The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL is a two-seat sports car that was produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1954 to 1957 as a gullwinged coupé and from 1957 to 1963 as a roadster. The road going 1954 fuel injected 300
300 SL roadster and gullwinged coupé
Prototype for the early 1952 Mercedes-Benz W194 racing cars, still with small "gullwing windows"
1953 300 SL prototype for the 1954 W198 road car, with large doors and vents
1953 prototype at Pebble Beach in 2012
The Mercedes-Benz W194 is an endurance racer produced by Mercedes-Benz for the 1952 Sportscar racing season, its first after World War II.
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
…as a roadster. The road going 1954 fuel injected 300 SL (W198) traces its origins to the company's original 1952 300 SL carburetted racing car, the Mercedes-Benz W194. As one of the first automobiles to be equipped with a mechanical direct gasoline fuel-injection system, the power output of its three-liter overhead…
Engine and parts were taken from the Mercedes-Benz 300 S (W188)
300SL Gullwing at the Carrera Panamericana after collision with a vulture.