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10/01/2012 1:18 am
PICS (1:18) AutoART's new Benz 190SL looks like another real winner. But it's gonna be available....
in two different versions. What's your preference....
....with blackwalls....
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...or whitewalls?
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Ordinarily, it's not a car I would pay much attention to but it looks SO good in these photos that I'm havin' second thoughts!
Thanx to Michael Knab for the heads up in the latest Motormouth newsletter and for the superb pix from the Legacy Motors showroom.
10/01/2012 1:32 am
I don't ordinarily put my thoughts in on other marques but the white one looks WAY better just because of the wheel treatment. The red one needs that as well - the whitewalls. The elegance factor is unquestionable.
10/01/2012 3:51 am
PIC - My whitewalls might be a tad thick but....
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10/01/2012 4:01 am
The white walls would have been a rare to non-existent sight in Europe, in the mid to late 50's.
therefore not really apropriate;I prefer the red version, particularly with its roof up.
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None of the pictures that I have seen show whether AUTOart has included the third-passenger transverse seat. Does anyone know if it has?
10/01/2012 4:21 am
Paul, no doubt that is true for Europe but this car with w/w's is common for the US. I'm glad...
... to see the US has finally caught up with the rest of the world and has lost its taste for whitewall tires.
10/01/2012 4:27 am
But it's a European car!
10/01/2012 4:31 am
I prefer the red version without whitewalls. There will also be a black version available with red interior, black wheels, no white walls, and black top which looks great too. I will try to get images uploaded to the site today.
10/01/2012 4:51 am
It might be a European car but in the states it was bought by
American dollars.
10/01/2012 5:04 am
It's a model of a European car; therefore surely it should look European - not as though it fell out of George Barris' emporium!!
Just because they were bought in the US is not an excuse to abuse them!!
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10/01/2012 7:21 am
PICS (1:1) Paul, at least AutoART is giving the potential buyer a choice here. I'm not going to.....
reveal my preference yet, let me just say that I've seen dozens and dozens of ads in period magazines showing all kinds of sport cars equipped with whitewalls, from the lowliest Fiat 1300's to Triumph TR-4's, up to and including Jaguar E-Types, Cobras and even the mighty 300SL. It was just the way the were marketed over here in the late '50's and early '60's, so both versions are accurate in that respect.
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Topic starter
10/01/2012 7:23 am
Nice work, as usual, Marlowe. The contrast with the red body color (a BEAUTIFUL shade, BTW).........
makes them more attractive, IMHO.
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10/01/2012 7:24 am
Thanx, Bryan. Are these pix your handiwork? I should have known! Nice stuff.
10/01/2012 8:02 am
Thanks, but these are stock photos from AutoArt...
10/01/2012 8:16 am
Thanks Gene, for that wonderful trip through the whitewall hall off fame, European division.
With the usual IMHO disclaimer, I'd say they all look fine with whitewalls, though the XKE looked too high and had to be visually lowered before coming into its own as a sports car, let alone one with ww's. At least AA is giving us a choice.
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10/01/2012 1:18 pm
I like the blackwall version, although Marlowe's Photoshopped red car with whitewalls is........
very appealing. The white car with whitewalls just doesn't work for me.
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