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<\/a>But perhaps most interesting of all was a new feature to the Mercedes-Benz Classic days, the \u201cDuel Among Friends\u201d in which examples of various historic Mercedes paired off against historic racing cars from Porsche, Audi and BMW in head-to-head sprint starts. Some of these match races included the Mercedes-Benz W 154 (1939) vs. the 16-cylinder Auto Union (1937), the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (1955) vs. the BMW 328 (1940) and the Sauber-Mercedes C 9 (1989) vs. the Porsche 917 (1970). Some of the many famous drivers who took part in this historic event included Hans Herrmann from the 1954\/55 team, former European champions Eugen B\u00f6hringer and Klaus Kaiser, DTM champion Bernd Schneider and Le Mans winner Jochen Mass.