{"id":28160,"date":"2026-06-01T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/28160\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:50:17","slug":"world-class-100-years-of-mercedes-benz-at-the-petersen-automotive-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/28160\/","title":{"rendered":"World Class: 100 Years of Mercedes-Benz at the Petersen Automotive Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Petersen Automotive Museum<\/a> is one of the premier car museums in the country, and its largest exhibits in the Mullin Gallery on the ground floor are typically the largest and most carefully curated in the whole building. The latest exhibit to occupy that vaunted space is World Class: 100 Years of Mercedes-Benz<\/a>. The impressive display charts the history of Daimler and Benz from before their merger 100 years ago, which created one of the world\u2019s most well-known and well-regarded automotive brands.<\/p>\n

\"\" 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250 SE CoupeBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1981 Mercedes-Benz 240DBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

Visitors to the Petersen can catch a glimpse of the vaunted Mercedes-Benz reliability before they even set foot in the exhibit. Before anyone even gets to the lobby, which is also filled with an array of Mercedes-Benz models, sit a pair of long-lived Benzes in the parking structure, a gasoline coupe and a diesel sedan, each proudly displaying odometer readings that exceed 1.3 million miles.<\/p>\n

\"\" 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Special RoadsterBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K AutobahnkurierBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1938 Mercedes-Benz W 154Brandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1989 Mercedes-Sauber C-9Brandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190 E and SLK GTR RoadsterBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

Of course, a gathering celebrating the history of Mercedes-Benz must include some elegant roadsters, sleek coupes, and race-bred machines meant for both the track and the street. The Petersen delivers on all fronts.<\/p>\n

\"\" 1959 Mercedes-Benz O 319Brandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1937 Mercedes-Benz 170 HBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

The variety on display in World Class: 100 Years of Mercedes-Benz<\/a> goes beyond the luxury and performance that North American consumers have come to associate with the three-pointed star. There\u2019s a beautiful little bus, a G-Class 4\u00d74, and one of our favorites of the star-studded gathering, a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 170 H, an affordable car nicknamed the \u201cBenz Beetle.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t been to the Petersen Automotive Museum in a while, or you\u2019re thinking about going for the first time, this exhibit is a good excuse as any to learn something and take in the engineering and styling of some of the most impressive machines Stuttgart has ever produced. The exhibit is currently open and should occupy the Mullin Gallery well into 2027. You can find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\" 1886 Benz Patent-MotorwagenBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1902 Mercedes-Benz Simplex 28 HPBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1921 Mercedes 28\/95 HP Sport and 1927\/c. 1928 Mercedes-Benz S\/SSBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1928 Mercedes-Benz SBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" Mercedes-Benz 540 K RoadsterBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Special RoadsterBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1938 Mercedes-Benz W 154Brandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K StromlinienwagenBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1950 Mercedes-Benz 170 S Cabriolet BBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1953 Mercedes-Benz 220 Cabriolet A Hiro YamagataBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1953 Mercedes-Bens 300 Sl PrototypeBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" Cary Grant\u2019s former 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SC CabrioletBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL RoadsterBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1964 Mercedes-Benz 230 SLBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1969 Mercedes-Benz C 111-IBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SELBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC Wide BodyBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500 SELBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1987 Mercedes-Benz 300 DT Turbo \u201cHammer\u201dBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190 E Evolution IIBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 1991 Mercedes-Benz C 112Brandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR RoadsterBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 2005 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLarenBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM AMGBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 2005 McLaren-Mercedes MP4-20Brandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 2006 Smart Roadster CoupeBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling MossBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\" 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black SeriesBrandan Gillogly<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stay up to speed with stories written by drivers, for drivers. Get automotive news, DIY tips, market trends,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20951],"tags":[21297,3622,7644,27993],"class_list":["post-28160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mercedes-benz","tag-mercedes-amg","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-museum","tag-petersen-automotive-museum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}