Mercedes-Benz C 111

https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/innovation/milestones/c-111/ The year 1969 went down in history as one of the most spectacular in the last century. This is not only due to the moon landing. The Mercedes-Benz C 111 landed at the Frankfurt IAA exhibition in September – looking like a UFO from a distant galaxy.

The world had never seen a car like this before. A low-profile orange sports car, the sight of which was enough to make one dream of racing to success. Hardly surprising that, immediately after this key automotive trade fair, a series of blank cheques arrived at the offices in Untertürkheim, because so many people wanted to order the dream car – no matter what it would cost them. However, the 4.40 metre long and 1.10 metre high gullwing design was not intended at all to follow the sports car legend that was the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL.