Popping the hood of a new Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing must have been quite an experience for most enthusiasts in the Fifties. For starters, the 3.0-liter straight-six sat canted at a fifty degree ...

The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL did more than go fast. It fused racing technology, radical design and everyday usability in a way that set the template for what we now recognise as the modern supercar, ...

The last Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing built will be among the lots of a small, but exclusive, RM Sotheby's auction in Las Vegas. Finished in Fire Engine Red with a Créme leather interior, this ...

The 1955 Mercedes 300SL did more than introduce dramatic gullwing doors to the road. It quietly rewrote the rulebook for performance cars by bringing race-bred fuel injection into series production, ...

The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL story began where most legends end—at the racetrack. In 1952, Stuttgart’s alloy-bodied W194 stunned the world with lightweight tubular-frame engineering and a 3.0-liter inline ...

Mercedes-Benz started building the 300 SL Gullwing in 1954. It was a mesmerizing model that could by no means go under the radar. Once those gullwing doors opened, every head turned to look at it. The ...

Flogging a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL over 1,000 miles during Italy’s Mille Miglia is the most exhilarating driving experience, one where you get absurdly intimate with the world’s first supercar. And ...