50 years of the Mercedes-Benz “Stroke/8” saloons The 68 revolution in the upper medium-size category Precisely 50 years ago, on 9 and 10 January 1968, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the completely redeveloped…
The “Stroke 8” – 114/115 series
The new “mid-size” MB Predecessor to the E-Class February 1968 The new Mercedes-Benz models of the mid-size series 115 and 114 made a clean break with the “tailfin” era with…
Post-war renaissance: 220 debuts
Mercedes-Benz 220 187 series (1951 to 1954) At the first Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) held in April 1951, Daimler-Benz presented the 220 model in addition to the 300 model,…
Stroke 8’s: Hip at Last
Riding Low and Slow Bagging and Posing Back in the early ’80s one of my older brothers owned a spotless 1976 300D finished in eye popping 568 signal red with…
Making a case for the ‘Stroke 8’
Making a case for the ‘Stroke 8’ 1968 Brings us the 200 Sedan How about a slight, well…large departure from the usual focus on gullwings, 280SLs, 6.3s, the new SLS…