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Mercedes-Benz: 110 Years of Excellence (Enthusiast Color)

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To me this was a really good book. It tells the whole history of Mercedes starting with thir first "horseless cariage" ending with the "SLK-class" It is a very good book. It has many color pictures in it showing you very good detail of all the cars. I suggest this one to everyone.

This is a fairly good book for someone that is just learning what Mercedes-Benz is all about, but it lacks the deeper details that a true Mercedes devotee would be looking for. This book has a great many beautiful color photos of older collector models from various private collections. Not much info here for people looking for more information about the daily-driver Mercedes. Also the book is somewhat dated now. The history in this book ends before the A-class and the SLK were in production!

I found the information from the early years to the present fascinating and the pictures available quite striking. However, the major emphasis was prior to 1990, and provided very little about my daily driver, a 1995 S600, even though published in 1995. More was detailed regarding the upcoming models for 1997. I would recommend this publication as a remarkably comprehensive yet concise presentation around the pre-1990 history of Mercedes-Benz.

Adler depicts the majesty of the noblest products of German automotive history in a mixture of words and images. The photography is gorgeous and covers a range of cars dating from before the turn of the 19th century to the late 1990s models. I especially loved being able to see the inner workings of the 540K from the 1930s.

Mercedes-Benz 110 Years of Excellence gives a very general overview of the history of these cars and the company. The book is well illustrated, but most of the photos we have seen before in other Dennis Adler books. There is little depth to the text and many common models are omitted completely. In fact it is basically the same book as any of Dennis Adler's other Mercedes books. If you've read one, you've read them all.

If you love everything Mercedes this book (at Amazon prices) will not disappoint. History is a bit lacking, picures were very well done. Good little book.