{"id":79345,"date":"2021-09-10T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=79345"},"modified":"2021-09-20T06:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T06:46:30","slug":"konrad-adenauer-and-the-mercedes-benz-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/konrad-adenauer-and-the-mercedes-benz-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Konrad Adenauer and the Mercedes-Benz 300"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you know any politician after whom a German car was named? Neither do we. But at least we can think of one car that was popularly given a politician’s name as a call sign and has kept it to this day. The first German chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, is so closely associated with his representative limousine that the Mercedes-Benz 300 is often simply called “Adenauer”. During his chancellorship from 1949 to 1963, Konrad Adenauer often had himself chauffeured. No wonder, he never acquired his own driver’s license during his lifetime. Initially, the government used pre-war cars that had survived the war unscathed. At the 1951 Frankfurt Motor Show, BMW presented the 505 and Mercedes-Benz the 300. Rumor has it that Adenauer’s hat fell off his head when he climbed into the BMW. However, experts now doubt whether this story is true. The fact is, that Adenauer was clearly in favor of the Mercedes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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