World-renown German auto racer Hans Stuck's pet project was to take the world land speed record and he convinced Mercedes-Benz to build a special racing car for the attempt. Officially sanctioned by Hitler himself (a race car fan influenced by Stuck), the project was started in 1937. Automotive designer Dr. Ferdinand Porsche first targeted a speed of 550 km/h (340 mph), but after George Eust...

Amongst a group of serious competition, and after decades of solitude, this stunning Daimler roadster recently won the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours. And rightly so, since this sinister supercar is probably one of Britain's finest. Just that fact that it was made and still survives is reason enough to celebrate.

Daimler's first engine, which he built together with his long-standing congenial companion Wilhelm Maybach, was a horizontal four-stroke single-cylinder unit. It soon replaced by the so-called grandfather clock, a vertical, considerably smaller engine which was perfectly suitable for installation in vehicles. This engine saw the first use of the float carburetor developed by Maybach, a type nowada...

Austro-Daimler began as a satellite branch of the German Daimler company located in Wiener-Neustadt Austria. Cheif designer was Paul Daimler, son of Gottlieb Daimler, who hired Ferdinand Porsche in 1905. From that period, through into the twenties, many outstanding cars were made with noted achievements in the Prince Henry Trials and also in the early Alpine Trial events.

A successful racing car - also built in a 28 hp engine version -, but with fairly instable handling characteristics due to its high centre of gravity. With this car, factory driver Bauer had his fatal accident in Nice in 1900. His accident was attributed to the car design. This realization resulted in the design of the first Mercedes, which outgrew all the failings of the Phoenix car.

Based on the world's first four-cylinder car: A successful racing car - also built in a 28 hp engine version -, but with fairly instable handling characteristics due to its high centre of gravity. With this car, factory driver Bauer had his fatal accident in Nice in 1900. His accident was attributed to the car design. This realization resulted in the design of the first Mercedes, which outgrew all...

Commissioned for British film star Anna Neagle, this Daimler has a unique body and specification. It was largely out of the public’s eye for almost 60 years before returning to concours scene in 1999 and winning Pebble Beach's ‘Best of Show'.