The superb IXO 1/43 scale diecast 1955 Mercedes-Benz "Blue Wonder" racing car transporter.

The transporter, (IXO no.RAC342) measures 6" (153mm) in length, & is presented on a plinth with a clear display case & outer card box.

It is new, mint & boxed.

Mercedes says: The racing car carrier was built in 1954 to serve as a high-speed transporter designed to move a racing car back and forth between Stuttgart and the racetrack. It accompanied the Mercedes-Benz team on nine victories and at twelve Formula One races. In fact, the admiration for the once innovative and elegant transport solution was often greater than that for the racing car itself. The blue racing car carrier was both the first and the fastest. The Blue Wonder from Mercedes-Benz – which contributed to the racing teams’ victories. But all that was not enough: when Mercedes-Benz with drew from Formula One in 1955 the blue racing car carrier disappeared around two years later, ultimately winding up in the scrapyard –  which later proved to be a mistake. With a chassis that was based on the x-shaped tubular frame from a Mercedes-Benz Typ 300, the new renntransporter was both a joint engineering effort between different teams under the supervision of Rudolf Uhlenhaut and a melange of different Mercedes car parts. The engine and gearbox, for example, were transplanted from the 300 SL "Gullwing", while most interior fittings were borrowed from the Typ 180.