Nurburgring report

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Next stop, the Mercedes Museum. Opened in 2006, the building is cleverly designed, using three overlapping circles with the centre removed.




Inside, we made a bee-line for this 190 Evo I










Beautiful car with a price to match!




Some old favourites were on display

























As well as drooling over the old DTM cars, Greg was on the simulator

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Incredibly, all the cars in the above photos are in the reception area, we hadn't even entered the museum yet!



Entry to the museum is 8 Euros (4 Euros if your'e over 60 - Which kept my dad happy :karl: )


Upon entering the museum, you are transported to the top floor in a lift, which looks like something out of a 1930's Flash Gordon film.




The history of motoring from the 1880's to present day is then available to you, no other manufacturer can boast this sort of history - Can they?

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The Mercedes-Benz Rennwagen-Schnelltransporter, built in 1955, it was cabable of transporting a racing car at over 100mph. The original version no longer exists, this a brilliant recreation, built using the original drawings.













The 300 SLR Coupé, also known as the Uhlenhaut Coupé, the car was developed as a race car for the 1956 season, it is basically a hardtop version of the 300 SLR racing car which Stirling Moss raced so successfully in 1955, but Mercedes withdrew from motorsport in 1955, so it was never used and became the company car of chief test driver Rudolf Uhlenhaut.




Uhlenhaut once drove between Stuttgart and Munich in less than one hour driving this car, which must be an average speed of well over 150mph, the car was capable of 180mph, not bad for 1955.







Only two 300 SLR Coupés were ever built, Mercedes still own both of them, they must surely be some of the most valuable cars in the world

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Mercedes-Benz SSK - Bulit in 1928 for hillclimb events, the car had 225bhp, it was successful enough to ensure that it cemented the Mercedes brand as one of the best, a reputation that still remains today




Mercedes-Benz have also long been one of the leaders in world of trucking.

This model was known as the millipede because of the two front steering axles, it was introduced in 1958 when the German government brought in rules restricting axle loads on truck in a bid to protect the railways.







1932 Lo 2000 - The world's first light duty truck with a diesel engine




Unimog U 500 - Mecedes have been building the Unimog since 1951. This model can clear an amazing 1600 tonnes of snow per hour




For twenty six years Professor Sid Watkins served as head of the Formula One on-track medical team, now in his eighties he still works on developing safety for motorsport, he has been behind projects such as the HANS device and improved helmet material (which probably saved Felipe Massa in 2009)




C32 AMG F1 Medical car




Although this looks like the Ectomobile from Ghostbusters, it is actually the Mercedes-Benz 300 Messwagen, which translated means measuring car, it was used by the test department to record data from cars during test runs, we now take telemetry for granted, but back in 1960 things were quite different!




The G-Wagen Popemobile needs no introduction, the 500 SL created headlines in the early 1990's when Princess Diana became the first member of the British royal family to drive a private foreign car, after critisism from the UK government and trade unions she returned the car.

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Exotic road cars




The latest SLS AMG




With huge ceramic stoppers!







CLK GTR - One of only 25 ever built




This may look like a collection of model cars, but they are in fact the real thing B)




W196 R - These cars were used in Formula 1 during 1954/1955 by drivers such as Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss




One of the original Silver Arrows racing cars from the 1930's, not until the 1980's would grand Prix cars again produce this sort of power, an amazing period in motor racing history




500 SLC rally car, Mercedes had started to take rallying seriously in the late 1970's, this car was the last to compete on a WRC round, driven by Bjorn Waldegard, it won the 1980 Ivory Coast Rally, Mercedes then decided to withdraw from rallying, a decision made after Audi revealed the Quattro.




Mercedes have a rich history in motor sport




Klaus Ludwig's Evo II from the 1992 DTM series




Group C car and Truck racer




Greg pretending to be Mika Hakkinen

[Geysir]

BARA flott safn Ótrúlegt að labba þarna í gegn!

[Alpina]

Alan .. ((autohabit )) er ansi slyngur í þessu

Alveg topp maður


ps,,,, sem mikill áhugamaður um gæði og áræðanleika .. þá sýnir þessi mynd akkúrat það sem Mercedes var frægt fyrir í áratugi








því miður hefur þetta ekki verið svona frá mid 90 -->> ??

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Eifelrennen 2010 - fullt af oldtimers að taka á því:

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Eifelrennen 2010 - fullt af oldtimers að taka á því:

Geðveikt video

[tinni77]

Ég ELSKA F1-bílana frá Mercedes/McLaren, hef setið í þeim nokkrum, geggjaðar græjur !

Einnig var mjög gaman að skoða einkasafn af Ferrari-bílum Michaels Schumacher í Kerpen, Germany.

[Alpina]

Ég ELSKA F1-bílana frá Mercedes/McLaren, hef setið í þeim nokkrum, geggjaðar græjur !

Einnig var mjög gaman að skoða einkasafn af Ferrari-bílum Michaels Schumacher í Kerpen, Germany.

OKEY,,,,,,, vissi ekki að hann væri með slíkt

[tinni77]

Ég ELSKA F1-bílana frá Mercedes/McLaren, hef setið í þeim nokkrum, geggjaðar græjur !

Einnig var mjög gaman að skoða einkasafn af Ferrari-bílum Michaels Schumacher í Kerpen, Germany.

OKEY,,,,,,, vissi ekki að hann væri með slíkt

Fyrsti bíllinn hans, Fiat 500, er meira að segja á þessu safni,

eignaðist hann 7 ára gamall

[Alpina]

Ég ELSKA F1-bílana frá Mercedes/McLaren, hef setið í þeim nokkrum, geggjaðar græjur !

Einnig var mjög gaman að skoða einkasafn af Ferrari-bílum Michaels Schumacher í Kerpen, Germany.

OKEY,,,,,,, vissi ekki að hann væri með slíkt

Fyrsti bíllinn hans, Fiat 500, er meira að segja á þessu safni,

eignaðist hann 7 ára gamall

Systir mín á svoleiðis,, án sætisbelta með tusku-topp að hluta ,,dökkblár.. og ANSA púst

virkilega kúl græja

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Dale hættur hjá Ron@RSR og kominn með eigið kompaní:
http://www.btgmotorsport.com/

[Alpina]

Dale hættur hjá Ron@RSR og kominn með eigið kompaní:
http://www.btgmotorsport.com/

Alstaðar þar sem Bretar eru að störfum við slaufuna ,, endar það í leiðindum