Authentic Mercedes-Benz R172 Full Leather Seating
Black Full Leather
TWO AVAILABLE · EACH INDIVIDUALLY COMMISSIONED
$[PRICE] EACH
MERCEDES-BENZ HAS BEEN BUILDING MORE THAN CARS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
There are automobiles that simply get you somewhere.
And then there are automobiles designed to make getting there part of the pleasure.
Mercedes-Benz has spent well over a century understanding the difference.
The R172 roadster came from that tradition.
Two seats.
Rear-wheel drive.
Long hood.
Retractable hardtop.
A Mercedes designed around the idea that sometimes the destination really isn't the point.
And this is where its driver sat.
BLACK MERCEDES LEATHER.
SOME THINGS DON'T NEED DECORATION.
No outrageous color.
No attempt to shout for attention.
Just full black Mercedes-Benz leather wrapped around the unmistakable shape of a proper German automotive seat.
Sophisticated.
Understated.
Purposeful.
Exactly what you'd expect from Mercedes-Benz.
Put it behind walnut.
Glass.
Steel.
Stone.
Inside a modern office.
A traditional study.
A boardroom.
A private automotive collection.
It doesn't need to scream automotive furniture.
IT SIMPLY LOOKS EXPENSIVE.
Then somebody looks a little closer.
“WAIT. IS THAT ACTUALLY A MERCEDES SEAT?”
Yes.
That's the fun part.
This isn't a chair designed to resemble automotive seating.
It isn't Mercedes-inspired furniture.
And it isn't an ordinary office chair wearing a three-pointed star.
THE SEAT IS THE REAL THING.
Authentic Mercedes-Benz.
Full leather.
R172 roadster provenance.
AutoStuhl simply gave it another place to go.
Your office.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHETHER YOU OWN AN SLK.
THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
Maybe you drive an S-Class.
An SL.
A G-Class.
A GLE.
A classic 280SL.
An AMG.
A modern Mercedes.
Or the Mercedes you've owned for twenty years and refuse to sell.
Your AutoStuhl doesn't need to match the model in your garage.
IT NEEDS TO MATCH THE MARQUE YOU LOVE.
The R172 is the provenance.
Mercedes-Benz is the connection.
Because we're not selling replacement automotive seats.
We're creating functional automotive furniture from genuine pieces of the automobiles people care about.
MAYBE YOUR MERCEDES IS FORTY YEARS OLD.
Good.
Keep it that way.
The beautiful thing about AutoStuhl is that you don't need to take anything out of your own car.
Your classic stays intact.
Your SL stays in the garage.
Your AMG stays exactly where AMG intended it.
And behind your desk sits a modern Mercedes-Benz seat carrying the engineering, materials and character of the same marque.
DIFFERENT GENERATION.
DIFFERENT MODEL.
SAME THREE-POINTED STAR.
That's the connection that matters.
YOU PROBABLY WORK MORE THAN YOU DRIVE YOUR MERCEDES.
Unfortunately, that's how most of us ended up able to afford the cars we wanted in the first place.
We work.
A lot.
Eight hours behind a desk.
Ten.
Sometimes twelve.
Meanwhile, the interesting car sits in the garage.
Weather.
Traffic.
Airports.
Conference calls.
Winter.
Life.
So we started asking a very simple question:
IF YOU WORKED HARD ENOUGH TO DRIVE SOMETHING SPECIAL...
WHY SPEND ALL THOSE WORKING HOURS SITTING IN SOMETHING ORDINARY?
AutoStuhl brings a little bit of the automobile into the place where you actually spend your day.
MERCEDES-BENZ BUILT THE SEAT.
AUTOSTUHL BUILDS EVERYTHING BENEATH IT.
We could put an authentic Mercedes-Benz leather seat onto a cheap imported office-chair base.
We won't.
It defeats the entire purpose.
AutoStuhl builds a substantial purpose-designed fabricated steel foundation beneath it.
Heavy-duty casters.
Engineered mounting.
Individually fabricated components.
Careful finishing.
Hand assembly.
Because the three-pointed star has represented engineering for generations.
Putting the seat on disposable furniture hardware would be ridiculous.
THE FOUNDATION SHOULD DESERVE THE SEAT.
THERE'S SOMETHING PARTICULARLY GOOD ABOUT A ROADSTER SEAT.
A roadster is an intimate automobile.
There's no third row.
No back seat full of passengers.
No pretense of practicality.
It's you.
One passenger.
The road.
And when the weather cooperates, the sky.
Mercedes designed the R172 around that experience.
The retractable hardtop disappears.
The cabin opens.
And suddenly an ordinary drive becomes something else.
That's part of the history contained in these seats.
THEY CAME FROM A CAR BUILT BECAUSE DRIVING SHOULD OCCASIONALLY BE DONE FOR ABSOLUTELY NO PRACTICAL REASON.
We can relate to that.
NOW MAKE IT YOUR MERCEDES STORY.
This is where the original donor car becomes secondary.
Your AutoStuhl can be commissioned with bespoke laser-cut stainless steel Signature Panels created specifically for you.
Your Mercedes silhouette.
Your model designation.
Your VIN.
Your initials.
Your signature.
Your company logo.
Your family crest.
The year of your first Mercedes.
A significant date.
A favorite verse.
A personal motto.
Or the Mercedes you sold years ago and still wish you had.
THE SEAT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME FROM YOUR MERCEDES.
THE FINISHED AUTOSTUHL CAN STILL TELL ITS STORY.
Imagine owning a classic SL and having its unmistakable silhouette precision-cut into the stainless steel side panel.
The seat may have begun in an R172.
But the finished piece?
That's about your Mercedes.
TWO SEATS.
TWO 1-OF-1 COMMISSIONS.
We have one pair of these authentic black full-leather Mercedes-Benz seats.
Two opportunities.
We don't build them identically.
Each becomes an individual AutoStuhl commission.
Your seat.
Your configuration.
Your Signature Panels.
Your commission number.
Your Certificate of Provenance.
Your story.
TWO ORIGINAL SEATS.
TWO INDIVIDUAL AUTOSTUHLS.
EACH BECOMES 1 OF 1.
BUILT TO BE USED.
Don't put it behind a rope.
Sit in it.
Work in it.
Take meetings in it.
Read in it.
Think in it.
Build something in it.
Put it behind your executive desk.
In your home office.
Your study.
Your boardroom.
Your automotive collection.
Or beside the Mercedes.
This isn't automotive memorabilia.
IT'S FUNCTIONAL AUTOMOTIVE ART.
And unlike the roadster...
the weather is always perfect in your office.
