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Past Gas

S1 Ep211: Mercedes Pt III: WWII and the Dawn of the Gullwing

Past Gas

Donut Media

Leisure, Comedy, History, Automotive

4.97.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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It’s 1952 and the world is still recovering from the brutality of WWII, including Mercedes. So how did Mercedes return to prominence just a decade after the war? How did Rudolph Uhlenahut create the world’s first supercar using only parts from the Mercedes parts bin? And how did he shape Mercedes into the brand we know today? Today on Past Gas, part three of four on our history of Mercedes.

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UK. On May 5, 1952, the Mercedes Factory Racing Team arrived at the Milamiglia.

0:57.6

They were there to start in their first international race since the 1939 Swiss Grand Prix.

1:02.8

Still recovering from the brutality of World War II, Mercedes had heads their bets for

1:07.2

financial recovery on one man, Rudolph Ulenhout.

1:11.4

With only a small budget and 20 year old designs to build on,

1:14.0

Ullenhout somehow managed to bring the team into the present.

1:17.0

He created a car instantly recognizable to any enthusiast today,

1:21.0

a rounded, low-slung silver body a large grill adorned with the Mercedes

1:26.0

star and doors that looked like the wings of a goal. The car finished second before going

1:31.6

on a dominant run for the rest of the season,

1:34.0

bringing excitement and credibility to a brand that just seven years earlier

1:38.2

had been effectively declared dead. How did Mercedes return to prominence just a decade after the war? How did Rudolf Ulenhout create

1:46.6

the world's first supercar using only parts from the Mercedes parts bin and how did he shape Mercedes

1:51.5

into the brand we know today?

1:53.0

Well today on Pass Gas, it's part three of our four-part history of Mercedes. I'm going to ask for us.

2:03.0

Pass, podcast is about cars.

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