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This Mercedes 300 SL achieved extraordinary success in motorsport, and one of the most outstanding drivers to achieve fame with this model was the British racing driver Stirling Moss. In 1955, Moss drove the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL in the Mille Miglia, one of the most prestigious endurance races in the world. Together with his co-driver Denis Jenkinson, he achieved a sensational overall victory.
This gullwing is one of the four racing cars created by the sports department at the Untertürkheim plant and exhibited at Rétromobile 2025.
And it was the 1st of 4 factory racing cars, of which presumably only two vehicles are still known.
Drive: SOHC in-line six-cylinder engine, 2996 cc, 240 hp, Bosch fuel injection system, four-speed manual gearbox, rear-wheel drive
Production figures for the Mercedes Benz 300 SL
1954 to 1957 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing (W 198) 1,400 units
1957 to 1963 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Roadster (W 198 II) 1,858 units
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…