Mercedes-Benz has been building supercars for over 50 years. The German
brand created the world’s first, the Mercedes 300SL in 1955, seventy
years after Karl Benz is credited with inventing the automobile. Famous
for its Gullwing doors that open up instead of out, the race car for the
street was the fastest thing on wheels during the age of bobby socks
and poodle skirts, and restored 300SLs now sell for north of a million
dollars. Well, Mercedes...
