Bin ich schön? Einst, da war ein Mercedes-Benz schon ein zukünftiger Klassiker, wenn er auf den Markt kam. Bei der Baureihe R107 galt das auf jeden Fall. Unter den ganz grossen Designern gehört Fried...
Die richtigen Kreuzchen Wir haben es ja sonst nicht so mit den Sternen. Aber man darf ja auch Ausnahmen machen. Vor allem, wenn die Bilder gut sind. Von den wahrscheinlich 1400 «Flügeltürer»-Mercedes...
Doppelt aufgebretzelt Einfach hatte es die A-Klasse von Mercedes ja nicht. Drei Tage nach der offiziellen Vorstellung 1997 kippte so ein Ding beim Elchtest um, was nicht nur für viel Spott, sondern a...
Ehrfurcht? Irgendwo tief unten im Bauch habe ich eine ganz grosse Ehrfurcht vor Mercedes. Damals, als ich mich für Automobile zu interessieren begann als kleiner Bub, also Anfang/Mitte der 70er Jahre...
Stuck in quarantine, your author has had time to rewatch The Sopranos for the first time since its initial run on HBO from 1999-2007. (It uses my ancestral homeland of New Jersey as a backdrop, and m...
Refurbished 1968 Mercedes-Benz Unimog for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Great for parades, off road fun in very stable truck, transport of blinds/tree stands into difficult ter...
There’s plenty of two-door luxury in this 1987 Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: My mother purchased this 1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC in 2005 from the origi...
It’s a 2000 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG for sale on Hemmings.com. 349 horsepower might not seem like much today, but in the year 2000 it was 4 hp more than the base Chevrolet Corvette had. From the seller’...
It’s a 1982 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL for sale on Hemmings.com, with prior ownership by Howard Johnson. But which Howard Johnson? (The one who founded the restaurant and hotel chain passed away in 1972.) ...
When it comes to big Benzes, there are few that were as ambitious as the 450 SEL 6.9. With its massive, 6.9-liter V-8 sporting a racing-derived dry sump oil system and a self-leveling hydropneumatic ...
Can’t recall whether we’ve given space to Bill Guernsey’s Atomic Camper in the past. Even if we have, it’s worth pointing to Bubblemania’s post ( English translation ) on it, if for nothing else than...
1989 Mercedes-Benz 560SL The Mercedes 560SL was available from 1986-’89 and, like the corresponding W126 sedan, is considered a high point for the three-pointed star. Just 5,139 were produced in 1989...
Images are courtesy of Mercedes-Benz. It has the distinction of being the most popular Mercedes-Benz flagship of all time: The internally designated 126-chassis Sonderklasse (Special-Class, S-Class f...
For more than 50 years, a 1948 Studebaker has resided on the second story of the Greider family’s garage near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At least, it did until this month, when it was removed for a res...
Photo courtesy Daimler media. Mercedes-Benz was not too happy when they discovered one of their Maryland dealerships was a clothing store, where the only showroom was reserved for men’s suits. And th...
Binz-bodied 1963 Mercedes-Benz 190c Kombiwagen for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: VIN No. 110.001-10-082221 Motor No. 121.924-10-080003 Binz Karosserie No. 2166 Mercedes Build D...
Benz-like 1950s Ihle Brothers amusement park ride for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Frame up restoration, complete with custom made floor pan from original specs. Brand new 5 h...
Sternenstaub Zur Erklärung: Mercedes-Benz hat sich der unabhängigen Berichterstattung quasi entledigt, das Regime darüber, was über Marke und Produkte geschrieben wird, selber in die Hand genommen. D...
Photos by Remi Dargegen. The world over, there’s probably only one Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing sporting a three-inch chopped roofline, bubbles in the top to clear the driver’s and passenger’s heads...
Lieblich Es war natürlich ein Rückschritt. Es war aber auch ein Fortschritt, als Mercedes im März 1963, wie üblich auf dem Genfer Salon, die neue Baureihe W113 vorstellte. Im Vergleich zum 300SL (W19...
Grosse Sause Im März 1968 präsentiert Daimler-Benz auf dem Genfer Automobilsalon ein Automobil, das sich bei näherer Betrachtung als eine Kombination aus dem 1965 eingeführten Typ 300 SEL der Baureih...
Jochen Mass in a W25 at Goodwood. Photo by Bahnfrend. Pop open any book discussing Mercedes-Benz racing history and guaranteed that book will include the story about how, faced with overweight W25 ra...
Magazine ad courtesy of LOV2XLR8. Introduced for the 1975 model year, Ford’s Granada was initially intended to replace a pair of aging mid-sizers: the Maverick and the Torino. In marketing its newest...
Established in 2000, the Piaggio Museum in Pontedera recently got treated to a full renovation. It’s now, according to Piaggio, the largest Italian museum dedicated to two-wheeled transportation. Tha...
Images are courtesy of Audi Tradition, print ad courtesy Production Cars.com. With the hurt that Audi is putting on Mercedes-Benz sales in today’s luxury car market, one has to wonder if any Mercedes...