Why it matters
Rare by any measure
Hand-built at the Sindelfingen works in strictly limited numbers, with many lost to the war. This is one of the rarest survivors of the pre-war era — welcome at high-tier concours where a standard sedan simply would not be.
A documented past
Purchased in the summer of 1937
The car's original bill of sale survives. It informs us that the Cabriolet A was purchased new in the summer of 1937 by a German Luftwaffe officer in Mannheim — a documented chain of history that few cars of this age can claim.
Unmistakably Mercedes
The lineage of the Silver Arrows
From the solid "thunk" of the doors to the heavy chrome switchgear and the hand-finished wood, the build quality feels unmistakably Mercedes-Benz — the same marque that would soon define the modern grand tourer.
