Tag: Mercedes

  • Quickie: Rare, manual R107 280SL

    Quickie: Rare, manual R107 280SL

    Most famous among the R107 Mercedes SL is the 560, as it offered the largest displacement and highest horsepower and torque ratings.  It was also the primary offering throughout the second half of the go-go 1980s.  All US-spec SLs, however, came with automatics gearboxes in this generation, so that means some others are quite desirable…

  • First AMG under Daimler ownership

    First AMG under Daimler ownership

    AMG had more than two decades of racing and performance history before Daimler purchased a controlling interest in 1990.  Since then, of course, we know them as the in-house tuning arm of Mercedes Benz.  This C36 was the first model released after Daimler acquired its interest in the firm and is thus rather significant. Our…