Mercedes Gullwing 300 SL - Greatest Ever Sports Cars Nº6

" Inspired form and revolutionary function come together in the Mercedes Gullwing SL at number 6." " It's such a work of art. It really is, you know, it's stunning. It's better than any Picasso." " The lines of the Gullwing are pretty much perfect. The frame of the car has its wonderful torch shape and yet has really voluptuous curves, but they're not the voluptuous curves that, like the Chevy Corvette, which are a bit over the top and brazen and showy. These curves are kept in check and you know that the car has been designed to be super aerodynamic and yet it's hugely glamorous at the same time." " Driving a car and then the doors got up a little gas struts was really Christ, but if you wanna make a steer in those days you arrive in a Gullwing, you've made it." " Certainly, the Gullwing is a milestone car, aesthetically, technologically. I mean it stunned the world when it came out. Everybody just went, "Holy Mack! Look at the technology that is put in that thing."" " Its tubular space frame made the Gullwing extra rigid, crucial for control at high speeds, and at only 82 kilograms, the frame was as light as a feather, but those same tubes took up a room where the bottom of the doors would go, so instead, they would hinge on the roof and lift up as opposed to out." " It was a practical piece of design, but warmed up becoming the car's exotic signature." " I mean those doors were just unbelievable. They really look like a bird with the window---- with the doors open, and...