Mercedes-Benz Supercars: From 1901 to Today

ISBN-13: 9780764340901 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 176 str.

Thomas Wirth

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From 1901 to Today. That dream car of all dream cars, the Mercedes-Benz, is presented here in full glory through 285 images. What were the qualities that made them icons of all auto building? Beginning in the pioneer days with the 35 HP model of 1901 through the top-rank sports cars of the 1920s and 1930s, the gullwing-door 300 SL and the legendary Uhlenhaut Coupe of the 1950s, and the C 111, with its Wankel engine, of the late 1960s, the line goes on to the present-day SLS AMG. While history influenced changes in construction and design, they blend smoothly into a series yet retain distinctive variations. An exciting