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.

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