Solved: Allemano's № 463 - Mercedes Benz C-111 II study by Bruno Sacco

[Allemano]

Please respond below if you know the make and model designation of this car and who designed it.
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[Otto Puzzell]

Wow! 

[Allemano]

moved.

[woodinsight]

Japanese?

[barrett]

It's a Mercedes*, that should make it easy for someone..... I've searched for this one before, on another 'mystery car' thread on another forum..... and I tried again last night, but still I can't find it....


*Not sure if it's factory-built, or merely uses Mercedes mechanicals though

[Allemano]

Correct, it's a Mercedes..

[Allemano]

take a look at this Pro's!

[Arunas]

Some kind of C111?

[Paul Jaray]

Mercedes Benz C-111 II

[Paul Jaray]

This one:

[Allemano]

Both of you are correct, but you should read the requirements of this puzzle. Start your engines!
Locked for Arunas and PJ!

[Paul Jaray]

I missed Arunas reply...
My guess will be Mercedes Benz C-111 by Bruno Sacco... I'll have to dig more...

[Paul Jaray]

Dass es im Museum von Mercedes-Benz spezielle Fahrzeuge zu sehen ist – ist bekannt – eine sehr seltene Designstudie zeigt das Museum nun – jedoch im Museumsparkhaus auf Ebene 0: Die C 111-Designstudie.
Diese frühere Designstudie eines Mercedes-Benz C 111 stammt von dem berühmten Chefdesigner Bruno Sacco – er arbeitete von 1958 bis 1999 als Konstrukteur und Designer/Stillist) unter der Leitung von Karl Wilfert, Friedrich Geiger und glaub Béla Barényi an verschiedenen Projekten mit, zb. am Mercedes-Benz 600 sowie den als "Pagode" bekannten Roadster 230 SL, 250 SL sowie 280 SL der Baureihe W 113.

See special vehicles being in the Museum of Mercedes-Benz - is--a rare design study shows the Museum now - but in the Museum car park on level 0: the C 111 design study.
(This earlier design study of a Mercedes-Benz C 111 comes from the famous designer Bruno Sacco - he worked from 1958 to 1999 as designer and designer style list) led by Karl Wilfert, Friedrich Geiger and belief on different projects with Béla Barényi eg. the Mercedes-Benz 600 and as "Pagoda" known Roadster 230 SL, SL 250 and 280 SL W 113 series

[Allemano]

Yes, another point for Paul Jaray!

Beautiful car, isn't it?

[Paul Jaray]

indeed...

[Otto Puzzell]

Tasty indeed. Nice work, Bruno, wherever you are!

[Carnut]

Tasty indeed. Nice work, Bruno, wherever you are!

Absolutely.  Will have to file it under the Biggest Waste dept...

[Allemano]

Some minor flaws: the ugly rims and the huge Mercedes star! I reckon to make the front more distinctive resp. MB-ish, they took one of XL-size.

Actually that's one of the main reasons why the C-111 models made it never to production. The uncharacteristic (for MB) design and the unreliable Wankel technology.

[Allemano]

 

[Carnut]

Where's your silver paint brush?

[Allemano]

Where's your silver paint brush?

Pardon? 

[Carnut]

Where's your silver paint brush?

Pardon? 

To show us what it looks like without those awful huge M-B 3-pointed stars..
(Now that you've changed the wheels!)

[Allemano]

If you take a closer look you should see that I already made the star smaller. As it's no mystery anymore I leave it like that.

[Allemano]

Period shots:

[thewarlord]

If it's an early study for the C111, shouldn't it be called C101 -early code for the project?

If it is a 1967 study, perhaps it is not related to C101 at all.