IXO Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stirling Moss 1/8 Scale Metal Kit

The Mercedes-Benz W196 R was designed by Rudolf Uhlenbrock and Fritz Nallinger. Due to its streamlined shape, it was able to achieve high speeds. The W196 R, including the prototype, was built fourteen times.

Starting at the big price of Europe on the Nuerburgring, one switched to ...The Mercedes-Benz W196 R was designed by Rudolf Uhlenbrock and Fritz Nallinger. Due to its streamlined shape, it was able to achieve high speeds. The W196 R, including the prototype, was built fourteen times.

Starting at the big price of Europe on the Nuerburgring, one switched to a version with free-standing wheels, also known as Monoposto. On a technical level, the vehicle was manufactured with the highest quality at the time and had, for example, a lattice frame, a torsion bar suspension, self-steering swing axle, and turbo-cooled duplex drum brakes. Hazards were the 290 hp vehicles by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss.

In the twelve Grand Prix races the two nine wins from twelve Grand Prix races were achieved.This text is machine translated.