Download or read book Mercedes Benz the Fifties written by Bernd S. Koehling and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 300SL Gullwing: one of the true icons of the automotive world. This book will describe, how two men have used this car as their daily driver, one of them even covering almost half a million kilometers (including a trip all the way up to Moscow, the Russian State capital). But it also informs, how a turbo-charged 190SL compared with a standard 190SL back in the 1960s. Other stories covered in this book:- how it is to drive a 180 ponton diesel with close to 700,000 km on the clock in today's world? - or why a 220S six-cylinder ponton is a suitable successor to a British Morris Minor? - who were the men, who made these great cars possible, men like Prof. Nallinger, R. Uhlenhaut, K. Wilfert or M. HoffmanIt covers everything from the Mercedes-Benz 180/190 sedan from the early 1950s, the luxurious and expensive 220S/SE cabriolets and coupes up to the terrific 190SL and 300SL. But it does not only give a detailed view of the history of each of these Mercedes-Benz vehicles, it also talks about production figures, developments within the individual model range and discusses coach-built versions such as the South African "Bakkie" and the ponton racing history.And it shows never before published color pictures of each model.
Download or read book MERCEDES BENZ the 1950s written by Bernd S. Koehling and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-09-02 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second half of the 1950s gave Mercedes customers an exciting line of new cars that offered them everything from the frugal 180 diesel to the iconic 300SL. This reference work covers them in great detail from the 180 and 220 ponton series to the 190SL and 300SL. An earlier volume talks about the 170, 220 and 300 series. Superbly illustrated with recent non-Daimler AG photography, this guide explains the cars' features and talks about their interesting racing history. It continues with full technical details and the annual production history of each model. A separate chapter highlights the importance people such as Uhlenhaut, Wilfert and Nallinger had on the fate of Daimler-Benz in those days. If you want to know more about the Mercedes cars of the late 1950s, then you want to read this book. FREE BONUS: When you have bought this book, you are eligible for a free pdf file of any Mercedes model (such as W111 or W186 or R107 for example) the author has covered in one of his books. Please contact the author through his website (inside the book) and stipulate, which free pdf file you want him to send to you.
Download or read book Mercedes Benz the 1950s 300 300s Series written by Bernd S. Koehling and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-20 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both the 300 Adenauer and 300S surprised everyone, when they were introduced in 1951. Nobody had expected Daimler-Benz to launch two brand new luxury cars just six years after WWII. This 200-page book gives you all the facts about the 300 and 300S Series. With it you will also receive as bonus one of the author's 23 Mercedes e-books as free pdf file. These are some of the topics covered in this guide: the development and history of the 300, 300S models, all upgrades included chassis number and data card are explained in great detail should you be interested in the Pininfarina, Binz or Ghia coach-built models, you can read about them here it looks at their value changes from 2009 until August 2017 over 150 recent, non-Daimler AG color photos highlight many interesting and unique features, this includes pictures of the suspension And you can read about Konrad Adenauer and his type 300 cars. A separate chapter covers the cars' technical features and production history. Enjoy Why is this book not available as hard cover? Even today with modern digital printing services available, books with many color photos are expensive to produce, especially if they cater only to a small enthusiasts market like this book. This guide comes with over 210 high quality photos, the majority of them in color, and would cost retail as hardcover version over US$ 75 (or the corresponding amount in � or e), which the author finds excessive. That is why the choice to offer the more reasonable to produce soft cover option, which is printed by an Amazon affiliate printing house. Should the print quality not satisfy the reader, Amazon will gladly accept your return and send you a new copy. FREE BONUS DETAILS: Once you have bought this book, please contact the author through his website (inside the book) and stipulate, which free pdf file you want him to send to you. You will find a complete list of all published e-books at the end of this book.
Download or read book Mercedes benz the 1950s Ponton Series written by Bernd S. Koehling and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 180 W120 ponton sedan was launched in 1953 and was a gamble, because Daimler-Benz did not know, how its more conservative clientele would react to it. Luckily the car turned into a big hit and one year later, its six-cylinder sibling was born. This 220-page book gives you all the essential facts about the ponton series. With it you will also receive as bonus one of the author's 23 Mercedes e-books as free pdf file. This is what you get with this guide: you will read about the complete development and history of each model from the 180D to the 220SE cabriolet a comprehensive Buyer's Guide can help you to find the model that suits you best chassis number and data card are explained in great detail. It helps you to find out how your car was equipped, when it left the factory it looks at their value changes from 2009 until March 2017 over 130 recent, non-Daimler AG color photos highlight many interesting and unique features, this includes pictures of the suspension it deals with rare cars such as the South African 180 "Bakkie" it talks about the ponton coach-built versions, among them two unique coach-built six-cylinder cars and it discusses the rare and not always understood Hydrak semi-automatic A separate chapter covers the cars' technical features and production history. Why is this book not available as hard cover? Even today with modern digital printing services available, books with many color photos are expensive to produce. This book comes with over 220 high quality photos, some 130 of them in color, and would cost retail as hardcover version over US$ 70 (or the corresponding amount in � or e), which the author finds excessive. That is why the choice to offer the more reasonable to produce soft cover option. Thank you for your understanding. FREE BONUS DETAILS: Once you have bought this book, please contact the author through his website (inside the book) and stipulate, which free pdf file you want him to send to you. You will find a complete list of all published e-books at the end of this book.
Download or read book Mercedes Benz Club of America Fifty Years of History written by Bruce A. Adams and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercedes-Benz Club of America (MBCA) and Turner Publishing Company are pleased to announce a new and unique book highlighting the MBCA as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary. This commemorative book will feature a large collection of never before published photographs and memorabilia and will highlight the first 50 years of the MBCA. This book is licensed and approved by the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. MBCA Editor, Bruce Adams, will author this quality-crafted book. This book will be a 9 x 12 -inch, hardbound coffee-table volume, with hundreds of pages of photographs and memories.
Download or read book Hot Cars of the 50s written by Craig Cheetham and published by Thunder Bay Press (CA). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1950s saw the automobile come of age, with some of the most imaginative developments in car design asserting a new confidence in the car as an accessible symbol of freedom. One of the great eras of automobile production, the '50s saw cars such as the Chevrolet Corvette, Ford Thunderbird, and Jaguar XK120 hit the roads, as well as the more glamorous MGA, Mercedes 190SL, and the Triumph TR3. Hot Cars of the '50s celebrates the best cars of the decade, providing a detailed look at more than sixty of the greatest and most stylish automobiles from around the world. All the great names are covered, including Aston Martin, Bentley, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Fiat, Jaguar, MG, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Rolls-Royce. Illustrated with specially commissioned photography, each car is examined from all angles in close-up detail. Specifications are provided for each machine, including performance statistics, engine type, transmission, special features, running gear, and dimensions. The book also takes a close look under the hood, examining the chassis and suspension as well as the design of the engine. Finally, the book tracks the production milestones of each car and marks refinements and developments in styling and performance. Packed with information and great photos, this volume is a must for all lovers of the classic and stylish machines of the 1950s. Book jacket.
Download or read book Cars of The 50s written by James M. Flammang and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While automobiles serve as its hub, Cars of the Fabulous '50s is more than a mere "car book." Instead, it's a spirited romp through a period that's filled with fond memories for those who lived it. Classic 1950s cars like the Lincoln Cosmopolitan, Cadillac Coupe de Ville, Plymouth Belvedere, Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Montclar, Chevy Bel Air, and the original Corvette exemplified the spirit of those times: They were brawny and proud, hopeful and boastful, strong and special. Practically every page of this handsome leather-bound book is overflowing with brilliant chrome, magnificent tail fins, and vibrant paint jobs. You'll find: • Hundreds of incredible photos of vintage cars • Year-by-year summaries of each major manufacturer from the 1950s, including Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Packard, Studebaker, Hudson, Nash, AMC, Crosley, and Kaiser-Willys • Lively original ads and promotional illustrations • Informative essays about what was happening with cars and the culture at large during every year in the 1950s • Fascinating trivia, anecdotes, and quotes relating to 1950s cars Whether you're a diehard gearhead or you're simply interested in American history, Cars of the Fabulous '50s is a book that you'll return to again and again.
Download or read book Car Wars Fifty Years of Backstabbing Infighting And Industrial Espionage in the Global Market written by Mantle Jonathan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "astonishing...eye-opening chronicle" (Publisher's Weekly) of backstabbing, infighting, and industrial theft and espionage in the world's biggest business. It makes empires; it destroys economies; it shapes history. Welcome to the world's biggest business--the automobile industry. A hundred years ago there were six highly experimental cars. Today there are close to 400 million cars on the planet: set bumper to bumper on a six-lane highway, they would stretch well over 200,000 miles, more than eight times around the earth. With hundreds of billions of dollars at stake, is it any wonder that the major car companies wage a relentless war against one another, where (almost) anything goes? Here is the story of all the schemes and deceits, treacheries and shady deals in the battle for the world's car markets since the dawn of the global economy fifty years ago. The first true biography of the automobile, Car Wars gives us the automotive history as seen through the windshield of the car--with stories so spectacular they are often hard to believe. From Gianni Agnelli's deal to make Fiats in the USSR at the height of the cold war and Jose Ignacio Lopez's defection from GM to VW, through Pehr Gyllenhammar's foiled attempt to merge Volvo and Renault, and on to Nicolas Hayek's deal with Mercedes-Benz to build the Swatchcar in 1997, Car Wars is a roller coaster ride down the freeways and the back roads of the world's premier business, and an eye-opening history of the world's best-known and most-loved cars.
Download or read book MERCEDES BENZ the Early SL Cars written by Bernd S. Koehling and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 300SL, the 190SL and the pagoda SL were already legends, when still in production. That has not changed till today. Names like "Gullwing" or "Pagoda" are forever associated with the SL name. Both cars are the foundation on which every new SL still rests today. And the SLK traces its roots back to the 190SL, the car that convinced management in the 1950s that the SL story was worth to be developed further. This reference book covers the complete history of all three versions, discusses a one of a kind 300SL roadster and comes with recent non-Daimler AG color photography. If you want to know more about these iconic Mercedes cars, then this book is for you. FREE BONUS: When you have bought this book, you are eligible for a free pdf file of any Mercedes model (such as W108 or W198 or R107 for example) the author has covered in one of his books. Please contact the author through his website (inside the book) and stipulate, which free pdf file you want him to send to you. These three cars are also covered in Bernd S. Koehling's books about Mercedes cars of the 1950s and 1960s. It was suggested to have them covered in a separate book to accompany the other SL book of Bernd S. Koehling: MERCEDES-BENZ, The modern SL, available also here on Amazon.
Download or read book Mercedes Benz the 1960s written by Bernd S. Koehling and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cars like the 600, pagoda SL or 300SEL 6.3 will always be remembered by aficionados around the world for their elegance and technical virtues. This meticulous and highly informative book covers all three of them in great detail, this includes the other W108 and W109 models. An earlier volume talks about the W110, W111 and W112 series. Fully illustrated with many recent color photos, which have never been published in a book before, this reference work explains the cars' features and upgrades throughout their production run and continues with full technical details and the annual production history of each model. It also talks about four men within the company, who were instrumental in developing these superb cars. If you want to know more about the Mercedes cars of the late 1960s and want to see them recently photographed in all their glory and in full color, then you need this book. The author has so far over 25 books and e-books about Mercedes cars from the 1947 170V to the 2012 SL R231 to his credit. FREE BONUS: When you have bought this book, you are eligible for a free pdf file of any Mercedes model (such as W111 or W186 or R107 for example) the author has covered in one of his books. Please contact the author through his website (inside the book) and stipulate, which free pdf file you want him to send to you.
Download or read book Fifties Flashback written by Dennis Adler and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other era in automotive history is as revered as the 1950s, when Detroit was the center of the auto world and the American V-8 was king of the road. With hundreds of color photos of beautiful restorations and a collection of rare archival photos, Dennis Adler has compiled a detailed history of the emerging postwar American auto industry.
Download or read book Fifty Years with Car and Driver written by Marty Padgett and published by Filipacchi Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "50 Years with Car and Driver commemorates the golden anniversary of the most popular car magazine on the planet. But more than that, 50 Years with Car and Driver tells the story of the American automobile and how the editors of the magazine witnessed that history and reported on it, firsthand. A look at how Car and Driver evolved from its beginnings as Sports Cars Illustrated, in the able hands of great automotive journalists such as Ken Purdy and John Christy, and then came into it own as the musclecar era of the Sixties dawned. Writers such as David E. Davis, Jr., Brock Yates and Patrick Bedard helped to craft a literary car magazine that drew as much inspiration from Tom Wolfe's writing as it did from the great cars of the day." "Through the Seventies the magazine's reputation solidified as the technical authority on new cars, and the literary tradition continued with such writers as Don Sherman and author P.J. O'Rourke." "Throughout the Eighties, the magazine prospered even when its writers went off the deep end - literally, getting stranded in Mexico during a Baja comparison test. Car and Driver watched over the virtual rebirth of the American car during that decade, with the renaissance at Ford through the Taurus and the revival of the Corvette, while keeping its lock on the strongest feature writing in the auto magazines with stories like Brock Yates's thirty-years-past observance of the death of James Dean." "The Nineties saw Car and Driver continue its leadership as the world's largest-selling automotive magazine. From the introduction of the Acura NSX and the Mazda Miata to the brand-new Mustangs and Corvettes that have come in just the past years, Car and Driver has been the authority that readers trust when it comes to 0-60 times, road tests and reviews." "Fifty Years with Car and Driver combines classic stories from the magazine, commentary by former staffers including the author, vintage and modern photos of the hottest and most important cars reviewed by the magazines, as well as stories from behind the scenes - with all the attitude, expertise and visual excitement readers have come to expect from the magazine itself."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book MERCEDES BENZ The 1960s Volume 1 written by BERND. S KOEHLING and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interested in a W111, W112 or W110 or do you own one? Then this 300-page guide is a must have book for you. Last updated in Dec. 2016, it tells you everything about the cars' history; it also explains in detail chassis number and data card and offers a comprehensive buyer's guide. All this is accompanied by great recent non-Daimler AG photos, this includes pictures of the suspension. These are some of the topics covered: Developing the W111 fintail The technical aspects New safety features The 220b and 230S series Developing the W110 The technical aspects The 190 and 200 series Developing the two-door models The technical aspects From the 220SE Coupe to the 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet Developing a technical masterpiece, the W112 The technical aspects The 300SE and SE lang The chassis number explained The data card explained What is my W111, W112, W110 worth W111, W112, W110 buyer's guide Technical specifications and production figures Why is this book not available as hard cover? Even today with modern digital printing services available, books with many color photos are expensive to produce. This book comes with some 320 high quality photos, around 250 of them in color, and would cost retail as hardcover version over US$ 80 (or the corresponding amount in £ or e), which the author finds excessive. That is why the choice to offer the more reasonable to produce soft cover option. Thank you for your understanding.
Download or read book Mercedes Benz written by Dennis Adler and published by MotorBooks International. This book was released on 2008 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercedes benz the 1960s W108 and W109 6 cylinder written by Bernd S. Koehling and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The W108 and W109 models did away with the unibody and have until today lost nothing from their timeless elegance. This book tells their complete story. It covers each model's development and history and it comes with a comprehensive Buyer's Guide takes a detailed look at the Chassis Number and Data Card discusses the price development of all models up to December 2016 offers superb recent non-Daimler AG photography, this includes pictures of the suspension A technical section covers paint and interior options, production history plus engine and performance data of each model. One chapter is devoted to Karl Wilfert, who was as head of design behind most of the wonderful Mercedes cars of the 1950s and 1960s. Very few still remember him.
Download or read book Mercedes Benz written by Fred Larimer and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an up-close look at Mercedes-Benz roadsters, convertibles, and two-and four-seat coupes from the mid-1950s to present. The roadsters starts with the 300SLs from the mid-1950s and continues through the current SLKs. Coupes and cabrios detailed include the 220SEb/300SE cars of 1960 and on up to the current CLKs. Explore all the traditional elements of the Buyer's Guide series, including basic histories of each model or model type, Garage Watch photos with inset-photo callouts, tables of common replacement parts, quotes from contemporary magazine reviews, owner testimonials, rating charts, and full specification tables.
Download or read book Cars of the Fabulous Fifties written by James M. Flammang and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cars of the fabulous fifties; Consumer guide.