The story
This is a very special Gullwing. The founder of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Club Germany drove this very car; it was there at the club’s origins. It is as if you are not just buying a car, but a chapter of Mercedes-Benz history itself. And in Medium Red, with a beige leather interior.
Under the aluminium bonnet sits the 2,996 cc M198 straight-six, canted in the chassis to keep the car as low as possible. Mechanical direct fuel injection, dry-sump lubrication, a huge aluminium intake. Depending on configuration the Gullwing reached up to 260 km/h: the fastest production car of its day.
Delivered new in central Brussels, making it a true European Gullwing. The paint has a deep lustre and the detailing is of a level you only find on cars of this calibre. The finish is so fine you almost forget this is a car from 1955.
