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Country of origin:Germany
Produced from:1954 - 1955
Numbers built:4
Internal name:W196
Author:Wouter Melissen
Last updated:Before December 1st, 2004
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Chassis 000 09/54 Completed in December of 1954, this was the last W196 produced that year. It was constructed on the long wheelbase chassis with open-wheel bodywork. Used for pre-season testing, it made its competition debut in the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand P>>>

Chassis 000 10/55 One of the new cars built for 1955, chassis 000 10 made its debut at the season opening Argentinian Grand Prix in long wheelbase and open wheel specification. Hans Herrmann drove the car to fourth well behind the victorious Fangio in a sister car. With a slightly shorter whe>>>


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