2018 Market Review What’s ahead The New Year always invites reflection on what transpired over the previous 12 months. I won’t bore you with last year’s personal scene so let’s…
Star of Geneva: 230SL revealed to the press
Star of Geneva The ‘Pagoda’ debuts March 1963 It was a rainy day. The slopes were still covered with snow. The Montblanc was shrouded in clouds. For seconds only the…
1963: The Pagoda debuts
230SL introduces the Pagoda Distinctive design offers new levels of sophistication The automotive legend of the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is a never-ending story is. Whereas the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL ‘Gullwing’ introduced…
De-constructing a Pagoda
280SL Restoration Defining ‘Restored’ March 2013 According to my trusty Webster’s New World Dictionary, “restore” means “to return to a former or normal state” and/or “to bring back to health.”…
Video: Mercedes-Benz 230 SL. Out of love for the “Pagoda”
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Legends of the Autobahn 2012
Legends of the Autobahn Increased stature for 2012 August 2012 What began a few years ago as a low key gathering for Mercedes, Porsche and BMW club members has blossomed…
The Pininfarina 230SL
Italian Job Reinterpreting the 230SL November 2010 The first ”special version” of the Pagoda SL straightaway lost its pagoda roof and became something of a multicultural design experiment, a successful…