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This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on January 17th, 2018 in the Car Culture category.
One Evil Owner: Own Hitler's Personal Mercedes-Benz 770K
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I believe the U.S. military has already secretly purchased it for their Project Satan.
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Mercedessess SS-Klassss. The Pedigree of the S-Class.
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Yeah, that doesn't work on a Grosser Mercedes when SSK stands for Super Sport Kurz.
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Which is hardly the fault of the car. I really don't understand how anyone could have a guilt-by-association standpoint for a car. An inanimate object. And it makes even less sense with what I would imagine to be very few of these even made.
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How long before this is in Forza?
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I would love to see them try to explain why Hitler's car is in the game but not Chevrolet's SS badges.
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Heard this is the same engine that powered Lewis to 4 titles.
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I don't care what they say. This car is gorgeous. And I can only imagine how smooth and amazing that Inline-8 sounds.
I'm looking at you, T10. You're pretty good at adding interesting cars in your game
Then you should see the liveries people made for the BMW 328 Not sure if they are still there though. I don't want to post screenshots for obvious reasons.
I'm looking at you, T10. You're pretty good at adding interesting cars in your game
Just imagine the liveries on this thing.
Then you should see the liveries people made for the BMW 328
Not sure if they are still there though. I don't want to post screenshots for obvious reasons.
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I imagine most people won't conflate Super Sport with Schutzstaffel. I don't think any of the GT games have in any way censored the Super Sport models.I would love to see them try to explain why Hitler's car is in the game but not Chevrolet's SS badges.
Swastikas?I don't care what they say. This car is gorgeous. And I can only imagine how smooth and amazing that Inline-8 sounds.
I'm looking at you, T10. You're pretty good at adding interesting cars in your game
Then you should see the liveries people made for the BMW 328
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So, this car is selling at Barrett-Jackson this weekend? It started Tuesday and will wrap up Sunday. Friday and Saturday are the biggest days.
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Yes, pretty much.
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If you separate the car from the horrible people and history its linked to its a nice example of automotive prowess.
The condition it's in is surprising given how old it is and the fact is survived a war on its own doorstep. I never knew it was a very deep blue and not actually black.
The condition it's in is surprising given how old it is and the fact is survived a war on its own doorstep. I never knew it was a very deep blue and not actually black.
It made it to $7m USD and it didn’t sell. I’m not sure what the reserve was.
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I thought it was stolen in the Rat Race. 
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That's a terrible film. Also, sort-of - I recall that was a Lincoln that they pretended was a Mercedes.I thought it was stolen in the Rat Race.
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It was restored back in the late 70's and then mostly kept in a museum or personal car collection. It was pretty ratty when they found it if the restoration pictures were anything to go by. But I guess sitting in a shed for a number of year will do that.
That'd be akin to destroying the Lincoln Kennedy was assassinated in. It's a huge piece of history.
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But why destroy it? As @Tunerguy21 said above, the car isn't guilty by association. I think pretty much all of us can agree Hitler was a terrible person, but this car is an artifact from world history. It's also a war trophy from the Allies, which does make it cool since it's represents good triumphing over evil.
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