Mercedes Museum Celebrating Brand's History in Mille Miglia

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Museum in Stuttgart is opening an exhibit on the brand's history in the Mille Miglia. The exhibit called “Mille Miglia – Passion and Rivalry” displays nine cars and will run from October 10, 2012, to January 6, 2013, Mercedes won the Mille Miglia twice during the race's history from 1927 to 1957. The Mille Miglia was canceled in 1939 and between 1941 and 1946. 

“As perhaps the toughest road race in the world, the Mille Miglia typifies the passion and rivalry of the sport like almost no other event. With the special exhibition, a piece of German-Italian racing history is coming to the Mercedes-Benz Museum. In particular, I’m looking forward to what will be a genuine premiere: for the first time, we will be exhibiting our racing cars with vehicles from our competitors," said Michael Bock, Head of Mercedes-Benz Classic.

Mercedes won the Mille Miglia in 1931 and 1955. In 1931, Mercedes won with a SSKLMercedes-Benz SSKL - 720 ...Germany, 1929 > 19342 photos
driven by Rudolf Caracciola, and in 1955 a 300SLRMercedes-Benz 300 SLR Roa...Germany, 1955 > present6 photos
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driven by Stirling Moss. In 1952, Mercedes took second place with a W194 300SLMercedes-Benz 300 SL Comp...Germany, 1952 > 19523 photos
driven by Karl Kling. All of these cars are on display in the exhibition. 

The other portions of the exhibition show the other competitive cars from the years when Mercedes won. From 1931, there is an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GSAlfa Romeo 6C 1750 GSItaly, 1933 > 19331 photo
and an OM 655 Superba. From 1952, there is a Ferrari 225 SFerrari 225 S SpiderItaly, 1952 > 19521 photo
and Lancia Aurelia B20Lancia Aurelia B20 Gran T...Italy, 1951 > present1 photo
. And from 1955 there is a Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti and a Maserati A6 GCSMaserati A6G/2000Italy, 1955 > present.

The exhibition also includes historic photographs and drivers' stories from the race.