Owona mzekelo uhloniphekileyo we "Gullwing Racer", oqhutywe ngu-Stirling Moss, ubuyiselwe ngokungenasiphelo kwaye uya kufumaneka kwifandesi kwangoko kwinyanga ezayo.
Yenziwe ngo-1955, iMercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Racer W198 yenye yeemodeli ezine eziveliswe ngokukodwa uphawu lwaseJamani kwimisitho yokhuphiswano, iqhutywa nguSir Stirling Moss, umqhubi wemoto odumileyo waseBritani, kwi “Tour de France Automobile” ngo-1956. .Ngenxa yezi zizathu akumangalisi ukuba enye yeyona nto ifunwa kakhulu yiMercedes ngabaqokeleli, kwakhona ngenxa ye "gull wings", iingcango ezinefomathi engaqhelekanga kodwa ethandwa kakhulu.
EZIQHELEKILEYO: IMercedes-Benz Gullwing yazalwa ngokutsha kuyilo olunomtsalane
Ukusukela ngo-1966, le Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Racer iphethwe ngumnini omnye kwaye kutshanje ngunyana wakhe, owafumana ilifa emva kokufa kukayise. Inkqubo yokubuyisela imoto ithathe malunga neminyaka emi-3 kwaye iyibuyisele kwisimo sayo sokuqala, njengoko ubona kwiifoto ezingezantsi.
Ngokutsho kwemagazini ye-Sports Car Market, eyona mali ibiza kakhulu "i-Gullwing Racer" ithengiselwe i-4.62 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2012. I-Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Racer ngoku kulindeleke ukuba yaphule loo rekhodi kwaye ithengiswe yi-fandesi ye-RM Sotheby's malunga ne-6 yezigidi zeedola. Ifandesi yenzeka nge-10 kaDisemba eNew York, kodwa eyona nto inomdla kakhulu iyakwazi ukubona imoto ekubonisweni ngomhla we-5 kunye ne-6 kwinyanga efanayo.
