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1955 Mercedes 300SL: First production fuel-injected sports car

The 1955 Mercedes 300SL did more than introduce dramatic gullwing doors to the road. It quietly rewrote the rulebook for ...
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Why the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL became the blueprint

The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL did more than go fast. It fused racing technology, radical design and everyday usability in a ...
TopSpeed

Driving The Legendary Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Actually Felt Better Than I Expected

At TopSpeed, William Clavey is Editor-at-Large, where he focuses on authority and exclusive content, reviews, news articles, features, and opinion pieces all while sharing his passion for everything ...
Motor Trend

Driving the First Modern Supercar, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing

Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen and I have one thing in common. And I don't mean driving talent. Obviously. No, the one thing Max and I have in common is that we've both had to ...
autoevolution

Got $2 Million Laying Around? You Could Buy This 1-of-1 1955 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing

In 1952, Mercedes-Benz unleashed the W194, its first post-WW2 race car. Powered by a 3.0-liter straight-six engine, the W194 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Carrera Panamericana against strong ...
Robb Report

What I Learned Driving 1,000 Miles in a Mercedes 300SL Gullwing

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 ...
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Mechanical Fuel Injection Pumps are Like an Engine Within an Engine

Electronic fuel injection is older than you think, the earliest example being the failed Bendix Electrojector system from 1957. Bosch bought the rights to the Eletrojector system and developed it into ...