The Mercedes-Benz W186 model 300 was a four-door luxury sedan produced by Mercedes-Benz between 1951 and 1957.
The Mercedes-Benz 300, a sedan presented at the IAA in 1951, was the fastest and most powerful production car in Germany at the time. The largest and most prestigious car of the company, the Maybach of the time, elegant, powerful,
exclusive and expensive. Three versions were produced in parallel, unofficially known as the 300a (or simply 300), 300b and
300c. An extended version of the “300d”, built on the W189 chassis, produced in late 1957. The W186, which
also called "Type 300", it was the same in terms of features and price, but better in terms of performance
as a rival to the Rolls-Royce silver cloud. W186 is often identified as Adenauer after Konrad Adenauer, the first
to the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, who during his tenure 1949-1963 leased six custom vehicles, a convertible,
hardtop sedan and landaulet version of the W186 and its successor, the W189. Among the custom features in these
"parade cars" included desks, sirens, curtains, dividing partitions, sunroofs and configurations
"landaulet" - semi-convertible. The technologically advanced 300 was considered a "driver's" car, sharing many design innovations
and mechanical components with the iconic Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing.