Mercedes-Benz Car Books - History (2/2)

Mercedes-Benz Supercars - 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 spectrum of 18 super sports cars is featured with text that is both entertaining and informative.
For the sports car enthusiast and automotive history buff, this is a book you will refer to time and time again.

Information

Author:	Thomas Wirth
Details:	176 pages, 29 x 23 x 2.1 cm / 11.4 x 9.1 x 0.83 in, hardback
Illustrations:	285 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2012)
ISBN:	9780764340901

Mercedes Benz Type G4 (W31): The Ultimate Study

This book contains an in-depth study including some 340 photographs - most of them published for the first time - of the all-road Mercedes Benz G4: the magnificent automobile clearly associated with Adolf Hitler who favored it before and during WWII for travelling and parades.

Only four out of a limited series of 57 units have survived till today. But only one of these is in fully original condition: the G4-540 presented by Hitler to General Franco. This car is thoroughly documented here in an outstanding pictorial report.

Information

Author:	Lewis Pershing
Details:	175 pages, 21 x 30 x 20 cm / 8.25 x 11.8 x 7.87 in, hardback
Illustrations:	340 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Andrea Europe (E, 2016)
ISBN:	9788496658585

Mercedes-Benz 170 V and 170 S - From the 170 V Sedan to the 170 S Cabriolet A (1936-1955)

This book deals exclusively with the Mercedes-Benz 170 series, covering all models from 1936 to 1955.

Contents:
- Development and history of the pre-war 170 V
- Military and police versions
- Development of the post-war 170 V
- The 170 Da OTP Development of the 170 S
- The 170 S Cabriolets and an ultra-rare Coupe
- The coachbuilders
- The very first C-class in the form of a small 170
- W136 chassis number and data card explained
- Technical specifications and production data.

Information

Author:	Bernd S. Koehling
Details:	194 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm / 11 x 8.5 in, paperback
Illustrations:	40 b&w and 150 colour photos
Publisher:	Bernd S. Koehling (D, 2017)
ISBN:	9781981239597

Mercedes-Benz: The 1950s (Volume 1) - From the 170 V Sedan to the 300 Sc Roadster

Updated in March 2016, this 260-page book on the Mercedes cars of the early 1950s will give you all the facts on the 170, 220 and 300 two- and four-door series (W136, W187, W186, W188 and W189). It explains in detail chassis numbers and data cards.
This book comes with over 270 high quality photos, some 210 of them are recent non-Daimler AG color photos that highlight many interesting and unique features.

These are some of the topics covered:
- Development of the 170V W136
- The 170V, Va, Vb and diesel versions
- The 170Da OTP Development of the 170S W136
- The 170S, Sb, S-V and diesel versions
- The 170S Cabriolets
- An ultra-rare 170S Coupe
- The 170 compact, the very first C-class
- The Auto-Union/Audi connection
- Development of the 220 W187
- The 220 Cabriolets and Coupe
- Development of the 300 W186 The 300, b, c and d
- The 300 Cabriolets
- Development of the 300S W188
- The 300S and Sc
- The coachbuilders
- Experiencing the 170, 220 and 300S
- Adenauer and his six 300 models
- Chassis number and data card explained
- Technical specifications and production history of each model.

Information

Author:	Bernd S. Koehling
Details:	274 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm / 11 x 8.5 in, paperback
Illustrations:	60 b&w and 210 colour photos
Publisher:	Bernd S. Koehling (D, 2012)
ISBN:	9781479242771

Mercedes-Benz: The 1950s (Volume 2) - From the Ponton and 190 SL to the 300 SL

If you want to learn more about the Mercedes-Benz cars of the late 1950s, this 290-page book is for you! It gives you all the facts about the four- and six-cylinder Ponton cars and 190 SL / 300 SL series (W120, W121, W180, W128 and W198). It explains chassis numbers and data cards in detail and comes with over 200 recent non-Daimler AG color photos which highlight many interesting and unique features.

A separate chapter covers the careers of Uhlenhaut, Wilfert and Nallinger in the company. Without these gifted managers, who have worked together during almost their entire careers, all these beautiful cars would not have been possible.

Some of the topics covered:
- Development of the 180 W120
- The 180a, b, c and diesel versions
- The 190, b and diesel versions
- The 180 South African pick-up, called "Bakkie"
- Development of the 190SL W121
- A larger engine is needed
- Road testing a 190SL Turbo in 1959
- Development of the 220a W180
- The 220a, S, SE, with their Cabriolets and Coupes
- Development of the 300SL Coupe and Roadster W198
- A unique pre-production 300SL roadster, which has miraculously survived in private hands till today
- Two famous 300SL owners
- The coachbuilders
- Racing history of the 180, 190SL, 220a and 300SL
- Chassis number and data card explained
- Technical specifications and production history of each model.

Information

Author:	Bernd S. Koehling
Details:	276 pages, 28 x 21.5 cm / 11 x 8.5 in, paperback
Illustrations:	90 b&w and 200 colour photos
Publisher:	Bernd S. Koehling (D, 2012)
ISBN:	9781479243402

Supercharged Mercedes in Detail - 1923-1942

Among the rarest and most exciting cars in automotive history are the magnificent supercharged Mercedes of the 1920s and 1930s, exemplified by the mighty 7-litre S, SS, SSK and SSKL models of the 1920s, principally the work of Ferdinand Porsche, and the exceedingly glamorous, though softer and less stark, eight- cylinder 380K, 500K and 540K cars which succeeded them in the mid-1930s.
There were other models too, going back to 1923 and on to the construction of the final mighty 770 Grosser Mercedes in the early 1940s.

In this book James Taylor presents the history of Mercedes-Benz's output of sporting and luxury supercharged cars in the period. Dealing initially with the company's first forays into supercharging motor cars, he goes on to provide separate chapters on each of the families of models.
First is the S series, where he plots the development of the line from the progenitor Model K through the S to the more powerful SS; then comes a chapter on the highly developed SSK and SSKL cars.
There are full descriptions of mechanical elements, factory bodywork and the creations of outside coachbuilders.

The eight-cylinder 1930s models, of rather more refined character, receive similar treatment: a chapter on the 380K of 1934; another on the 500K and 540K which provided the power that the 380K had lacked; and chapters on the two generations of the enormous 770 model.
Here again factory bodies - many of them stunningly elegant - and the products of European and British coachbuilders are examined.

With 170 colour photographs of surviving examples by the outstanding motor photographer Simon Clay, and over 200 pictures from the archives, this book tells all about a quite unique group of motor cars, rarely seen yet universally admired, in whose conception, design, engineering and construction absolutely no compromises were made.

Information

Author:	James Taylor
Details:	176 pages, 27 x 21 cm / 10.6 x 8.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:	200 b&w and 170 colour photos
Publisher:	Herridge & Sons Ltd (GB, 2013)
Series:	In Detail
ISBN:	9781906133481

Mercedes-Benz 8-cylinder cars of the 1930s (vol. 1) - From the 460, 500 Nürburg to the 770 and G 4

NEW

The Mercedes-Benz 460 Nürburg was the first Mercedes production eight-cylinder car. It was quickly followed by the 500 and 500 N and finally the more modern 380 that was also available with compressor.
A different approach was taken with the mighty 770, launched in 1930. It should simply represent the best in technology, quality and comfort, money could buy at that time in Europe.
The all-terrain G4 vehicle was exclusively used by Third Reich officials and military top brass.
This 240-page book tells you their story. It walks you through the cars' development and history, and discusses most of the coachbuilders. All this is accompanied by superb color photography.

This guide is one of over twenty-five books and e-books about Mercedes cars, written by the author. And these are some of the topics covered:
- The 460 Nürburg W08 with its technical aspects and various body versions
- The coach-built cars from Auer to Weinberger
- The 500 Nürburg, 500 and 500 N W08 with its technical aspects and various body versions
- The coach-built cars from Baur to Voll & Ruhrbeck
- The 380S Mannheim W10, 380S W18 and 380 W22 with its technical aspects and various body versions
- The coach-built cars from Authenrieth to Langenthal
- The 770 W07 with its technical aspects and various body versions
- The coach-built cars from Auer to Zupka & Son
- The 770 W150 with its technical aspects and various body versions
- The Sodomka coach-built car
- The G 4 Geländewagen W31 with its technical aspects.

Over 270 color photos highlight many features of these superb cars with their various body designs.

Information

Author:	Bernd S. Koehling
Details:	247 pages, 28 x 21 x 2 cm / 11 x 8.25 x 0.79 in, hardback
Illustrations:	250 colour photos
Publisher:	Bernd S. Koehling (D, 2023)
ISBN:	9798390960592

Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Parade Car (Hitler's Chariots)

This book is the first ever illustrated study devoted exclusively to the famous Mercedes 770K parade car used by Hitler during most of the 1930s, and into the 1940s, both in peace and war. Culled from the rich photo archives of Daimler-Benz - and the Hermann Goring, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Eva Braun Hitler albums on deposit in the U.S. - this study depicts the 770K in fascinating images and detailed text.

Information

Author:	Blaine Taylor
Details:	240 pages, 22.5 x 29 x 2.7 cm / 8.9 x 11.4 x 1.06 in, hardback
Illustrations:	588 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2010)
Series:	Hitler's Chariots
ISBN:	9780764335211

Mercedes-Benz G-4 Cross-Country Touring Car (Hitler's Chariots Volume 1)

This book is the first ever illustrated study on the often photographed - but never fully explained - mechanical marvel, the Mercedes-Benz G-4 cross-country touring car, the vehicle that carried Adolf Hitler across much of Europe before and during World War II.
Culled from the rich photo archives of Daimler-Benz, as well as from captured German albums in U.S. archives, this work depicts the G-4 in fascinating images and detailed text.

Information

Author:	Blaine Taylor
Details:	176 pages, 22.5 x 29 x 2.1 cm / 8.9 x 11.4 x 0.83 in, hardback
Illustrations:	300+ b&w photos
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2009)
Series:	Hitler's Chariots
ISBN:	9780764332364

Mercedes-Benz Cars of the 1990s

As the 1990s began, competition from rivals was threatening the Mercedes-Benz marque's position at the top of the automotive tree. Through a combination of audacious diversification and sometimes less-than-successful cost-cutting, Mercedes began a turnaround that would not achieve final sucess until the middle of the following decade.

This book charts these turbulent years when the marque struggled to come to terms with a changing world. It describes the full range of Mercedes-Benz cars during the 1990s, the models carried over from the 1980s, production changes and contains full specifications.

Information

Author:	James Taylor
Details:	192 pages, 25.5 x 19.5 x 1.7 cm / 10 x 7.7 x 0.67 in, hardback
Illustrations:	200 colour photos
Publisher:	The Crowood Press Ltd (GB, 2009)
ISBN:	9781847970961

Mercedes-Benz - Personenwagen 1886-1986

When Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) delivered the first Mercedes on December 22 1900, the triumph of the brand with the famous star began. Even though the cars and with them the company have changed over time, the passion with which cars are built in Swabia and the passion with which fans approach the Mercedes-Benz brand have remained the same.

With this classic of automotive literature, Werner Oswald offers a comprehensive typology of all Mercedes-Benz passenger cars from the years 1886-1986. He meticulously lists everything that left the factory during this period.

Information

Author:	Werner Oswald
Details:	720 pages, 26.5 x 23 cm / 10.4 x 9.1 in, hardback
Illustrations:	840 photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2018)
ISBN:	9783613041288

Mercedes-Benz Personenwagen (Band 1) - 1886-1980 (Typenkompass)

This reference book presents all the cars produced by Mercedes-Benz between 1926 and 1980. Also covers the history of the Benz and Daimler brands before the merger in 1926.

Each type is presented with a photo, a historical description and a technical sheet.

Information

Author:	Roberto Bruno
Details:	144 pages, 20.5 x 14 cm / 8.1 x 5.5 in, paperback
Illustrations:	40 b&w and 116 colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2014)
Series:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613036819

Das grosse Mercedes-Cabrio-Buch (1949-1992)

This truly great book traces the history of the Mercedes large convertibles in minute detail. Every model between 1949 and 1992 is described in detail and presented with brilliant images.
The informative work is rounded off by a detailed technical data section.

Reprint of the original edition.

Information

Author:	Peter Hartmann
Details:	184 pages, 34 x 24.5 cm / 13.4 x 9.7 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Heel-Verlag GmbH (D, 2017)
ISBN:	9783958435810

Mercedes PKW und LKW 1935-1945

At first, the Reichswehr had to use commercially available cars, as the construction of military vehicles was prohibited by the victorious powers after losing the First World War. This led to the introduction of so-called off-road cars based on existing models, the "Kübelwagen".
It was only after 1933 that military-grade cars began to be produced, such as the Mercedes-Benz 170 V, which was delivered to the troops in considerable numbers with a Kübelwagen body. This was followed by off-road three-axle Kübelwagen such as the G 1.

Trucks were of particular importance because the First World War had shown the importance of motorized supply transport. In the first few years, the Ordnance Department relied on commercially available models with few extras.
The merger of Daimler and Benz in 1926 created the basis for a completely new commercial vehicle program, including the newly introduced diesel engine, then known as the "crude oil engine." In 1928, series production of the three-axle G 3 truck began, which was fitted with a body for the signal troops in large numbers.
After 1933, truck construction experienced a rapid upswing, with Daimler-Benz holding the market leadership. Special military off-road vehicles were now also developed.

Experience the details in vivid texts and historical photos, which contribute greatly to understanding this multifaceted chapter of history.

Information

Author:	Hans-Georg Mayer-Stein
Details:	104 pages, 30.5 x 21.5 cm / 12 x 8.5 in, hardback
Illustrations:	numerous b&w photos
Publisher:	Dörfler Verlag GmbH (DE, 2003)
ISBN:	9783895551079

Mercedes-Benz - Alle Autos mit dem Stern

NEW

The variety of models from the world's oldest car manufacturer is breathtaking. Eberhard Kittler and Joachim M. Köstnick provide an overview in this volume, which deals with Mercedes-Benz passenger cars from 1926 to the present day.

Sonorous model names such as "Stuttgart" and "Nürburg" recall the glorious pre-war days, as do the legendary 500 and 540 K models.
During the economic miracle, the Adenauer-Benz, "Nitribitt" 190 SL and the legendary 300 SL gullwing made the star from Stuttgart shine. And the modern era is not neglected either, with icons such as the G-model, the Kohl S-Class and the dream car SLS AMG.

Information

Author:	berhard Kittler, Joachim M. Köstnick
Details:	224 pages, 28.5 x 22.5 x 2 cm / 11.2 x 8.9 x 0.79 in, hardback
Illustrations:	500 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2023)
ISBN:	9783613045392

Mercedes-Benz C 111 - Design-Ikone, Traumsportwagen und Rekordjäger

NEW

In this book, the authors present the fascinating history of the dream sports car and record-breaking C 111 based on extensive holdings in the Mercedes-Benz corporate archives.
With over 1100 illustrations, including numerous previously unpublished pieces of information, the development of this outstanding vehicle is traced in detail. The C 111 remains one of the most prominent vehicles in automotive history to this day.

This updated new edition not only covers the C 111 in detail, but is also dedicated to the cutting-edge Vision One-Eleven sports car study, which progressively reinterprets the 1970 design icon.
The multiple award-winning reference work thus offers a comprehensive insight into the world of the C 111 and undoubtedly belongs in the library of every Mercedes-Benz enthusiast.

Information

Author:	Gerhard Heidbrink, Joachim Hack, Wolfgang Kalbhenn
Details:	520 pages, 27 x 24 x 4.6 cm / 10.6 x 9 x 1.81 in, hardback
Illustrations:	1100+ b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2023)
ISBN:	9783613044821