The baroness and the Mercedes

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Earlier this week, the start of the infamous Rallye Monte Carlo took place - the 83rd edition to be precise. But once more there wasn’t much snow on the cols and passes to be found. A pity, as snow used to be one of the aspects, which made ‘the Monte’ into the spectacle it was, with plenty of space to put innovative ideas into practice.

There was plenty of snow in 1963’s Monte, when Erik Carlsson steered his ungainly Saab heroically to the first place. Small cars really showed their advantages over bigger ones there and then. But not for Baroness Ewy Rosqvist, shown above with navigator Ursula Wirth, who tackled the gruelling drive in her trusty Mercedes-Benz 220 SE - admired by men. More then a handful, we think. But the baroness never the less managed to come home 16th overall – fast enough to secure that year’s Coupe des Dames. A lady to our heart.

(words Jeroen Booij, picture courtesy Mercedes-Benz PR)

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