At last a book that concentrates solely on the Mercedes six-cylinder Ponton cars. Updated in April 2017, this 220-page guide shows you the cars' development and history, explains in detail chassis number and data card and comes with a comprehensive buyer's guide. Superb recent non-Daimler AG color photos highlight many of the ponton's features; this includes the suspension. These are some of the topics covered:
Development and history of the executive ponton
Technical aspects
The 220a, S and SE
The 219 comes along
The 220S, SE Cabriolet and Coupe
Hydrak, DB's first in-house automatic transmission
The racing history
The coachbuilders
The chassis number and data card explained
Buyer's guide
Paint and interior options
Technical specifications and production history
Why does Kobo only see 83 pages for this book? Because they only count the text portions, but not the photos and charts. Photos are for the author an important part of a book about vintage cars and together with the photos and technical charts, the total page count for this book is 220 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 1947 170V to the 2012 SL R231.