6. 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe
It doesn’t get better than this, as far as vintage Mercedes go. Think of the Uhlenhaut coupe as a blend of the 300SL “Gullwing” coupe and the dominant 300 SLR roadster race car. After development stalled on a race SLR coupe, Mercedes Motorsports head Rudolf Uhlenhaut requisitioned one of the test mules for personal use. What resulted was a long, lithe gullwing coupe packing the chassis and mechanical bits from the SLR race car. This included the 3.0-liter inline-eight engine putting down 310 hp. In an era where most cars struggled to go much faster than 100 mph, the Uhlenhaut coupe was brutally fast, capable of blitzing 180 mph.
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