Ewy & Friends tour Northern Stars

Mercedes-Benz & Friends 2013
Gothenburg - Stockholm from 16 to 20 September
Välkommen till Sverige!
Welcome to Sweden!
Around 100 participants with 53 vehicles found their way to Gothenburg.
For the third time, Michael Bock from Mercedes-Benz Classic, arranged the "luxurious" tour named "Northern Stars" (Nordens stjärnor). Previous years, they visited Sicily 2012 and France 2011.
The Baroness and the rally legend.
Mercedes-Benz brand ambassadors: Ewy Baroness of Korff-Rosqvist with her former "company car", the racing "fintail" and her fellow countryman, Björn Waldegaard in the same vehicle, Ewy´s 300SE from Argentina 1964 (replica).
Both of them are legends of motorsport - not only - in their home country; Ewy on account of her victory at the Touring Car Grand Prix of Argentina in which she won all six legs of the 4,624 kilometre long route in her 220 SE "fintail Mercedes". The elegant 84 year-old could only smile mildly at a day's leg of 330 kilometres: "That is no distance at all!" However she still allowed her compatriot, Björn, to do the chauffeuring. The 72-year-old world champion rally driver sat at the wheel of the fintail for the first time and said: "The vehicle is difficult to drive. Ewy's was a fine achievement." Was she afraid at the time? "No!" And what did her family say? "They knew nothing about it."
Text from: MBClassic @ Mercedes-Benz & Friends 2013

[@jasonlow5600]

Wow! Why can't we see more of these types inspiring commercials! I'm a guy and even I got goose bumps :)

[@santiagorubio833]

Excelente video. Cuando yo era joven, viajé de Chile a Argentina para ver este Rally. Me parece que eran dos damas suecas, la Sra Ewy Roskwist y otra cuyo nombre no recuerdo.

[@pablonavas8808]

Asi eran conocidas como Las Suecas! que lujo haber visto esa carrera