A company that specialises in restoring old cars has revealed a very special restoration of an old car. This is Hilton & Moss’s entirely reconditioned Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster, and, yes, it is ...

Last month, a Mercedes-Benz 300SLR became, by a gigantic margin, the world’s most expensive car. The 1955 ‘Uhlenhaut Coupe’ – one of two original prototypes – sold to an anonymous collector for £115 ...

Built from 1957 to 1963, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster stands out as a desirable classic that usually trades hands for over $1 million. About 1858 units were made, a number that makes it relatively ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL or “Gullwing” as it’s affectionately known is one of the most celebrated classic cars ...

Although it was a roadgoing, productionised version of Rudolf Uhlenhaut’s W194 sports-racers, the 300 Super Leicht Gullwing as we know it lost some of its eponymous lightness as it transitioned into ...

Tim oversees the digital teams that bring you CAR magazine and Parkers, our car-buying sister website. A lifelong motoring journalist, he has worked at many of the UK's biggest car titles, including ...

Fitted with a six-cylinder engine, this 1957 Mercedes sports car has sold for a huge price. All proceeds from its sale will go towards renovating the new owner's local YMCA AN INCREDIBLE 1950s ...

This Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster is one of the three delivered in 1964 and the penultimate to see the light of day. The German automaker rolled out one more, then called it a day. That penultimate ...

When Janis Joplin wailed: “Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes-Benz”, she wasn’t praying for an A-Class hatchback on a three-year PCP deal. Nope, given the Texan rock star’s friends all drove ...

This is, for me, a year of many half-centenaries.It was in 1955 that I first saw the Mille Miglia, the great Italian road race to which Nemesis was about to put an end, and on the same journey I first ...