Photo Gallery : Mercedes-Benz C 111 : Spectacular ‘lab on wheels’

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Mercedes-Benz C 111/I with a three-rotor Wankel-engine, on the test track at Untertürkheim, 1969Mercedes-Benz C 111-I with a three-rotor Wankel-engine, 1969 (Photo 01)Test drive on the Hockenheim race track: Mercedes-Benz C 111/I with a three-rotor Wankel-engine, 1969 (Photo 02)Gullwing doors on the Mercedes-Benz C 111/I with a three-rotor Wankel-engine, 1969Test drive on the Hockenheim race track: Mercedes-Benz C 111/I with a three-rotor Wankel-engine, 1969 (Photo 05)Mercedes-Benz C 111/I with a three-rotor Wankel-engine, 1969 (Photo 04)Three generations of the Mercedes-Benz research car C 111: C 111-II, 1970 (in the middle), C 111-I, 1969 (on the left), the first prototyper version of the C 111-I (on the right)Three generations of the Mercedes-Benz research car C 111: on the right: C 111-II, 1970. In the middle: C 111-I, 1969. On the left (background): the first prototype version of the C 111-IMercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine, 1970 : Design Sketch Front 3/4Mercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine, 1970 : Design Sketch RearMercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine, 1970Mercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine, 1970 : Gullwing Door, from topMercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine, 1970 : Gullwing DoorMercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine on the Untertürkheim test track, 1970The four-rotor Wankel enigne of the Mercedes-Benz research car C 111-II , 1970Mercedes-Benz C 111-II research vehicle with a four-disc rotary engine, 1970. It was to this 1:1-scale model that the finishing touches were made before approval of the second-version Mercedes-BenzRecord run in Nardo over 5000 kilometres (13 to 21 August 1983): Hans Werner, Hans Liebold, Kurt Obländer and Erich Waxenberger (from left to right)Mercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel enigne on the Untertürkheim test track, 1970 ( Photo 10)Mercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine 1970 : Front ( Photo 10)Mercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine, 1970 : Gullwings open Photo 01Mercedes-Benz research car C 111-II with four-rotor Wankel engine, 1970 : Photo 06On the test track in Untertürkheim (from right to left): Mercedes-Benz C 111-III record car with five-cylinder turbodiesel engine; Mercedes-Benz C 111-II D diesel record car (without pop-up headlights); a Mercedes-Benz from the 123 series64-hour record-breaking run: the Mercedes-Benz C 111-IID with diesel engine on the high-speed track in Nardo, 1976. in the driver's seat Dr. Hans Liebold, head of all C 111 projects.1976 Diesel record run with the Mercedes-Benz C 111-II D in Nardo, ItalyMercedes-Benz record cars C 111-III, 5-cylinder-turbodiesel (in the back), C 111-II with a four-rotor Wankel engine (in the front), on the test track at Untertürkheim.Mercedes-Benz C 111-III Photo 02Mercedes-Benz C 111-III Photo 05An elegant front section, shaped along aerodynamic efficiency lines, large glazed surfaces and gullwing doors are the visually conspicuous features of the world-record-setting Mercedes-Benz C 111-III experimental car.Record run of the C 111-III in Nardo on April 29 and 30, 1978Paul Frère, Rico Steinmann, Dr. Hans Liebold and Guido Moch were the drivers of the "mobile laboratory" when, on 29 April 1978 nine new world speed records were set up on the 12,56 km long circular test track at Nardo, in southern Italy.Record run of the C 111-III in Nardo on April 29 and 30, 1978. A perfect view is a prime condi-tion for achieving high continuous speeds. The Mercedes-Benz service team therefore cleaned the windows and headlamp fairings every time the car came in for refueling with 140 liters of diesel, a change of driver and a check on the Dunlop tires.Mercedes Benz C 111-IV : The car that set the 403.978 km/h world circuit record in 1979Mercedes Benz C 111-IV : 500 horsepower V8 Gasoline, sodium-cooled valves, two KKK turbochargers and a triple-plate clutch