Introduced at the 1954 New York Auto Show, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL W198 translated the 1952 Le Mans-winning racing car into the world's fastest production automobile of its era. Rudolf Uhlenhaut's engineers had to route the door sill through the deep tubular space-frame, which forced the gullwing solution that became the car's defining gesture. The 2,996 cc inline-six used the world's first production petrol direct-injection system, producing 215 PS and a 250 km/h top speed. Heritage Icons renders the silver Gullwing in right-side profile inside a teal stamp graphic with both doors arcing skyward — engineering art from Stuttgart at postage-stamp scale.