Mercedes-Benz Marks 70 Years Of Sports Car History With The SL Range
Mercedes-Benz is stamping seventy years of its extravagance execution sports vehicle, which is presently in its most recent age with the new Mercedes-AMG SL. 사설토토
The two letters mean "super-light", with the 300 SL (assigned W 194 in Mercedes-Benz's assembling model code framework) motorsport vehicle that appeared in 1952 the ancestor of an excellent auto custom based on target DNA that propelled the incredible "gullwing" 300 SL Coupe (W 198) and open-top Roadster 190 SL in 1954.
Just 1400 gullwing 300 SL Coupes were built.Only 1400 it were worked to gullwing 300 SL Coupes. Credit: Mercedes-Benz AG - Mercedes-Benz/Daimler AG
Just 1400 gullwing roadsters were fabricated, the trademark entryways depended on the rooftop because of the roll confine.
Its motorsport kin 300 SL was relentless on the track in 1952, winning the Grand Prix of Bern (triple triumph), the 24 Hours of Le Mans (twofold triumph), the Great Jubilee Prize at Nurburgring (fourfold triumph) and the third Carrera Panamericana, in Mexico, (twofold triumph), the last extraordinary experience of that year's staggering season.
For the 1953 season, the W 194/11 hustling sports vehicle model was constructed, however not involved again on account of arrangements for section into Formula One, however it addressed a significant specialized advance while heading to the W 196 R and W 196 S dashing vehicles in 1954 and 1955.
In this, interest for creation models was high, with the 300 SL Roadster (W 198) supplanting the gullwing car in 1957.
Just 1400 gullwing roadsters were fabricated, the trademark entryways relied on the rooftop because of the roll confine.
In specialized terms, the roadster was like the car, however by adjusting the side pieces of the roll confine, the passage stature could be diminished so much that ordinary, front-pivoted entryways could be understood.
Both were made on the drive of Austrian-conceived Maximilian Hoffman, who brought vehicles into the roaring after war US market frequently founded on ideas to makers of what showrooms figured clients could like.
The vehicles were worked to Hoffman's determinations and the arrangements were apparently done on noble man's conditions got with a handshake and no composed agreements.
In 1963, the 230 SL (W 113) supplanted the 300 SL Roadster and the 190 SL, intriguing purchasers with its energy, solace and security to turn into a pioneer for the SL custom.
The discretionary hardtop with high windows and sunken formed rooftop upheld by thin support points was suggestive of Asian sanctuary structures, which immediately procured it the moniker "Pagoda".