Later, a modified
Gullwing came fourth in the 1955 Mille Miglia, and so the legend grew of a 160mph car with evil swing - axle suspension, though the truth is that the cars the well - heeled could buy weren't quite so fast.
At least 25 examples of the 300SL
Gullwing came to auction in 1986, and not all of them sold.
Not exact matches
Non-car people may not know the SLS AMG by name, but they
come alive the moment you mention the word «
gullwing» — or, better yet, you actually use the door in their presence.
The SLS treatment doesn't extend to mini
gullwing doors, but the brilliant folding vario - roof does now
come with the option of Magic Sky Control, which changes the glass above your head from sun - worshiping transparent to sunburn - avoiding dark at the touch of a button.
The open - top
comes with new frameless
gullwing doors made from CFRP, with an aluminium outer shell, while the windscreen frame is made entirely from CFRP.
It
came into the world in 1954, with the revolutionary eye - catching Mercedes - Benz 300 SL
Gullwing, the first production car to use it.
The production Navigator loses the Concept's
gullwing doors, but still
comes loaded with 75 impressive new pieces of tech
Optically, the AMG
comes with a revised front - end including the more aggressive Panamericana - style grill lifted straight from the W194 300SL
Gullwing race car from 1954.
The
gullwing will
come in at stratospheric $ 276,800.