The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (W 196 S) is a two-seat sports racing car that took part in the 1955 World Sportscar Championship before a catastrophic crash and fire at Le Mans later that year ended its domination prematurely.

Aug 6, 2020 · It is the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, the factory-raced sports car that won the World Championship for Constructors in 1955, with victories in the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio, and …

Mar 7, 2025 · Today, such a car would be designed by the AMG team, but Mercedes didn’t fully own AMG until 2005. The car was built until 2009, and it went out with a special-edition model called the SLR ...

Apr 8, 2025 · The original hypercar The Mercedes-AMG One of its era, but rarer and more race car-based, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe can be considered the world’s first hypercar. Back in the mid-1950s, no other sports car that one could drive legally on public roads came close in terms of speed, performance, and ingenuity.

Feb 8, 2025 · Roadgoing 300SLs, both coupe and convertible, have a fuel-injected inline-six engine displacing 3.0 liters and making a little over 200 horsepower. The racing W196 R had an inline-eight engine,...

May 19, 2022 · The automaker has confirmed that it has sold one of its two incredibly rare 300SLR Uhlenhaut coupes to a private collector for a whopping $143 million (135 million euros) at a private auction...

Mar 31, 2025 · The Mercedes-AMG One of its era, but rarer and more race car-based, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe can be considered the world's first hypercar.

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While know as the Mercedes-Benz 300SLR the car was based neither on the famous 1954 300SL (W198) Gullwing road car, nor the earlier 1952 (W194) race car, although it bears a strong resemblance to both. Instead, it was based on the 1954-1955 Formula 1 …

Jan 14, 2025 · The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Coupe, best known as the Uhlenhaut Coupe after the man responsible for bringing it into existence, has all three. Long after its creation, it would also serve as the inspiration for the modern SLR, another icon of Mercedes-Benz history and the result of a legendary collaboration with McLaren.