Living automotive history: A Benz Patent-Motorwagen drives at ModaMiami 2026
Mercedes-Benz Heritage bei der ModaMiami. Foto aus dem Jahr 2025: Luftaufnahme des Ausstellungsgeländes am Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables. (Fotosignatur der Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: D852210)
Mercedes-Benz Heritage at ModaMiami. Photo from 2025: Aerial view of the exhibition grounds at the Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: D852210)
Mercedes-Benz Heritage bei der ModaMiami. Foto aus dem Jahr 2025: Luftaufnahme des Ausstellungsgeländes am Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables. (Fotosignatur der Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive: D852210)
Mercedes-Benz Heritage at ModaMiami. Photo from 2025: Aerial view of the exhibition grounds at the Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: D852210)
Fascinating diversity from Mercedes-Benz at ModaMiami 2026: extraordinary vehicles from the brand’s history since 1886 can be experienced at this new, high-caliber automotive and lifestyle event. ModaMiami takes place at the Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables in Florida on February 27 – March 1, 2026.

Mercedes-Benz Heritage at ModaMiami. Photo from 2025: The “Silver Stars from Stuttgart” on the Rickenbacker Causeway from Miami to Key Biscayne, led by a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR racing sports car from 1955 (W 196 S, left) and a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss from 2009 (Z 199). (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: D851915)
ModaMiami honors the birth of the automobile 140 years ago

Mercedes-Benz Heritage at ModaMiami. Photo from 2025: The “Silver Stars from Stuttgart” in front of the Biltmore Hotel Coral Gables, which opened in 1926. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: D852072)

Mercedes-Benz 300 SE “Fintail” rally car (W 112), driven by Ewy Rosqvist / Eva Maria Falk in the 1964 Argentinian Touring Car Grand Prix. Driving shot from the left. Rosqvist and Falk finished third overall behind their teammates Eugen Böhringer / Klaus Kaiser and Dieter Glemser / Martin Braungart – also in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: 64331-14)

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing” (W 198). Driving shot from the front left in 2025. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: D869048)

Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II (W 201). Photo from the front right from 1990. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: D90F164)

Benz Patent Motor Car. Authentic reproduction of the world’s first automobile from 1886 on offer from Mercedes-Benz Classic Vehicle Trade. Photo from the left taken in 2026 at the Mercedes-Benz Classic Centre, Fellbach. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: D872941)

Ewy Rosqvist (left) and Eva Maria Falk in their Mercedes-Benz 300 SE “Fintail” rally car (W 112) at the 1964 Argentinian Touring Car Grand Prix. Rosqvist and Falk finished third overall behind their teammates Eugen Böhringer / Klaus Kaiser and Dieter Glemser / Martin Braungart – also in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SE. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: 00075735)

Mercedes-Benz 290 Cabriolet A (W 18) from 1934. Contemporary studio photo from the front left. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: 19854)

“American Mercedes”. The US version of the Mercedes 45 PS from DMG was produced under licence by the Daimler Manufacturing Company from 1905 onwards. Contemporary photo from the right. (Photo index number in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Archives: 1995M862)
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