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Daimler crushes unauthorized Mercedes-Benz 300 SL body (Autoblog)

Filed under: Classics, Coupe, Europe, Government/Legal, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury

Replica carmakers take serious notice: Daimler will _not_ tolerate copies of their

signature Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. Whatsoever. And when you neglect to mind this warning

and make a complete-size replica of the 300 SL gullwing, justice can come lower

like three a lot of bricks upon your unlicensed creation.

German customs authorities lately confiscated what looks to become a very faithful

reproduction of the 300 SL from the German company, although made in abs plastic,

plus they apparently informed individuals at Daimler, who did not take too kindly

towards the unauthorized likeness of the icon.

Within their pr release (available following the jump), Daimler states your body of

the 300 SL is really a "work of applied art" that's been under copyright protection

for many years. And also to make obvious their intent to safeguard that copyright they

also help remind us they've "lengthy taken a difficult method of vehicle replicas."

The lately grabbed copy discovered precisely how tough once the Mercedes-Benz used

parts center (accountable for scrapping the business's undesirable prototypes) put

the replica SL inside a 30-ton industrial press and changed it from illegal to

unrecognizable. After that it received ...

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