Mercedes-Benz SS in action at the Le Mans 24 Hours, France, 1930. [Getty Images]

Mercedes-Benz SS in action at the Le Mans 24 Hours, France, 1930. Women spectators watch the car of Rudolf Caracciola and Christian Werner speed past. The car retired with a flat battery after completing 85 laps. Caracciola and Werner won the 1928 German Grand Prix driving a similar car. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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