300 SL Gullwing

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The 300 SL Gullwing is an iconic 1950s Mercedes-Benz sports car renowned for its distinctive upward-opening doors, advanced engineering, and status as one of the first production cars with fuel injection.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mercedes-Benz vehicle
road car
sports car
assemblyLocation Stuttgart
surface form: Stuttgart, Germany
basedOn Mercedes-Benz W194
surface form: Mercedes-Benz W194 racing car
bodyMaterial steel body panels
bodyStyle 2-door coupé
brakeType drum brakes
brand Mercedes-Benz
category iconic classic car
chassisMaterial steel tubular frame
chassisType tubular spaceframe
collectibility one of the most valuable postwar classic cars
countryOfOrigin Germany
curbWeight approximately 1295 kg
designer Rudolf Uhlenhaut
doorType gullwing doors
engineCode M198
engineConfiguration inline-6
engineDisplacement 3.0 L
frontSuspension double wishbone
fuelSystem mechanical fuel injection
fuelType petrol
height 1300 mm
introducedAt 1954 New York International Auto Show
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
length 4520 mm
manufacturer Mercedes-Benz
marketSegment high-performance grand tourer
modelName 300 SL Gullwing self-linksurface differs
surface form: 300 SL
notableFeature one of the first production cars with fuel injection
notableFor advanced engineering for its time
distinctive upward-opening gullwing doors
high performance in the 1950s
optionalBodyMaterial aluminium body panels
powerOutput approximately 215 hp
predecessor Mercedes-Benz W194
productionEnd 1957
productionStart 1954
productionYears 1954–1957
rearSuspension swing axle
seatingCapacity 2
status highly collectible classic car
successor 300 SL Gullwing self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
topSpeed approximately 155 mph
approximately 250 km/h
transmission 4-speed manual
wheelbase 2400 mm
width 1790 mm

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

300 SL Gullwing modelName 300 SL Gullwing self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing
this entity surface form: 300 SL
Mercedes-Benz notableHistoricModel 300 SL Gullwing
SL notableModel 300 SL Gullwing
subject surface form: Mercedes-Benz SL
this entity surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing
SL notableModel 300 SL Gullwing
subject surface form: Mercedes-Benz SL
this entity surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
SL predecessor 300 SL Gullwing
subject surface form: Mercedes-Benz SL
this entity surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W194 racing car lineage)
300 SL Gullwing successor 300 SL Gullwing self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing
this entity surface form: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster