If you want to learn more about the Mercedes cars of the late 1950s, this 290-page book is for you! It gives you all the facts about the four- and six-cylinder Ponton cars and 190SL/300SL series. It explains chassis number and data card in detail and comes with superb recent non-Daimler AG color photos; this includes pictures of the suspensions. These are some of the topics covered:
A separate chapter covers the careers of Uhlenhaut, Wilfert and Nallinger in the company. Without these gifted managers, who have worked together during almost their entire careers, all these beautiful cars would not have been possible.
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 290 high quality photos, some 200 of them in color, and would cost retail as hardcover version slightly over US$ 75 (or the corresponding amount in £ or €), 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.
