The Mercedes-Benz Ponton and 190SL (eBook)

The Complete Story

James Taylor (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
160 Seiten
The Crowood Press (Verlag)
978-0-7198-4228-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The Pontons may have been Mercedes-Benz's bread-and-butter models of the 1950s, but they were vitally important in establishing the marque as a significant player around the globe. Alongside the saloons that made Mercedes famous world-wide for long-lasting and economical taxis, there were exotic two-door cabriolet and coupé derivatives, and the cars' basic structure was made available too for conversion into ambulances, pick-ups, estate cars and hearses. Not always appreciated is that the 190SL sports model was also derived from the engineering of the Ponton range.
The Ponton Mercedes and the 190SL have long enjoyed a strong enthusiast following around the world. Here is their story, from their creation at a time when Mercedes was emerging from the devastation of war, though their success during the German Economic Miracle of the 1950s, to their final days in the early 1960s alongside the first of the 'Fintail' models that would eventually replace them. No enthusiast of these widely respected cars will want to be without this book.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.6.2023
• Reihe/Serie: AutoClassic
• Reihe/Serie: AutoClassic
• Reihe/Serie: AutoClassic
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge
• Schlagworte: 180 • 180D • 190 • 190SL • 1950s • 220 • 220SE • Bela Barenyi • Bill Fritschy • Binz • Binz Kombi • Cabriolet • carburettor • Classic Cars • Coupe • Daimler-Benz • Douglas Steane • Elegance • Elegance, power, speed • Four-cylinder saloon • Fredrich Geiger • Fritz Nallinger • Henry Bolte • Hydrak clutch • Jack Ellis • Karl Kling • Karl Wilfert • m • MB • Mercedes • motoring • Motorsport • Pontons • Power • Production figures • Rainer Gunzler • rallying • Riess and Wencher • Schock and Moll • Sindelfingen • six-cylinder • Speed • Unitary body shell • West Germany
• ISBN-10: 0-7198-4228-X / 071984228X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7198-4228-3 / 9780719842283