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Mittwoch, 25.Januar 2012Before the launch of the new SL in spring 2012, the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is dedicated to its own exhibition. The exhibition “Timeless – 60 Years of th Mercedes-Benz SL” presents models of the automotive icon of six decades – for the first time all together in one room!
“Timeless – 60 Years of the Mercedes-Benz SL” [...]
Rétromobile 2012: A meeting of the Le Mans winners
Sonntag, 22.Januar 2012At the 2012 Rétromobile, Mercedes-Benz Classic commemorates a very special victory this year: 60 years ago the legendary 24-hour Le Mans race ended with a spectacular double victory, achieved with 300 SL (W 194 series) racing cars.
The impressive racing successes of the “gullwing” became the basis for the worldwide fascination for the SL model [...]
New in its full splendour: the oldest SL
Dienstag, 10.Januar 2012The roots of the SL-Class lie in motor racing: in the early 1950s, Mercedes-Benz developed the 300 SL, W 194 series racing car. It was a unique blend of three ingredients: lightweight construction, aerodynamics and reliability.
The original SL was presented to the stunned press on 12 March 1952 on the motorway between Stuttgart and [...]
Special exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum Timeless – 60 years of the Mercedes-Benz SL
Samstag, 7.Januar 2012The new generation of the Mercedes-Benz SL is to be launched in the spring of 2012. From Tuesday, 24 January 2012, the Mercedes-Benz Museum is dedicating a special exhibition to this legendary model series. Under the title “Timeless – 60 years of the Mercedes-Benz SL”, all the SL models of the past 60 years will [...]
Round-up of 2011: the Benz Patent Motor Car alone made 160 appearances
Donnerstag, 5.Januar 2012125 years of the automobile was a momentous anniversary – and celebrations of this milestone represented the main focus of our activities in 2011.
“Over the year, Mercedes-Benz Classic was able to demonstrate the fascination of the Mercedes-Benz brand on a world-wide basis. We were able to move both people and vehicles,” commented Michael Bock, [...]
Review of 2011: A successful year draws to a close for the Mercedes-Benz Museum
Sonntag, 1.Januar 2012The total number of visitors to the Mercedes-Benz Museum rose once again in 2011, to 701,000. On the year marking the automobile’s 125th anniversary, the visitors came from 175 countries worldwide. The newly designed Legend 6 exhibition room and the special ‘Art & Stars & Cars’ exhibition additionally attracted new target groups to the Mercedes-Benz [...]
Daimler corporate archive: Preserving one’s own history
Mittwoch, 21.Dezember 2011The foundation of a corporate archive in 1936 was a necessary step for the then Daimler-Benz AG. The timing was chosen for its symbolic significance – exactly 50 years after the invention of the automobile. The aim was to preserve this half-century using the documentary records and lay the groundwork for collecting these kinds of [...]
Background: success on the track and at rallies in the 1950s and 1960s
Samstag, 22.Oktober 2011Following the withdrawal of the Mercedes-Benz works team from Formula One and the sports car championship at the end of the 1955 season, all eyes were on the rally scene from 1956 onwards. Vehicles bearing the three-pointed star, mainly driven by private teams, competed on rally courses around the world.
While racing cars and sports cars [...]
Premiere of new ‘Fintail’ from Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Nürburgring
Donnerstag, 20.Oktober 2011A ‘Fintail’ based on the Mercedes-Benz 220 SE model (W 111 series) will compete in the season final of the long-distance cup organised by Fahrergemeinschaft Historischer Rennsport e.V. (FHR) on 22 and 23 October 2011 at the Nürburgring.
Its participation in this race reflects the commitment of Mercedes-Benz Classic to upholding the traditions of the [...]
Mercedes-Benz scoops four awards in the poll for the ‘Goldenes Klassik-Lenkrad’
Freitag, 30.September 2011Mercedes-Benz scores outstanding success in the poll for the ‘Goldenes Klassik-Lenkrad’: this year, four of the brand’s vehicles are awarded a trophy. The competition is run by specialist magazine Auto Bild Klassik in the form of a readers’ poll. The gala award ceremony for the winners took place in the Mercedes-Benz Museum on 29 September [...]
Dawn Patrol at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Donnerstag, 15.September 2011This year marked the 125th Anniversary of Mercedes-Benz and the history of the invention of the automobile. As a celebration of their Mercedes-Benz heritage, an exquisite collection of Mercedes-Benz vehicles were on display to mark the different decades of the brand.
Tommy Kendall, 4 Time Trans-Am Champion and Mike Kunz, Manager, Mercedes-Benz Classic Center, give [...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic at the Goodwood Revival 2011
Mittwoch, 14.September 2011No other brand dominated the golden age of classic grand-prix racing in the mid-20th century in the same way as the Silver Arrows from Mercedes-Benz.
Juan Manuel Fangio was the driver who best embodied the racing outfit’s strength after the Second World War. The Goodwood Revival 2011, near Chichester/West Sussex, in September will be reliving [...]
Mercedes-Benz Classic celebrates the brand’s motor racing history at the ADAC Eifelrennen
Freitag, 9.September 2011The glittering motorsport history of the Mercedes-Benz brand is a big focus of Mercedes-Benz Classic. Participation in the ADAC Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring is one of the ways it is honouring this heritage:
from 9 to 11 September 2011, drivers and fans will be joining together to celebrate a festival of historical motor racing, which [...]
Mercedes-Benz at the “London to Brighton Veteran Car Run” 2011
Dienstag, 6.September 2011The annual international classic calendar will not finish until November – with the “London to Brighton Veteran Car Run” (LBVCR) in England.
In the anniversary year celebrating “125 years of the automobile”, Mercedes-Benz, as a primary sponsor, will be entering two vehicles in the event on 5 and 6 November 2011: a 1902 two-seater Mercedes-Simplex racing [...]
New standard work: Mercedes-Benz Racing Cars and Sports Cars since 1894
Samstag, 27.August 2011“Mercedes-Benz Renn- und Sportwagen seit 1894” (Mercedes-Benz Racing Cars and Sports Cars since 1894) is the title of the latest book documenting the vehicle history of the brand with the three-pointed star. Written by automotive historian Günter Engelen, it is the latest in a series of standard works by the author on Mercedes-Benz. Published by [...]
“125 years of the automobile” at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Sonntag, 14.August 2011The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance ranks among the most important events on the international classic calendar. This year it takes place on 21 August 2011 and is marked among other things by the “125 years inventor of the automobile” anniversary.
The Concours climaxes a weekend with a great many items on the agenda, including a [...]
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