Mercedes-Benz W113 Pagoda SL with buyer's guide and chassis number/data card explanation

From the 230SL to the 280SL

The Mercedes-Benz Pagoda W113 is for many the ultimate SL. The combination of design, speed, comfort and reliability makes it today an unbeatable open tourer proposition. Updated in April 2018, this 210-page guide walks you through the car’s development and history, explains chassis number and data card and comes with a comprehensive buyer’s guide. All this is accompanied by superb recent non-Daimler AG color photography, including pictures of the suspension. These are some of the topics covered:

• Development of the W113
• Technical aspects
• The 230SL
• The 250SL
• The 280SL
• The racing history
• The coachbuilders
• A unique 280SL
• How was the SL seen in the 1960s
• W113 chassis number explained
• W113 data card explained
• W113 buyer’s guide
• What is my W113 worth, with a price development of each model from March 2010 to March 2018
• Paint and interior options
• Technical specifications

A separate chapter is devoted to Karl Wilfert, whom most people will not know today. He ran for two decades the Daimler-Benz styling department, which was responsible for the design of automobile icons such as the W113. This guide ends with a free book offer. Enjoy!

Why does Kobo only see 100 pages for this book? Because they only count the text portions, but not the photos. Photos are for the author an important part of a book about vintage cars and together with the photos, the total page count for this book is 210 pages.

With over 25 books and e-books written about Mercedes-Benz cars, Bernd S. Koehling has proven to be an authority on the brand. These books cover cars from the 1936 170V to the 2012 SL R231.