AT LAST weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, Mercedes-Benz showcased what could have been one of the greatest ever land speed record cars: the six-wheeled, 3,500hp, 44.5-litre V12 Messerschmitt-engined T 80, from 1939. The Mercedes-Benz T 80 represents one of the greatest ‘what if’ moments in land speed record-breaking history. Had the project not been put on … Continue reading The 3,500hp, six-wheeled Mercedes that could have taken the world land speed record in 1940