Mercedes Benz C111
In the 1960s and 1970s Mercedes-Benz was experimenting with new engine technologies including Wankel engines Diesel engines and turbochargers and used the basic C111 platform as a testbed.
Mercedes benz c111. Frankfurt Motor Show 1969. The Mercedes-Benz C112 was an experimental mid-engine concept car built in 1991 by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz as a test bed similar to the later versions of the C111Despite using the same chassis code it was not related to the W112 series of limousines and coupes of the 1960s. This spacey car in the bright orange so popular.
Thirty years ago I joined Paul Frère the famed automotive journalist and Le Mans winner to spend a day in the forests around Mercedes home Stuttgart and on Mercedes high-wall banking and I got the story on the legendary car. The 300 SL Gullwing was the first sports car to include this spectacular design feature that is also such a highlight of the C 111. Constantin von Kageneck from the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center takes Jay under the hood of his dream car the rare Wankel-engined 70s supersports C111 Sub.
Mercedes-Benz C101 Hobel Prototype 1969 Produced in a single copy. The C112 was intended to be the road-legal counterpart of the Sauber-built C11 Group C. One year later Mercedes released a new version of the car the C111-II showcasing the improvements made over the former.
C 111 was the designation of the futuristic study displayed by Mercedes-Benz in September 1969 at the Frankfurt International Motor Show IAA. Although the result frequently gave rise to speculation that the aim had been to build a successor to the legendary 300 SL Gullwing the goal was in fact quite different. Punctually at midnight on April 30 1978 the five pistons in the diesel engine of the Mercedes-Benz C 111-III began to work supported by an intercooled exhaust gas turbocharger which at 130000 revolutions per minute pressed enough air into the combustion chambers to boost the output to 169 kW230 hp.
The Rotary-Powered 1969 Mercedes-Benz C111 Is The Real Reason Daimler Went With Diesels Humbled by a promising but complex powertrain Mercedes went back to basics. But there is another mid-engine rotary-powered automobile that has happily never drifted into the past the Mercedes-Benz C111. The new version contained a.
Well after the Le Mans disaster of 1955 84 killed 180 injured when a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR rear ended an Austin-Healey and flew into the grandstands at 125 mph bouncing twice Daimler was completely soured on the idea of sporty cars outside of literal dream cars like the three-rotor C111. Motor show visitors crowded around the. It was called an experimental vehicle and a laboratory on wheels with its gull-wing doors and a height of only 3 feet and 8 inches.
When Germanys baby-boomer generation was young the legendary C111 was the vision of the automotive future. 1969 Mercedes-Benz C111 The compact wedge in bright orange a shade internally called weissherbst expressed power elegance and speed. The Mercedes-Benz development engineers had started work as far back as in 1967.
The Mercedes-Benz C111 was a series of experimental automobiles produced by Mercedes-Benz in the 1960s and 1970s. The car broke new ground in terms of both engineering and design. Mercedes-Benz writes automotive history with the distinctive gullwing doors.
M ercedes-Benz developed the C111 for the 1969 Frankfurt International Motor Show. Mercedes-Benz C111 Concept 1969 Produced in 5 copies. The company was experimenting with new engine technologies including Wankel engines Diesel engines and turbochargers and used the basic C111 platform as a testbed.
The top image shows an earlier three-rotor C111 I on a steep-banked curve with three standard production Benz saloons including a 250 300 SEL 35 and 300 SEL 63 while the bottom depicts a C111-IID during a break from setting 13 diesel speed and endurance records at Nardo in June 1976 one of which entailed circling the massive 125km. The unique and striking appearance of the.
