Mercedes - Benz C - 111, 1969

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manufacturer brand, id & category

Guiloy 67534 (Metal Diecast)

scale

1:18

color

Gold Metallic

price

€29.94 (≈US$47.20)
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€28.44 (≈US$44.84)

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The Model

Remarkable piece of work. Very detailed interior like the real one. Exterior to its maximum detail. Very good finishing. A must for all car enthusiasts and die cast car collectors.

The Original

C 111 was the designation of the futuristic study displayed by Mercedes-Benz in September 1969 at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA). The car created new ground in terms of both engineering and design. Its style, dynamic lines and classic gullwing doors promised just that to lovers of refined cars with the three-pointed star on the hood. This happened 37 years ago, at the C 111’s presentation in Frankfurt. In the spring of 1970, an even more elegantly clad C 111-II made its appearance at the Geneva Motor Show, prompting interested parties to send blank checks to Stuttgart to secure one of these cars for themselves.
However, it had never been planned to produce the new Gullwing in series, and the C 111 was not to appear in showrooms. It was to serve as an experimental car.Laboratory machines as beautiful as this Mercedes-Benz, designed among other things to test glass-fiber-reinforced plastics.The coupe’s lightweight skin, opening up new possibilities in the aerodynamic design of sports cars, was bonded to a steel frame/floor unit.
The second revolutionary feature of the C 111 was hidden under its cover. The first experimental car of 1969 was not goign to be powered from a reciprocating-piston engine but by a Wankel (or rotary piston engine). At the same era, many manufacturers were interested in Felix Wankel’s unconventional propulsion system.
Mercedes-Benz had been experimenting with Wankel engines since 1962.
The performance of the C 111 even with the three-rotor engine was convincing right from the start. In 1969, the Wankel engine developed 280 hp from 600 cubic centimeters of chamber volume per rotary piston and gave the car a top speed of 260 km/h. With this engine the car accelerated from stand still to 100 km/h in 5 seconds.
The C 111-II of 1970 was powered by a large four-rotor Wankel engine which developed 350 hp and gave the car a top speed of 300 km/h. The second C 111 accelerated from standstill to 100 km/h in highly respectable 4.8 seconds.

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