Classic Magazine 2020/1 (English)

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• 03 Editorial 
• 06 Impressum 
• 07 Contributors 
• 08 Warm-up
• 16 We are Family: On five continents there are a total of 81 Mercedes-Benz clubs with over 100,000 active members. Come with us – on a world tour,  W 198, W 113, R 107, W 180, U 411, U 421, C 197, W 100, W 116, W 124
• 30 Who am I?: Six classics – and classics of the future – from six decades of automotive history photographed in a completely different way: from below, W 109, W 201, W/WS 06, W 114, C 209, W 198
• 44 »A Mercedes needs to look like a Mercedes«: We visit the former Mercedes-Benz chief designer – one of the most eminent designers in automotive history. A close-up portrait, C 126, W 201, R 129
• 52 »I love my Baby Benz«: 22-year-old Shareen Raudies from Berlin is a succsessful influencer and a student of automotive engeneering, who drives a car that is four years older than she is, W 201
• 56 Two men, one dream: A visit to the volunteer fire brigade in Haar, whose members nurture, care for and also drive two classics, LAF 322, LF 1313B
• 68 Modell-Check: The car that carried the old values over into a new era, W 123
• 75 Ask Dr Giesefeld, W 108
• 76 Forever young: The dream of just once taking a ride in the car unexpectedly came true for our author, C 111-II
• 88 Classics of the future, R 170
• 89 Readers’ letters
• 90 Marketplace
• 98 Feuilleton

The Mercedes-Benz Classic magazine, which is published three times a year, puts the brand’s traditions and the unique history of Mercedes-Benz as the traditional automotive manufacturer worldwide in the spotlight.

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