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Written by Vijay Pattni
Rudolf Uhlenhaut had an ear for an engine, and an eye for beauty. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was part of Mercedes F1"s unstoppable triumvirate (the others being team boss Alfred Neubauer and one Juan Manuel Fangio). He was also head of the company"s road car development team, and once ran the fabled 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe" as his company car. The story goes, one day, sitting in his office, he heard "the subdued growl" of a V8 in a prototype Benz as it passed him by, and immediately summoned his test engineer Erich Waxenberger to his office to explain. Waxenberger explained that without the consent or knowledge of his bosses he had been working on slotting in the 6.3-litre V8 from the Model 600 into the W109 series. He had built an actual prototype. And as soon as Rudy heard this news he signed it off for development.
Date written: 3 Apr 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
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Rudolf Uhlenhaut had an ear for an engine, and an eye for beauty. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was part of Mercedes F1"s unstoppable triumvirate (the others being team boss Alfred Neubauer and one Juan Manuel Fangio). He was also head of the company"s road car development team, and once ran the fabled 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe" as his company car. The story goes, one day, sitting in his office, he heard "the subdued growl" of a V8 in a prototype Benz as it passed him by, and immediately summoned his test engineer Erich Waxenberger to his office to explain. Waxenberger explained that without the consent or knowledge of his bosses he had been working on slotting in the 6.3-litre V8 from the Model 600 into the W109 series. He had built an actual prototype. And as soon as Rudy heard this news he signed it off for development.
Date written: 3 Apr 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11384
