A young classic with legend status: Tracing the fascination of the R 129 in the SL 320 Final Edition – or: why looking back into the past is also looking ahead into the future

Udo Becker and his fellow bus restorers from the association “Stuttgarter Historische Strassenbahnen e. V.” (SHB)

A good vintage in more ways than one: Traveling through the Rhineland-Palatinate in a Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 500 from 1934

The R 107-series 300 SL from 1989 that recently came to the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center for its 1,000-kilometer inspection

At the Tour Auto in April, 220 participants drove their classics from Paris to Beaulieusur-Mer – among them a 300 SL team and a duo in a 350 SLC

The Mercedes-Benz Classic department provides expertises that document the authenticity of valuable classic automobiles

Widely hailed as most exciting classic rally in the world – Italy’s Mille Miglia

The unfulfilled dream of a world speed record: With the T 80, producing no less than 3,500 hp, Daimler-Benz pulled out all the stops. Nevertheless, the bolide was never used – the Second World War spelled the end for this ambitious enterprise

In 1923, engineers from the Daimler plant at Berlin Marienfelde entertained thoughts of producing motorcycles in series

The Mercedes-Benz 180 Ponton, an ancestor of today’s E Class, met up with the Douglas C-54 at Berlin’s Tempelhof airfield

Hartmut Rauter from Wetzlar swears by the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3, 450 SEL 6.9 and E 500 Limited. Even as a student he could not resist the lure of powerful sedans with the three-pointed star

The steering wheel is a prominent feature of a classic automobile. Cracked steering wheel rims can be restored by experts using modern methods