Mercedes Benz Wing Doors Price

Capable of reaching a top speed of up to 263 km h.

Mercedes benz wing doors price. The return of the look of the 300 sl with the anniversary editions seems to have inspired many other manufacturers like tesla to make gull wing car models. It was based on the company s 1952 racer the w194 with mechanical direct fuel injection which boosted power almost 50 on its 3 litre overhead camshaft straight 6 engine. The mercedes benz 300 sl chassis code w 198 is a two seat sports car that was produced by mercedes benz as a gullwinged coupe 1954 1957 and roadster 1957 1963. While mercedes benz isn t the only car company to use gull wing doors they are the brand that started really pushing it as a luxury feature and they still do today.

See good deals great deals and more on a used 2011 mercedes benz sls amg. Opening upwards the doors evoke the image of a seagull s wings in french they are portes papillon butterfly. A gull wing door also known as a falcon wing door or an up door is an automotive industry term describing car doors that are hinged at the roof rather than the side as pioneered by the 1952 mercedes benz 300sl race car w194 and its road legal version w198 introduced in 1954. But for the mercedes benz 300sl the radical gull wing door coupe that hit the market in 1954 was directly derived from the sports racing car that won the carrera panamericana and the 24 hours of lemans in 1952.