Since 1967, Rudi Klein had quietly amassed an astonishing collection of some of the world’s most revered automobiles—along with an Everest of parts—at his junkyard. The treasure trove included the ...

One of the German star’s most famous sports cars is now up on Bring a Trailer. It won’t be cheap, though. The Mercedes-Benz 300SL holds a prominent place in the temple of automotive gods. Its design, ...

Back to the Future and its DeLorean made the gull-wing doors famous to the masses. However, a number of other vehicles have ...

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 ...

Venezuelan-born Juan J. Escalante at Sebring in March 2025, 70 years after this 300SL first appeared on this same racetrack. Goose bumps. “I couldn’t believe I was sitting in this seat, in this car, ...

There are few cars in automotive history that have mixed beauty and brawn like the 300 SL. Built on the same lightweight spaceframe chassis as the legendary W194 endurance racer, and utilizing a ...

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 ...

Here’s a clear case of last but not least. A 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing, which was the final example of the iconic model to roll off the line, will be auctioned off by RM Sotheby’s later this ...