The original Woman in Red

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This charming young lady posing in her two-seater Mercedes is Ernes Merck (some research makes us think she's at the wheel of
a 6/25/40 HP). Ernes was introduced to motor racing through her husband Wilhelm Merck, the owner of a Darmstadt-based chemical company. Wilhelm competed in several races with his SSK, but during the 1927 Klausenpass Hillclimb Ernes proved faster than him! Driving her Type S, she even gave Rudolf Caracciola a run for his money! We found another picture of the same girl, but now with a four-seater Mercedes-Benz (we presume this is the S type, 26/120/180hp). Now the next thing we found out is that she not only had attracted the attention of racing drivers. Artist Offelsmeyer Cucuel asked her to pose for a Mercedes S poster. All this success didn’t make her happy though, as she took her own life in that same year, only a few months after the birth of her son Peter Mercedes Merck. Who -in commemoration of his mother- competed in some serious racing during the fifties. Contact us

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