Retromobile Preservation Trophy: victory for a 1903 Mercedes. The car still in the same family after 121 years: that’s a miracle.
The Mercedes Simplex HP 60 “King of the Belgians’ from 1903 won the Preservation trophy organized for the first time by Rétromobile and presented yesterday at the show. For the first year of this award's existence, seven exceptional automobiles on display had submitted applications. The state of preservation of the Mercedes - it has never really been restored in the American sense of the term - won over the jury.