A#350 Solved: 1969 Mecedes-Benz C111 prototype

[Arunas]

For a point: could anyone tell me what is the make and model of this car?

I know (or I think I do) only the maker.

[Paul Jaray]

Mercedes Benz c-111?

[Allemano]

900 points... Unbelievable!

[Arunas]

Mercedes Benz c-111?

The question is which one: C111-I, C111-II, C-111-?   This is what I'm looking for...

[Allemano]

C-111 I chassisnumber #21 from 1969 it is. It was the first pre-prototype and a sheer experimental vehicle without any focus on design

[Arunas]

C-111 I from 1969 it is. It was the first prototype and a sheer experimental vehicle without any focus on design

So the next vehicles were C111-I (also 1969?), C111-II (1970), C111-III (1978) and C111-IV (1979)

[Paul Jaray]

I'm preparing a full answer, but my internet connection thinks I shouldn't...

[Allemano]

no, every stage of evolution (I, II, III) had several prototypes.

Edited my reply #350

[Paul Jaray]

Basically there were 4 different models, but as Allemano wrote, each model had further developments:

C111-I 1969            6 different models
C111-II 1969           8 different models
C111-IID 1976        one-off
C111-III 1977-78    2 different models
C111-IV 1979          on-off

[Arunas]

Basically there were 4 different models, but as Allemano wrote, each model had further developments:

C111-I 1969            6 different models

But how many of them can be found on the net OK, thank You guys, what I can offer is a single point for PJ and Allemano. I don't know who of You made a better answer

[Paul Jaray]

Test cars are not so easy to find, some of them are the same, others are different and some of them may also be tested not on the road at all.. My source (The Mercedes Benz catalogue raisonne) probably reports these numbers according to the chassis numbers. I was trying to find all the different versions that were pictured: some of them are different in some small details (the logo, in the same version, is big in one exemplar and slightly smaller in another, the side window is divided or in one-piece, the tail lights are different etc).