Original Article – July 19 2014 – Classic Driver At the German Mercedes-Benz restoration specialist Mechatronik, unusual classics are not uncommon. But a 300 SL in the national colours of Germany – that’s quite a sight, whether you like it or not. Fortunately the ‘paint’
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Le Mans Winning 1956 Jaguar D-type Should Set New Record For British Cars at Monterey Auctions
Penned by aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer, the Jaguar XKD, or D-type, was not only beautiful, but one of the most successful sports-racing cars in history, turning a hat trick at Le Mans, claiming victory in 1955, ’56, and ’57. RM Sotheby’s offers the 1956 Le Mans
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News from HAGI: June 2016
The classic car market as measured by the Historic Automobile Group Internatonal saw a small overall advance in June 2016 of 0.74% with the largest advance in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Index, which rose 3.48%. The largest decline was seen in the HAGI P index at
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10 of the Greatest Cars to Ever Race at Le Mans
Original Article – June 2015 – cheatsheet.com There are few better tests of human and automotive endurance than the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Begun in 1923, few automotive events can match the prestige or the profile of the world’s oldest endurance race. Despite a brief hiatus
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News from HAGI: May 2016
The market for rare collectors’ cars as measured by the HAGI Top Index traded unchanged during the month of May compared to April. Year to date growth remained at 1.06% and 14.55% over 12 months. While classic Ferrari (HAGI F Index) managed a gain of 1.18% classic Porsche (HAGI P
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Mercedes 300SL Drives High on Collectors’ Lists
Original Article – May 11, 2016 – thechronicleherald.ca Following the Second World War’s devastation Germany’s Daimler-Benz, manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz cars and trucks, took until 1951 to introduce its all-new post-war 220 and 300 sedans. With modern passenger models in production the company felt ready to
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Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Landaulet Used By The Queen Up For Sale
Original Article – Benz Insider – May 15 2016 Queen Elizabeth II made a historic visit to Germany on May 18, 1965. It was the first time a British head of state visited the country in over five decades. The tour of the Queen Elizabeth
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Mercedes-Benz Invests 3 Billion Euros Towards New Engine Technology
Original Article – CarandBike.com | May 30, 2016 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mercedes-Benz invests 3 billion Euros in developing new engines The primary beneficiaries will be the new-gen diesel engines The entire line-up of Mercedes-Benz cars will get these engines by 2019 Emission norms are getting stricter by the
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10 Best Benzes: The fastest, most luxurious, and most beautiful Mercedes-Benz models ever made
Original Article – April 2016 – New York Daily News Mercedes-Benz likes to claim that they invented the automobile all the way back in 1886, and while that claim has been heavily disputed, there’s no arguing they’ve made some of the most incredible machines in
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Fly High with 8 Iconic Mercedes-Benz Gullwings
Why can’t all car doors be like this? Original Article – May 20, 2016, Maxim.com Flip-up doors may sometimes be referred to as “Lamborghini doors,” but Mercedes-Benz was utilizing top-hinged gull wings decades before Lamborghini’s Countach concept debuted its scissor-style hinges at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show.
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