![Atop Empire State- in construction; Chrysler Bldg & [Daily] News in middle foreground. (1931)](http://cdn1.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Atop-Empire-State-in-construction-Chrysler-Bldg-Daily-News-in-middle-foreground.-1931--199x123.jpg "Balancing on the Empire State, 1920s")
‘The Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen was an experimental, high-speed automobile produced in the late 1930s. On 28 January 1938 it achieved the record of 432.7 km/h (268 mph) for the fastest ever officially timed speed on a public road.’
Mercedes-Benz W125 Record, 1938
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