Jan 28 2014
Here it is: To hint at the upcoming M-Class, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (the maker of the M-Class) asked Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design to create the All-Activity Vehicle Concept back in 1995. The design team headed by Gerhard Steinle exaggerated the exterior design of the M-Class and developed a new interior with integrated telecommunication and entertainment […]
Jan 24 2014
As it presents its draft design for an electrically powered luxury rickshaw, Stuttgart’s Maybach Manufaktur automotive hand-finishing section is exploring radical new avenues for the urban mobility of tomorrow as part of the Los Angeles Design Challenge. The Maybach DRS – “Den-Riki-Sha” (= electrically driven rickshaw) – blends the very latest automotive technology, luxurious comfort, […]
Jan 11 2014
The Mercedes-Benz BlitzenBenz concept was created by George Yoo, a designer at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development in Carlsbad, California. The BlitzenBenz was developed during his final year at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. The BlitzenBenz is an innovative and thought provoking concept which was designed as a futuristic racing […]
Jan 9 2014
GWA Tuning has drafted a one-off prototype based on the Mercedes-Benz C111 called the Ciento Once. The San Antonio, Texas-based tuner, owned by designer Arturo Alonso, decided to revive the 1970 C111 to create another gullwing Mercedes. The Mercedes-Benz C111 was an experimental vehicle by Mercedes-Benz that featured a four-rotor Wankel engine. It never […]
Jan 9 2014
Design for innovations – that was the motto in the development of the F 200 Imagination concept study presented by Mercedes-Benz at the 1996 Paris Motor Show. The two-door coupé is equipped with future-oriented systems which may become state-of-the-art on top-class models of the more distant future. Also, the study demonstrates new perspectives which are […]
Jan 8 2014
The Mercedes-Benz Mojave Runner concept was one of the entrants into the 2006 Los Angeles Auto show’s ‘LA Adventure’ design competition. A competition in which the participants chose an activity available in the southern California area and then designed a vehicle for that purpose. Designed at Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design of North America, the highly advanced […]
Jan 7 2014
Daimler-Benz deliberately chose the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in 1991 – the first major trade show of the year – to present a very special automobile: the Mercedes-Benz F 100. The first car in the “F” series . This research car gave tangible expression to the vision of engineers and market strategists […]
Dec 26 2013
Towards an economical, low-emission future… In the late 1970s, the German Federal Ministry for Research and Technology starts the project called “Auto 2000”. Actually the project title was “Demonstration of automotive engineering research results in the form of integrated overall concepts for passenger car test models.” Manufacturers had until spring 1981 to prepare road-worthy prototypes […]
Dec 4 2013
Short-distance vehicle (NAFA) – Short on size, big on ideas. Study of an urban and short-distance vehicle with Mercedes breeding. In the summer of 1982 Mercedes-Benz come up with a new concept officially titled “Short-distance vehicle” (NAhverkehrsFAhrzeug in German), but known by its German abbreviation NAFA. With an overall length of 2.50 meters and an overall […]
Jan 31 2014
1997 Mercedes-Benz F300 Life Jet
The Mercedes F300 Life Jet was first unveiled at the 1997 Frankfurt Motor Show (Germany). The vehicle never reached production though if it did, according to the 2000 Guinness book of Records, it would have been the most expensive 3-wheeler in production. The development of the F 300 Life Jet was initiated by a specific […]
By Catalin Varvara • F Concepts 1 • Tags: 1997 life jet, f300 life jet, mercedes benz f300 life jet, mercedes-benz f300