Because of to the Pebble Beach event presently underway in California, Mercedes-Benz Common has now permitted the C 111 experimental car or truck to roll by way of the streets of Los Angeles for the 1st time. The consequence is an impressive movie.
Test car or truck C 111 in Los Angeles
The C 111 model from the Mercedes-Benz Vintage collection is portion of the surviving cars of the famed C 111 sequence from the 60s and 70s, which was then applied as a check motor vehicle for experiments with Wankle and diesel engines and turbochargers. The very first design was finished in 1969. The C-111 II was offered in March 1970 at the Geneva Motor Show.
C 111 in the Andy Warhol exhibition
At Monterey Motor vehicle Week 2022, Mercedes-Benz’s notice is directed, inter alia, to the Mercedes-Benz C 111, which, to the regret of several admirers of the manufacturer, under no circumstances went into sequence output and is a person of the star of the well known collection “Autos” by pop art artist Andy Warhol is. The C 111 is then offered at Monterey Vehicle 7 days together with the “Andy Warhol: Autos – Functions from the Mercedes-Benz Art Assortment” exhibition, as nicely as at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
Top rated auto at the Concours d’Elegance
At the Peach Seashore Tour d’Elegance, the C 111 will also travel the well known outing on the streets of California. The Concours d’Elegance as a quality car competitors on the Pacific coast of California has been held considering that 1950 and is a highlight on the yearly international basic car or truck calendar. About 200 collector automobiles contend for the title of “Best of Clearly show” all-around the 18th hole of the Pebble Beach Golf Club. The outstanding Mercedes-Benz typical automobiles have already obtained this title nine situations. Very last calendar year, the coveted trophy went to a person of only two 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K “Autobahnkurier” vehicles ever constructed from the Keller Selection, Petaluma, California.
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