A 1939 Mercedes-Benz W154 Silver Arrow was specially featured at Lime Rock Park’s Vintage Festival September 4-7, 2009. A stellar...
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is holding its first collectors fair for models, brochures, literature, pins and accessories on November 28th, 2009...
Mercedes 1914 GP Car: Mercedes 18/100 / Engine: Water-Cooled, M93654, Inline-4 / Maker: Mercedes / Bore X Stroke: 93 mm X 165 mm / Year: 1914 / Capacity: 4483 cc / 273.6 in³ / Class: Grand Prix / Power: 85.8 kw / 115.1 bhp @ 3200 rpm / Wheelbase: 2845 mm...
Mercedes W 154 Car: Mercedes W154 / Engine: 600 V12 / Maker: Daimler-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 67 mm X 70...
For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put...
One of the world’s great racing cars, a 1939 Mercedes-Benz W 154 Silver Arrow, will be specially featured at Lime Rock Park’s Vintage Festival September 4-7, 2009. A stellar attraction of the legendary period from 1934 to 1939, the W 154 represents the apogee of the supercharger era of Mercedes-Benz’s...
Unquestionably, one of the most dominating racing cars was the Mercedes W196, particularly with drivers such as Fangio and Moss...
Despite mid-August being a predictably warm and sunny month, nothing was going to stop the climatic conditions, synonymous with the Dundrod circuit, prevailing. Jaguar Competitions Manager, “Lofty” England once said of Dundrod, “One can be pretty sure of bad weather, which is not much fun for the competitors, and much...
1960 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster For Sale Details: Seller Fantasy Junction is asking $595,000. Car is located in San Francisco Bay...
I have included a few remembrances about Lance in some previous Vintage Racecar columns, but because he was such a...
Three cars from the entry list for the first French Grand Prix in 1908 were recently reunited at the Vintage Sports Car Club sprint meeting at Curborough in the English Midlands. The Panhard, Itala and Mercedes that are now owned by Mark Walker, George Daniels and Ben Collings, respectively, took...
Fifty-one years after winning his fifth and final world championship, Juan Manuel Fangio is still my favorite F1 driver. Never...
Selecting the overall victor at the annual Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ automotive design competition at the Goodwood Festival of Speed...
On June 7–8, 1958, the Texas Region of the SCCA hosted a weekend of sports car racing 10 miles north of Fort Worth. The organizers laid out a 3-mile course at the National Guard Air Base near Eagle Mountain Lake, where 112 entries showed up to contest 10 scheduled “Sunburn”...
1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing For Sale 1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing Details: Seller Cars International Kensington is asking £595,000....
The three-liter, six-cylinder 300S model Mercedes-Benz was first exhibited in October 1951 at the Paris Salon and production began in...
1969 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.8 AMG 1969 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.8 AMG. Photo: Mercedes-AMG It seems hard to believe that most of the past 50 years of Mercedes-Benz motor sport history is, in large part, due to a small German company that, until recently, was not Mercedes-Benz. The little company...
2003 Mercedes Benz CLK DTM Factory Race Car For Sale Details: Seller Oakfields is asking £245,000 for the DTM racer....
Patina is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as, “an appearance or aura that is derived from association, habit, or established character.”...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived a life dominated by motorsport. Whether going to pre-war races with his father, racing himself in F2 or leading the BRM race organization, Tim Parnell has played an integral role...
December 2007 Alfa Romeo Argentina By Christián Bertschi & Estanislao Iacona With nearly a 100-year continuous history, it may come...
As a young mechanic Tony Robinson answered an ad for work with London’s Ray Martin Motors. Little did he know...
On August 4, 2007, an icon of American racing and my dear friend, John Fitch, turned 90 years old! In this day and age of medical advances plus many of us watching our diets and exercising, 90 is not nearly as unusual as in previous times. John, however has lived...
I have just marked my half-century of being a motor racing enthusiast. On February 1, 1957, I bought a copy...
One of the most enjoyable—at least for me—of fifties events was the Pebble Beach Sports Car Road Races. The last...
July 2007 Surtees Choice Dear Editor: Like John Surtees [Greatest Racecars, VR May ’07], I also feel privileged to have raced the Mercedes Benz W-125. Indeed, I have now driven most of the 750 KG formula cars, yet the W-125 stands head and shoulders above the rest. Become a Member...
Nino Vaccarella Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson wins the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in a John Player Special...
From 500-cc racing to a works ride with Cooper and later a British Hillclimb Championship, Mike MacDowel has had a...
Rodger Ward Gioacchino Colombo 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kayalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). Become a...
