Concept Cars

The Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen was an experimental, high-speed automobile produced in the late 1930s. The streamlined car was derived from the open-wheel race car Mercedes-Benz W125 Formel-Rennwagen, of which also a streamlined version was raced in 1937 at the AVUS in Berlin. The main difference to the Grand Prix race car, which had to adhere to the 750 kg (1653 lb) limit, was a bigger, heavier and more powerful engine.The car is at display in the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. (more…)