Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart opened its door in March 2006. Within a construction time of only two and a half years, from September 2003 to April 2006, an architectural highlight has been created which constitutes a remarkable design feature for the Stuttgart region.
It is the only museum in the world able to present the 120-year history of the automotive industry from day one. The display concept is likewise unique: 160 vehicles and more than 1500 other exhibits are presented to visitors on two connected tour routes occupying an area of 16,500 square metres on nine levels.
Built at a cost of 150 million euro ($A253million), all of the 1,800 window panes in the spaceship-style, circular building is in a different design.
-The world's largest car museum is the latest addition to several dozen vintage car museums in Germany's heartland region between Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart.
-The museum in Untertuerkheim aims to preserve automotive tradition and give a glimpse of the future.
-The modernistic architecture contains the "genetic makeup" of the brand and the building's interior is modelled on a double DNA helix.
-Seven Legend rooms tell the story of the Mercedes brand.
-A second tour covers five Collection rooms where everything from passenger cars to heavy-duty commercial vehicles are presented.
-The exhibition is complemented by "The Fascination of Technology" section, where visitors can look over the shoulders of Mercedes employees working on the future of the car.
-Travelling further north to Cologne, racing-car fans should go on an excursion to the famous Nuerburgring Grand Prix track where a museum gives an overview of motor racing history.
-Formula 1 cars, racing bikes, sports cars and trucks can be inspected on an 11,000sq-m area.
-In nearby Kerpen-Horrem, close to the birthplace of German Formula 1 star Michael Schumacher, is the Villa Trips Museum dedicated to Wolfgang Count Berghe von Trips.
-It's is on the estate where von Trips was raised and shows three of the cars in which the count raced before he died in a crash during the Monza Grand Prix in 1961.
-The museum also has an extensive library on motor racing history.
Mercedes-Benz F400 Carving was used to test new dynamic handling control systems in conjunction with active camber control. With this new technology, the outer wheels of the F400 tilt at an angle of up to 20 degrees when cornering - hence the name of the vehicle.
V6, 3199cc, 218-horsepower @ 5,700 RPM
(Can I own the above beauty one day...?)
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