Vintage Review: 1955 Mercedes-Benz W196

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Again we have for you one of R&T’s magnificent “Salon” articles, from May 1979 issue.

 

And the author is the great Phil Hill, who used to write up many of these articles- who is better to report about such cars?

As for the W196- it might have been THE perfect GP car back in its day:

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