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Mercedes-Benz SL Series (Mercedes SL) [Hardcover]

Andrew Noakes (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd (27 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861266731
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861266736
  • Product Dimensions: 25.1 x 19.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 176,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Mercedes Benz has now been manufacturing SL sports cars for fifty years, and for all that time the cars adorned with those two special letters have been admired and coveted by car lovers the world over. It all started in 1954, with the fabulous and iconic 300SL Gullwing, a road car developed directly from the stunning 300SLR racing car. Other models followed, including the more affordable 190SL, the Pagoda' car of the sixties and the stylish ranges of the seventies and eighties. Mercedes now use the SL tag before rather than after the numbers in the cars' designations, but the line is as strong as ever, with a magnificent new range and an SLR supercar developed with McLaren that takes the family right back to its roots.

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Mercedes-Benz has built an enviable reputation for engineering excellence and a history of sporting success. The two come together in the glamorous and successful SL series, which have evolved from all-conquering racing cars to successive generations of swift and increasingly sure-footed roadsters.

Andrew Noakes traces the SL story from its beginnings in the early 1950s, when the war-torn Daimler-Benz company sought to rebuild its prestige in motorsport with a low-cost, production-based racing car. Rudolf Uhlenhaut’s 300SL was the result, a blend of sophisticated spaceframe construction and prosaic production car running gear which proved to be stunningly capable, winning at Le Mans in 1952 and dominating that season’s sports car events.

The book details the birth of those ‘gullwing’ racing cars and reveals their extraordinary racing record. It looks at the iconic 300SL road car that was developed from them, and the two very different SL roadsters that would follow later in the 1950s, the 300SL and 190SL. Every subsequent generation of SL road cars is also described in detail, from the classic ‘Pagoda-roof’ model of the 1960s to the very latest R230-series SL of today. In addition the book looks at spin-offs from the SL series including the 1970s SLC coupé, the 1990s SLK roadster and the awesome McLaren-developed SLR.

In racing, the SLs were near unbeatable. On the road, each new generation of SL has become the car to be seen in – and this book is a tribute to that sophisticated blend of speed, style and safety.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mercedes SL - The Complete Story (book), 11 Jan 2011
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This book is excellent for readers who just have an interest in cars or, like myself, have the great joy of owning a Mercedes SL. The book has provided me with in depth information not easily obtainable elsewhere about the actual model I bought. It also provides a comprehensive history of the SL range and has a number of excellent photographs to illustrate the text.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a comprehensive book, 28 Jan 2009
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An excellent all round book which majors on the original SL (70 pages) but also covers in good detail the subsequent versions ( Pagoda 20 pages , R107 '70s and '80s 25 pages, R129 '90s 24 pages and R230 17 pages) all the way through to the current 2002 onwards car. Recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mercedes-Benz SL Series The Complete Story, 27 July 2009
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Very intersting and informative history of the Mercedes Benz SL series of cars. Good narrative and wonderful photographs of these beatiful cars.
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