Vintage Video: Mercedes C-111 Test Footage
As attractive as the new CLC may be, there's arguably no Mercedes-Benz coupe more breathtaking than the experimental C-111 coupes of 1968 and 1970. As testbeds for experimental rotary engines, the slippery gullwing coupes were the playthings of Mercedes' engineering staffs, briefly shown here tinkering on the car via vintage computers.
We imagine a considerable amount of work went into these wundercars, but after hearing the roar of the four-rotor, we can't help but wish we were engineers in Stuttgart four decades ago. Can you blame us?
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chuck goolsbee
Later they dropped a Diesel in one and ran it around a track at high speed for some record-setting trip.... a couple of decades before Audi thought of dropping an Oelmotor in a super car. ;)
--chuck
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FPF422
yes, it was the first diesel car to go over 200 km/h
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