{"id":11579,"date":"2025-12-19T09:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/?page_id=11579"},"modified":"2026-07-18T07:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T07:06:01","slug":"presenting-the-mercedes-sl-190","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/the-a-presente-la-mercedes-sl-190\/","title":{"rendered":"The A presents the Mercedes 300 Sl Coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Against all odds, American importer Max Hoffman succeeded in persuading the German manufacturer Mercedes to launch a civilian version of the W194, winner of the Carrera Panamericana, and committed to ordering and selling the first thousand units himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legend of the 300 SL, born for racing, can finally continue on the road\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Powered by a 3-litre 6-cylinder engine producing 225 ch and featuring a \u00abSuper Leicht\u00bb body\u00a0\u201d bodywork\u2014thanks to its tubular chassis\u2014the 300 SL would sell for 80 % in the United States, just as Max Hoffman had predicted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A major commercial success, it allowed the star brand to energise its image on the market. Customers raved about its racing heritage and its sleek, elegant lines, but it was above all its gullwing doors that would get people talking. In 1956, the decision was made to stop production of the coupes to begin the production of a roadster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new model, available with a hardtop from 1957, was designed to meet the growing demand of the Californian market. Just as sleek and elegant, 150 kg heavier but also 15 hp more powerful, the roadster would be produced for seven years (compared to four years of production for the coup\u00e9). In total, 1,858 roadsters would leave the Sindelfingen factory (compared to 1,400 coup\u00e9s, of which 29 were aluminium).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our example for sale, in highly respected original condition, matching numbers and colours, is in the timeless White Grey (code DB 158) livery with a Russian Green interior. A complete mechanical overhaul was carried out over 2 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 300 SL Gullwing Coup\u00e9, known as \u00abButterfly\u00bb, represents the absolute icon of the Brand and one of the most sought-after automobiles on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing Contre toute attente, l\u2019importateur am\u00e9ricain Max Hoffman r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 convaincre le constructeur allemand Mercedes de lancer une version civile de la W194 vainqueur de la Carrera Panamerica, et s\u2019engage \u00e0 commander et vendre lui-m\u00eame les mille premiers exemplaires.  La l\u00e9gende de la 300 SL, n\u00e9e pour la course, peut enfin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11579"}],"version-history":[{"count":210,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34208,"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11579\/revisions\/34208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-a.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}