Geneva Motor Show: all the spotlights are on a highly anticipated roadster, the Mercedes 230 SL La SL breaks with the past, the lines are highly innovative, but it is not a super sports car, nor a simple spider. Instead, it is a powerful and elegant two-seater "en plein air", very spacious and with optimal safety parameters for the time. In the collective imagination of Mercedes fans, this model immediately evoked the idea of an oriental pagoda due to the curved lines of its "hard top", which in the following years will become its identifying style.
From that moment it became only a "pagoda".
The Mercedes 230 SL also proved to be a great commercial success and even today, thanks to its ease of use combined with classic and timeless lines, it remains very coveted by collectors of classic cars.
Cult scene: in the 1966 film Arabesque, Gregory Peck and Sofia Loren in a splendid 230 SL, take off in a whirlwind chase.
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This Pagoda 230 SL is presented in impeccable and original condition, with a splendid and elegant chromatic combination in typical Mercedes style.
This car still holds black Como plates and the booklet from the time.