The first car is a W154 from 1938/39. It has a supercharged three-litre V12 which, at its most developed, pumped over 460 bhp and was red-lined at 8,000 rpm. The car weighed under 1,000 kg. The 300SLR, behind the single-seater, also has a three-litre engine, but it's a straight eight and naturally-aspirated, producing 300+ bhp at 7,400 rpm. It weighs a bit more than 1,000 kg. Mighty machines, both of them.

@street-level

Жыл бұрын

Number 16 is a W165, which was built for and won the 1939 Tripoli GP. Supercharged 1.5 litre V8.

@shanehnorman

Жыл бұрын

@@street-level You are so right! I stand corrected.

@anugrahgeraldiamanda8135

10 ай бұрын

460 hp in 1939 is madness

@CorCor-mq8vm

7 ай бұрын

That 300SLR growl is so terrifying like a preditor it draws you towards this machine to be swallowed. A Ferrari V12 is more like a opera tenor who is stepped on his toes.

@WeeShoeyDugless

7 ай бұрын

​@@street-level Came 1st and 2nd no less after the Italians, miffed at not winning anything for years, decreed that the 1939 Tripoli GP would be for 1.5 ltr cars only to give their Alfas & Maseratis a chance of victory. In well under a year, Mercedes developed & built the W165 from the ground up, entered 2 cars and the rest is history😁😁

That car was so advanced for it's time.

Man this gives me some speedracer vibes. Man this is pretty good

I can only imagine the countless oil splatters on the #704 car, due to heavy-rev start up of the #16 car... :o

1:33 yes please

@gowen_places_5471

5 жыл бұрын

wiLbuR lu ng can’tcer

@user-oe6iw6ml9j

5 жыл бұрын

Supercars of SoCal ya Mummaiana

Good camerawork

@gowen_places_5471

4 жыл бұрын

thanks!