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Mercedes 300SL #452 Mille Miglia 1955 White Bburago 1:18

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Mercedes 300SL #452 Mille Miglia 1955 White Bburago 1:18 3015-M2 Diecast
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Bburago's 1:18 diecast Mercedes 300SL carries race number 452 and White livery from the 1955 Mille Miglia, the year Mercedes' Gullwing-doored coupe competed at the highest level of Italian road racing. An accessible way to bring 1950s endurance motorsport to a shelf.
Mercedes 300SL #452 Mille Miglia 1955 White Bburago 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Mercedes
Model Manufacturer
Bburago
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
3015-M2
Genuine articles Sourced from manufacturers
5-layer carton Foam-filled interior
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About the Mercedes 300SL #452 Mille Miglia 1955 White Bburago 1:18

TL;DR: Bburago's 1:18 diecast Mercedes 300SL #452 in White reproduces a 1955 Mille Miglia competition entry, the year Mercedes fielded its Gullwing-doored coupe in Italy's demanding open-road race. Entry-tier diecast construction makes a genuinely significant piece of 1950s endurance racing history accessible to a broad collection.

The Mille Miglia ran over a thousand miles of closed Italian public roads, and 1955 was the year Mercedes-Benz took the event seriously, entering the 300SL alongside its purpose-built 300 SLR racers.

Bburago's Livery and the Gullwing's Racing Silhouette

The 300SL's upward-opening doors, fitted because the car's lightweight tubular chassis made conventional doors impractical, remain one of the most recognisable features in sports car history, and Bburago includes them as functional opening panels here rather than fixing them shut. White paint and the printed race number 452 sit cleanly against the bodywork, and the proportions, that long bonnet housing the straight-six, the low glasshouse, the tucked-in tail, all read correctly at this scale. Interior and mechanical detail stay at the level an entry-tier diecast typically offers, but the essential character of a 300SL built and liveried for competition rather than road use comes through clearly.

Mercedes at the 1955 Mille Miglia

Mercedes-Benz returned to top-level motorsport in the mid-1950s with real intent, and the 1955 Mille Miglia saw the marque field both the road-derived 300SL and dedicated 300 SLR racers across the Italian countryside, part of a season that also included Formula 1 success with the W196. Specific results varied by entry and class, but the overall effort marked Mercedes as a serious force in endurance racing during a period still dominated by Italian and British marques on their home roads. A numbered, liveried 300SL like this one represents that competitive side of the model.

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