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Mercedes 300 Sl Gullwing - 1954-1956 | 
| If a boxer could glide around a ballroom as well as he danced around the ring, hed be a mercedes 300sl gullwing. With a massive 190hp, 3-liter, fuel-injected, in-line 6 perched in front of a finicky, feather touch suspension, the gullwing was powerful but precise. Not satisfied to be an exclusive roadster, it won the 24 hours of le mans in 1952. | Specifications performance
0-60 in 7.2 sec. Top speed of 152 mph
engine typedrivetrain: Overhead-cam, fuel-injected, in-line 6
displacement 183 cu. In. (3 l) power rating 190 hp transmission 4-speed manual
chassis: Rack-and-pinion steering, front independentrear swing axle suspension; 4-wheel finned drum brakes; 2,860 lbs.
price: S12,000 in 1955 |
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Wings to fly
the chassis gave the car strength and lightness ( sl stands for sport light ), but there was a problem: An essential part of the frame lay right where the door hinge in a conventional car would have been. The solution: Put the hinge on the roof and let the door swing up. In 1954, its first model year, in an era when big fins and fuzzy dice were hanging off boxy sedans all over america, it was like nothing anybody had ever seen before.
coupe du jour
with a low-slung frame, wide-mouth grille, fighter-plane cockpit and the deep rumbling growl of its fuel-injected engine (the first in any production automobile), the 300 sl looked and sounded like it was ready to eat asphalt. In 1957,
at the end of its model run, the gullwing was put on display in a place of honor at the metropolitan museum of art.
Tioe beauty of the mercedes 3oosl gullwing, pictured here, has earned such fans as elvis presley and sophia loren |
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