Born out of Mercedes' successful Le Mans racers of the early 50's, the aluminium bodied 300SL has gone down as one of the all time classic road cars. First shown at the 1954 New York Motor Show, the distinctive 'Gull Wing' doored 300SL was said to be the world's fastest production car with a claimed 165mph. The fuel injected 3 litre flat 6 pushed out at least 240bhp for unrivalled straight line urge, although handling had a tendency towards oversteer.

1400 examples were built from 54-57 until being superseded by the more practical Roadster, which stayed in production for another 6 years.

Body	Coupe 2 Door, 2 Seat
Layout	Front Engine,
Gearbox	4 Speed Manual

Top Speed	165 mph  266 kmh
0 - 30 mph 0 - 48 kmh
0 - 60 mph 0 - 100 kmh	7.2 sec  7.6 sec
0 - 100 mph 0 - 160 kmh
0 - 124 mph 0 - 200 kmh
0 - 186 mph 0 - 300 kmh
30 - 70 mph 48 - 113 kmh
Standing qtr Mile Standing Km
60 - 0 mph 97 - 0 kmh
0 - 100 - 0 mph 0 - 160 - 0 kmh
Lateral Accn
Fuel Cons
Emissions

New Price (UK)	£n/a
Used Price (UK)	£90000 - £150000