in 1955 following the infamous tragedy at that year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, the late 1980s saw Mercedes-Benz return with a top flight Sports car programme and an attack on…
Read MoreAlthough the Mercedes-Benz 190 E went on to achieve great things in DTM during its twilight years, perhaps the most famous event contested by the model was a one-off twelve lap race…
Read MoreWhen Mercedes unveiled their Gullwing-doored 300 SL at the New York Motor Show in February 1954, wealthy buyers from all four corners of the globe were suddenly able to go and order a…
Read MoreUnveiled at the New York Motor Show in April 2007, the CLK63 AMG Black Series was Mercedes’ second iteration of its Black Series line. Conceived as a street legal version of the official Safety Car…
Read MoreIn addition to the outrageous V8-powered Hammer, AMG also offered a slightly toned down version of the timeless Mercedes-Benz W124 E-class using the company’s renowned straight six. At its heart…
Read MoreArguably the most famous win of Mercedes’ dominant 1955 World Sportscar Championship campaign with the 300 SLR came at the 1955 Mille Miglia where Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson…
Read MoreIntroduced at the New York Motor Show in February 1954, Mercedes’ Gullwing-doored W198 300 SL re-wrote the rulebook in terms of what could be expected from a series production super sports car.
Read MoreWhen it comes to the coolest cars of the 1980s, there’s not much on a par with AMG’s widebody interpretation of Mercedes’ flagship W126 SEC. Launched initially as a four-door sedan at the…
Read MoreIn 1993, the first year that the DTM had opened itself up to the FIA’s Class 1 Touring Car regulations, Nicola Larini emerged as champion driving for the debutant Alfa Romeo team. However, the…
Read MoreAfter the best part of 15 years during which bespoke coachbuilding had all but died out, a new era for highly individual customisation began during the late 1970s. The period that followed saw an…
Read MoreAt the Los Angeles Motor Show in November 2012 Mercedes-Benz unveiled the third and final production version of the SLS AMG: the Black Series. A further uprated version of the standard SLS…
Read MoreVery rarely will anything from Resto Mod culture make it onto Supercar Nostalgia as we largely believe in preserving cars as they were in period. However, every once in a while you come across…
Read MorePowered by an epic BMW Motorsport V12, the McLaren F1 GTR instantly became the class of the GT1 field following its 1995 debut. Unsurprisingly, rather than let their domestic rival benefit from…
Read MoreOf the myriad options Mercedes-Benz offered for the W198 300 SL Gullwing, nothing came close to the prohibitively expensive aluminium body package created for those customers that wanted to use…
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