Mercedes’ Winning Ways Throughout History
One of our posts a couple of days ago celebrated the triumph of Mercedes-Benz’s customer racing cars in various series events around the world. But just to show you that Mercedes’ winning ways are no mere flukes, we’d like to take you back half a century ago, to when a Mercedes sedan won the 1962 Touring Car Grand Prix of Argentina. The winning car was part of a four-car works team composed of 3 pairs of German drivers and the female Swedish pair of Ewy Rosqvist and co-driver Ursula Wirth. Notable among the entrants in the Argentinian rally were famous Mercedes drivers Karl Kling and Juan Manuel Fangio. For… Continue Reading »