Feb 12 2015
Creating a one-off Adenauer Coupe The general ’50s era design ethos of Italian coachbuilder Pininfarnia and that of Mercedes-Benz could be politely described as divergent. Sober and generally functional designs marked Mercedes sedan offerings while Pininfarina penned more voluptuous, often less functional but more emotional designs. When Pininfarina indicated to Mercedes in late 1954 their […]
Feb 12 2015
The Penske PC-26 was designed by Nigel Bennett and manufactured by Penske Cars in Poole, Dorset for the 1997 CART Championship. Being a development of the PC-25, the PC-26 was designed to address the twitchy nature of the previous year car. Five chassis were produced and driven by Al Unser Jr. and Paul Tracy. The Ilmor produced 850 bhp Mercedes-Benz IC108D engine served as the powerplant driving through […]
Feb 9 2015
I don’t really have something to say about this, but it’s sure to surprize… This w123 is modified to resemble a 190 SL from the 50′ and 60’… Painted in two silver colors and with some imperfections this old timer is giving us contradictory opinions in the same time.
Feb 7 2015
According to Neil Oatley, the success of the MP4-13 allowed West McLaren Mercedes “to push the design of the MP4-14 more that we would have been comfortable with the previous year. We had more time with the next car, and could afford to be a little more adventurous in some of its mechanical aspects.” None […]
Feb 6 2015
The ONLY open car that Pininfarina built The car was: the engine number 188920-55.00020, the chassis number. 188010-55.00016 building no. 188010-55.00005. The car, a Mercedes Benz 300 S Cabriolet A (W 188 I), had been completed on 31 March 1955 at the Sindelfingen plant and was delivered on 13 April of the same year at the Mercedes-Benz dealership […]
Feb 6 2015
After LAPV 5.4 Concept and LAPV 6.x Concept, Mercedes-Benz is introducing something much more interesting. Something that looks like the big brother of these two concepts vehicles… This concept vehicle from Mercedes-Benz is the 7.X, which combines the properties of two different Mercedes-Benz model series. As is the case with the two lighter LAPVs, the vehicle’s engine / […]
Feb 5 2015
New German Concept Vehicles Debut at EUROSATORY 2010 Mercedes Benz is introducing two concept vehicles at Eurosatory – the LAPV 6.X, augmenting the agile LAPV 5.4 light armored patrol vehicles G-Class derivative. The LAPV 6.X concept vehicle will improve on the LAPV 5.4 modular in the areas of protection (Level 3), offroad capability and agility. […]
Feb 5 2015
Light Armoured Patrol Vehicle LAPV 5.4 Combat conditions have changed. Symmetric war scenarios have been replaced by asymmetric conflict and new sources of danger. In particular, the increasing use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and advanced technology weaponry require specialised protection. Mercedes-Benz has responded to this demand with its strategic development of the combat proven […]
Feb 4 2015
An unofficial Mercedes-Benz Hexawheel concept Engineered by Siyamak Rouhi Dehkordi, a Mechanical Engineer from Iran, this concept represents a unique approach off a Mercedes-Benz off-roader. Dubbed the Mercedes-Benz Hexawheel, the conceptual off-roader utilizes – of all things – six wheels. What if Mercedes (or Smart) could build something that is suitable for mini-off-roading? The premise is […]
Feb 13 2015
Mercedes-Benz 300Sc Coupe by PininFarina , 1956
After the completion of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300b coupe, Pininfarina took another Mercedes-Benz 300 to be modified up to his vision. From start we can say that the body design of the 300b Coupe was far more complicated than this second version, completed a year later. While the bodybuilder’s approach to both cars was very […]
By PaRaDoX • Concept Cars 0 • Tags: 1956, 300 sc coupe, mercedes 300sc, Mercedes-Benz 300Sc Coupe by PininFarina, Pininfarina