Mercedes-Benz 300 SL on Amelia Island

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL on Amelia Island

An original Mercedes-Benz 300 SL racing car in Florida

Some 60 years after its motorsport premiere, the Mercedes‑Benz 300 SL racing car is all set to be the star of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in spring 2012: on 11 March, Mercedes-Benz, sponsor of the high-calibre event in Florida since it was first staged in 1996, is showcasing the 300 SL (model series W 194) which won the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1952.

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SE Coupé and Cabriolet W112

Mercedes-Benz 300 SE Coupé and Cabriolet W 112, 1962 to 1967.

Zenith of Mercedes-Benz’s coupé and cabriolet tradition in the 1960s

The premiere that was celebrated for two luxurious premium-class cars from 15 to 25 March 1962 at the 32nd Geneva Motor Show was a brilliant one: Mercedes-Benz presented the 300 SE Coupé and the 300 SE Cabriolet of the W 112 series. Because both these two-door four-seater cars were the result of the consistent combination of technical brilliance, impressive performance and very high standards of style and elegance.

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The history of representative vehicles 1951 – 1962

The history of representative vehicles 1951 – 1962

Mercedes-Benz 300 to 300 d (W 186 II to W 189)

By the end of the Second World War, the benchmarks had changed in Germany and Western Europe. People were suffering greater hardship, their needs were existential, their standards more modest, the newly elected Federal government in West Germany was closer to the people and democratic.

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Mercedes-Benz 190 SL Roadster W121

The history of the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class

Mercedes-Benz 190 SL Roadster, W 121 series, (1955-1963)

An elegant, open-top sports car with the Mercedes star on its radiator: That is model 190 SL (W 121), which Mercedes-Benz presented in New York in 1954 and whose market launch was in 1955.

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Mercedes-Benz coupés of the C 124 series

Mercedes-Benz coupés of the C 124 series

Elegant-sporty touring car with a personality of its own.

Sporty-elegant, two-door and with seductively modern lines: this is how the new Mercedes-Benz upper medium-class coupé presented itself at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1987. Model series C 124, which was to be designated “E-Class Coupé” from 1993 onwards, was – after the saloon and the estate – the third body variant of the 124 series. The A 124 Cabriolet, based on the coupé, was to follow only in 1991.

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