Mercedes-Benz 300SL Racing Cars 1952-1953

by Karl Ludvigsen

In 1952, Mercedes-Benz astonished the world with its 300SL sports-racing cars, sleek coupes with startling, gull-wing doors. Based on the 300S production model but installed in a radical, tubular space frame, the 300SL was a tour de force of lightweight aerodynamic design. The later production 300SL has been well chronicled, the 1952 racing model has not, until now.

Based on previously unpublished photography of Rodolfo Mailander from the Mille Miglia, Berne, the Nurburgring and LeMans, this book captures the amazing achievements of these tough cars and their epic victories at Le Mans and in the Carrera Panamericana. Rare Daimler-Benz archive photos also show the prototype, designed and built for the 1953 season and never raced.

Softbound.

128 pages. 120 b&w illustrations.