Nov 12 2013
1970 Mercedes-Benz C111-II
C111-II was first presented at Geneva Motor Show in March 1970. Compared to previous car this version had a significantly improved bodywork in terms of vision for the driver as well as aerodynamic efficiency – the Cd was 0.325, not bad at the time. Improvements were also made to the engine. The C111-II consisted […]
Nov 18 2013
1977 Mercedes-Benz C111-III
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 […]
By Catalin Varvara • C111, MB Research Vehicles 1 • Tags: c111, c111 III, c111-3, mercedes benz c 111, mercedes benz c 111 3, nardo world record