Mercedes Benz 190 SL - ClassicCars-ForSale.com

For those insufficiently wealthy to afford its hyper-expensive race-bred sports car -- the 300SL -- Mercedes-Benz offered the less exotic but no less refined 190SL.
Announced in 1954 and based on the 180 saloon whose all-independently-suspended running gear it used the 190SL did not enter production until January 1955 the delay being caused by alterations aimed at strengthening the saloons shortened platform to compensate for the open bodys reduced stiffness.
Very few new sportscars have been so eagerly awaited or so long in coming as the moderately priced SL version of the Mercedes-Benz observed Road Track magazine.
Mounted on a detachable subframe along with the four-speed manual gearbox front suspension and steering the power unit was a 1897cc overhead-camshaft four -- the first such engine ever to feature in a Mercedes-Benz.
Breathing through twin Solex downdraft carburetors the M121 unit produced 105bhp DIN 120bhp SAE at 5700rpm an output sufficient to propel the 190SL to 100kmh 62mph in 14.5 seconds and on to a top speed of 171kmh 106mph.
Refined comfortable and stylish the model was a big hit in the USA where many of the slightly fewer than 26000 produced between 1955 and 1963 found homes. Photography by: Remco Pronk NL

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