Other key design touches of the 2040 W196R Streamliner include the bulging jet engines at the rear, the enclosed rear wheels and as with any great Mercedes, a huge three-pointed star badge on the ...

A Mercedes streamliner once driven by Formula One greats Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss made history at the weekend when it was sold at auction for a record €51.155 million ($52.52 million ...

The Streamliner was meant to compete in the Berlin-Rome race that never happened -- WWII intervened. Powered by a 5-liter inline-eight helped by a supercharger, the car produced an impressive 180 hp.