Mercedes Benz 300 SL

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Quite a while ago you read about the Ferrari 250 GTO, a homologation product. This time, it is the Mercedes. We at Carma. believe in giving equal opportunities to all countries. So Germany was the obvious choice, after Italy.

The car that we are looking into is the Merc 300 SL. It was, undisputedly one of the most beautiful coupes in the fifties. The gull wing doors were a cool feature that the 300 SL packed. Alright now I’d like to save you the time which you’d waste searching for gull wing doors. Remember the antagonist Ramya Krishnan’s car in the Rajnikanth movie, Padaiyappa? Eureka! Gull wing doors. For those who have not watched it. Waste time. You deserve it.

The “300” referred to the engine’s three litre cylinder displacement while “SL” stood for “Sport Leicht” (Sport Light). The 300 SL was the first car for which Mercedes used fuel injection which saw a 40 HP increase than the carburetor version.

The first batch of SL’s suffered from their drum brakes and swing axle setups. Although these were revised on later editions. For some clients a lightweight version was prepared with an aluminum body and aluminum castings, but these were seldom raced. Instead, Mercedes prepared the 300 SLR, which used a much lower and chassis similar to the W196.

The 300 SL, weighing around 1.4 kilo grams had a 4 speed manual gearbox and could do a top speed of about 160 km an hour. This beautiful thing, being around 4.5 m long, 1.8 m Wide and 1.33 m tall consumed fuel like about approximately 17 l for 100 km. Well, as a policy we have agreed to furnish mileage details of every car. Heard petrol prices are up.