The GREAT Debate: Was The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL "Gullwing" The World's FIRST Supercar Or...

If I had to pick a category of my favorite automobiles, it would easily be exotics. Though it may be the childish or cliché choice, I have to say it's one that gets my blood going.

I have my reasons. First, supercars are always pushing boundaries from a technology stand point as well as design. Second, they're just so emotional. You haven't had an automotive experience until you've connected with an auto and today's all-new rides are tough to get attached to.

That being said, right now there's two automobiles that lay claim to being the world's first supercar.

1) The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL "Gullwing."

2) The Lamborghini Miura.

Any way you slice it, they're both exceedingly rare, worth a ton of coin and desirable for their own reason. Having said that, WHICH do YOU think was the world's FIRST supercar?


Driving a £1million Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing, plus the extraordinary back story of an automotive icon. With thanks to RM Sotheby’s

PUGPROUD - 1/30/2016 8:59:36 AM

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The Miura is the first "supercar" because it is the first car to be categorized and called a supercar. There is only one first no matter what went before. Would you call the NFL championship games before the first Super Bowl super bowl games...no.

MDarringer - 1/30/2016 9:27:00 AM

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I'd go with the Jaguar E-Type because it was a performance game changer and a styling masterpiece. The Miura is definitely in the ring though. The Mercedes is a great car and I have seen one up close and personal. It is indeed a magnificent car, but it stirs me not.

TheSteve - 1/30/2016 12:40:31 PM

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I don't know if I'd call it a supercar, but I'd certainly call it a noteworthy design that has stood the test of time. And that, to me, is much bigger deal than whether it could be labeled a supercar or not.

TomM - 1/30/2016 8:00:37 PM

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I would think that a Supercharged Duesenberg Model SJ - especially the 2 short wheelbase model SSJs - were likely to be the first supercars. THese cars had dual Overhead cam four valves per cylinder engines and could reach 140 MPH - when the very best cars of the era rarely made 100MPH. Their motto - "The only car that can pass a Duesenberg - is another Duesenberg".

MDarringer - 1/31/2016 9:48:50 AM

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Duesenbergs are works of art.

scenicbyway12 - 2/1/2016 3:15:51 PM

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