Mercedes Benz has several performance and design prototypes. Year 1970 C-111-II, which appeared at the Geneva Motor Show, is a prototype car that is easy to fall in love. C-111-II is equipped with a Wankel rotary piston engine and the body of reinforced fiberglass. The car show plug.
Mercedes-C111 never happened, but the company was resolving a number of design problems associated with rotary piston principle. Wankel rotary engine can not consume the fuel chamber of the engine’s combustion efficiency by the problems inherent in the design. In 1976, the Mercedes Wankel replaced by five-cylinder turbo diesel of 190 HP.
1979-version of the C-111 will not be a diesel engine under the hood. A powerful 4.5-liter V8 of 500 new species in the footsteps of his predecessor, reaching a speed of 251 mph. The body is plastic beauty has a sleek look like a rocket with two aerodynamic spoiler and large. (continue reading…)
