{"id":81392,"date":"2021-10-05T14:20:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=81392"},"modified":"2021-10-11T19:32:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:32:05","slug":"70-years-of-mercedes-benz-300-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/70-years-of-mercedes-benz-300-s\/","title":{"rendered":"70 Years of Mercedes-Benz 300 S"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An unusual vehicle for the time made its debut at the 1951 Paris Motor Show. Many European countries were still rebuilding after the war. And yet a manufacturer from Germany, of all places, presented a sporty and luxurious Coup\u00e9 a Cabriolet A and a Roadster. These were the two-door variants of the Mercedes-Benz 300 sedan, which in Germany later received the nickname “Adenauer”. For the offshoots with a 15-centimeter shorter wheelbase, the Swabian manufacturer revived the abbreviation “S” for Super from the pre-war period. Visually, the three variants were also still very much in line with the pre-war design with free-standing fenders and a steep radiator grille. To accomodate the desired sportiness, the Mercedes designers lowered the roof line significantly and integrated the trunk lid smoothly into the curves of the rear end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luxury automobile manufactured by hand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While it is now common practice for all body variants of a model series to be produced as quickly as possible in an assembly line process, this was still quite different for the 300 S. The production of each individual vehicle was carried out by specially trained craftsmen. Each individual vehicle was assembled by hand by specially trained employees in the special car manufacturing facility (Sonderwagenbau) in Sindelfingen. This handcrafted production process naturally took much longer, but also made it possible to incorporate special requests. As a result, virtually no two cars are exactly alike. This luxury, which was almost unbelievable for the time after the terrible war, was summed up by Mercedes-Benz in the sales brochures: “Daimler-Benz AG has always paid special attention and care to the vehicles of the international special class. The type 300 S was created for the circle of enthusiasts of these vehicles, who have increased demands on elegance, comfort, race, speed and roadholding.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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