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The beautiful Mercedes C111-II concept turns 50 years old! But, why wasn't it ever put into production?

Gulf News 24 Mar 2020

It has been 50 years since Mercedes-Benz unveiled the C111-II experimental vehicle at the 1970 Geneva Motor Show ... When it comes to concept cars which really ought to have made it to production, then without a doubt the Mercedes-Benz C111-II would sit very high in that list...

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Driving the utterly bizarre, £5m Mercedes-Benz C111 – and why 50 years on it's still ...

The Daily Telegraph 11 Sep 2019

The Mercedes-Benz C111 could have been Germany's most influential supercar, but this bizarre Wankel-engined machine never made it to production ... “It’s insured for about $6 million, but that’s probably rather conservative,” says Matthias Chwal, the Mercedes-Benz minder who is accompanying this C111.

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The 9 mid-engine Corvette concepts Chevrolet almost built

Canada Dot Com 18 Jun 2018

The mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette has been teased, spied, leaked, and promised for decades now ... That said, this isn’t new ... 1964 CERV II ... The accountants killed that idea, too ... 1968 XP-880 — the Astro II ... Back then, headlines hyping up three new mid-engine sports car in particular — the AMC AMX/3, Mercedes-Benz C111 and the DeTomaso Pantera ... .

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We drive Mercedes-Benz's insane Seventies concept C111

GQ Magazine 25 Sep 2015

Entertainment We drive Mercedes-Benz's insane Seventies concept C111 ... Meet Mercedes' legendary C111, one of the most influential concept cars of the past 40 years ... But true to its experimental remit the C111's rear suspension featured a new set-up that would find its way into the next generation of Mercedes road cars.

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You'll Never Guess It's A Mercedes: Inside the 1970 Mercedes-Benz C111

Bloomberg 14 Aug 2015

For example, I was quite excited to drive the 1970 Mercedes-Benz C111 ... like what you'd expect from a Mercedes.

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Jaguar C-X75 supercar cancelled

Independent online (SA) 11 Dec 2012

Maybe it was too much, too soon; maybe it really was too beautiful to be true. Jaguar's exquisite C-X75 supercar has followed the Renault DeZir, the Aston Martin Bulldog and the prettiest Mercedes-Benz ever to turn a wheel, the C111, into automotive legend ... " ... Now, why do we think that sounds like more than mere speculation?. .

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Far beyond the Trekka... Stars who made the cars

NZ Herald 18 Nov 2012

It's a Kiwi car-star, so we'll use it to rank the world's top designers ... and everything ... 4 ... 4 ... Mercedes-Benz C111. Now 78, his pen now mostly in his desk drawer, Italian-born Sacco headed Daimler-Benz design from 1975 to 1999, and his legacy lives on ... But Driven will always remember him for the stunning Wankel-engined Mercedes C111 gullwing from 1969-70.

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Mercedes-Benz Celebrates More Than 100 Years of Super Sports Cars

PR Newswire 06 Aug 2010

6 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercedes-Benz ... Over a period of ten years from 1969-1979, Mercedes-Benz developed multiple C111 concept and experimental vehicles representing the future of Mercedes-Benz sports cars – where comfort, luxury and performance were not mutually exclusive.

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The mighty Wankel engine is still a rare bird

The Providence Journal 16 Nov 2008

Companies from American Motors to Mercedes-Benz rushed to license Wankel engine technology ... But an obstacle to engine longevity emerged ... C.J ... But Mercedes-Benz expressed an interest, teasing enthusiasts in 1970 with the brilliant C111-II research car that had gull-wing doors and a 370-horsepower four-rotor Wankel that could reach 180 miles an hour ... .

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Mercedes-Benz Spotlights Alternative Power at Amelia Island Concours

PR Newswire 10 Mar 2006

The Mercedes-Benz C111 experimental car, originally a test bed for Wankel rotary engines in the early 1970s, was converted into a test vehicle for diesel technologies. The C111 II was powered by a 190-hp turbocharged version of the 5-cylinder diesel engine from the Mercedes-Benz 300D sedan.

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Welcome back to the Rotary club

Business Day 06 Nov 2003

THERE is a distinctly different sound from the Mazda RX-8 ... I say superbike, because it also seems to rev like that, as in, forever ... You might remember the Wankel name being associated with Mercedes-Benz and the formidable C111 prototype that shook the supercar world in the 1970s with its 300km/h plus performance potential ... .