One of the most eye-catching vehicles to go on display at this week's 2009 Essen Motor Show is the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing 'Dragstar'. Inspired from the classic 1956 Mercedes sports car, the dragster was built in Switzerland and is driven by Stefan Winter. It features a fibreglass body and a 6.9-liter engine that produces 1,050bhp with power transferred to the rear wheels through a three-speed automatic gearbox.According to it owner, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing 'Dragstar' covers the quarter mile in 8.10 seconds reaching a top speed of 267 km/h (166 mph) while doing so.
4 Comments:
There's just something distinctly wrong with this, and yet, I still admire it. It's so wrong it's beautiful.
its a freaking nice car i wudealmost say the most of all
but why make it into a drag car ?
the thing dusent even sounds good a benz being a dragster
wrong mercedes cars ar fast nice and shit but not drag cars
drag - amercan cars not europe cars :p
"amercan cars not europe cars"
because every american car is built for drag racing and no european has ever drag raced a european car.
It looks good I had a buddy who did it with a Porshe 914 so what the hell
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