Mar 11 2014
1. A total number of 13 Mercedes-Benz C111 were produced in which 11 were registered for the road and had a number plate on them. 2. Toy manufacturers were producing this car in all scales, hoping that Mercedes-Benz will let C111 go into production. They also did a Police version. 3. The front axle of […]
Nov 18 2013
The success of the C111 and of the sparsely modified C 111-II in Nardo spurred the developers on to new heights. But it wasn’t enough. They wanted to break the 300 kmh barrier. For this to happen, the engineers knew that they had to “transform” the road-going version of the C111 into a “proper” racing […]
Nov 13 2013
In the fall of 1973, a boycott of the oil-producing countries brought about the so-called oil crisis and crude oil, hitherto an inexpensive commodity, became a precious resource. Developers were requested to come up wîth new engines which, more than anything else, used the expensive fuel sparingly. The most obvious proposition was the […]
Nov 11 2013
The legend begins: The C111 was a series of experimental automobiles produced by Mercedes-Benz in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The company was experimenting with new engine technologies, including Wankel rotary engines, turbo diesels, and turbocharged gasoline engines. The basic C111 platform was used as a testbed for all of the Mercedes-Benz researches. […]
Jan 20 2015
1984 – 1993 Isdera Imperator 108i
As we know, in 1978, Eberhard Schulz finished the Mercedes-Benz CW311 in partnership with Reiner Buchmann and his B + B tuning company. But Mercedes-Benz was not interested in mass-production of the CW311. We have to consider that Mercedes-Benz didn’t put the C111 into production and C111 was entirely conceived by Mercedes-Benz engineers. So how […]
By Catalin Varvara • C111, MB Research Vehicles 0 • Tags: 108i, c111, cw311, imperator, isdera imperator, isdera imperator 108i