Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W198, 1954-1957): książki - historia

Hinter der Typbezeichnung Mercedes-Benz W 198 verbirgt sich viel mehr als ein schnödes Auto: Sie steht für eine Legende, die unter der Verkaufsbezeichnung Mercedes 300 SL bekannt wurde.
Mercedes-Benz präsentierte den damaligen Super-Sportwagen erstmals im Februar 1954 auf der International Motor Sports Show in New York. Aber die eigentliche Geschichte begann schon viel früher. 1999 wurde das Fahrzeug von der deutschen Oldtimer-Zeitschrift Motor Klassik zum "Sportwagen des Jahrhunderts" gewählt.

In diesem Band von Mike Riedner und Günter Engelen finden die Leser das geballte Wissen zu diesem legendären Fahrzeug von zwei absoluten Experten.

Über das Jahrhundertauto scheint schon alles geschrieben zu sein. Und doch bietet dieser Prachtband einen neuen Ansatz. Autor Hans Kleissl ist ausgewiesener SL-Experte und präsentiert in seinem Werk besondere Informationen, Fakten und vor allem Bilder aus dem Werksarchiv, die seit Urzeiten keiner mehr gesichtet hat.

Seine Firma ist eine der Top-Adressen weltweit für die Restaurierung von Flügeltürern und Roadstern. Zusammen mit Dr. Harry Niemann ist ein herausragendes Buch entstanden, das in Bild und Text die Geschichte und Geschichten rund um den Mercedes 300 SL lebendig werden lässt.

For over 60 years, no other car has moved the lovers of classic cars more than the 300 SL. For Daimler Benz AG, this car is an icon that with the magical suffix "SL", for Super Leicht or Super Light, has continued to this day to be used on Mercedes-Benz sports cars.

Hans Kleissl, recognized worldwide as one of the top 300 SL experts, and the former Daimler historian Harry Neumann have produced a book that captures the magic of the world surrounding this car. The events, photographs and fascinating technology, all illustrated within these pages, explain the mystique that inspires people to this day.

Updated in November 2017, this 270-page book gives you the facts about the Mercedes SL cars from the 1950s and 1960s (W121, W198 and W113). And these are some of the topics covered:
- The time that made the 300 SL possible
- Development of the 300 SL Coupe and Roadster
- The secret and unique 300 SLS that survived in private hands until today
- The racing history
- Two famous SL owners
- Development of the 190 SL
- A larger engine is needed
- The racing history
- Driving a 190SL Turbo in 1959
- Development of the 230 SL
- The 230 SL, 250 SL, 280 SL
- The coachbuilders
- The in-house conversions
- How the pagoda SL was seen by its owners in the 1960s
- Chassis number and data card explained
- W121, W113 buyer's guide
- Technical specifications and production history of each model

All this is accompanied by superb recent non-Daimler AG color photography, this includes pictures of the suspensions.

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Mercedes-Benz 190SL, 300SL and 300SLR sports cars from the 50s.

• The articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

In 1955, Mercedes-Benz wins the sports car world championship with the racing car 300 SLR (W 196 S). In addition to the titles achieved that same year in the Formula 1 world championship and the European touring car championship, this success is proof of the unprecedented dominance of a single manufacturer on the stage of international automobile racing.
Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio, the most successful drivers of their era, celebrate impressive double victories in the 300 SLR at the most demanding road races in the world, triumphs that continue to afford this unparalleled racing car lasting fame to this day.

Based on extensive research in the archives of Mercedes-Benz Classic, this book provides exhaustive and authentic documentation of the technical development of the W 196 S. All of the races as well as the biography of each individual vehicle are presented with the aid of images and illustrations, some of which have never before been published. Its high-quality design and exquisite features make the book a true collector's item.

The 300 SL (W 194) is the first racing car with which Mercedes-Benz renewed its participation in international automobile racing in the postwar period. Top-ranking positions and triumphs, such as at the legendary twenty-four-hour endurance race in Le Mans or the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, are not a long time in the coming and as early as 1952 secure a place for the Stuttgart-based make in the worldwide motor sports scene.
The racing car achieved particular fame for its unusual gull-winged doors, which turn the production sports car 300 SL, introduced in 1954 and directly derived from the W 194, into one of the lasting icons in automobile history.

The book provides exhaustive and authentic documentation of the technical development of the W 194 based on extensive research in the archives of Mercedes-Benz Classic: all of the races as well as the biography of each individual vehicle are presented with the aid of in part unpublished images and illustrations. Its high-quality design as well as its exquisite features make the book a true collector's item.

1952 was one of the most important years in Mercedes-Benz racing history; after a 13-year absence, it returned to motor sport competition with an automobile that rewrote the history of modern sports car racing. The 300 SLA's debut was the culmination of a long, difficult road back to racing for Mercedes-Benz after a 13 year break.

This book vividly depicts the 300 SLA's performance in the five races in which it competed in 1952, and tells the story of how it became the most successful competition sports car of that year.
Through dramatic photographs, and equally stirring text, one of the greatest years of sports car racing is brought to life, filled with automobiles often finished in national racing colours, prepared by great factory teams, driven by men who were national sporting idols, and raced under gruelling conditions unique to the age.

From its Mille Miglia debut, through the Nürburgring, the Le Mans 24 Hours, to its greatest race, the Carrera Panamericana, the 300 SLA's career from conception to retirement is presented, culminating with a detailed photographic essay illustrating restoration of the oldest 300 SL in existence.