The development of the F 300 Life Jet was initiated by a specific question: how can one combine the feel and cornering dynamics of a motorcycle with the safety and comfort of a car? Motorcyclists enjoy the freedoms of their vehicles: they
Does the car of the future still have a steering wheel and foot-operated controls? The Mercedes-Benz F 200 Imagination, presented at the 1996 Paris Motor Show, served to systematically test a new ergonomics concept and was the product of the joint
‘Rethinking the car’ was the motto adopted by Mercedes-Benz when it presented its Vision A 93 concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show 1993. A compact, front-wheel drive vehicle, Vision A 93 was a completely new departure for the brand. And Mercede
You can rely on Mercedes-Benz for coming up with automotive tidbits time and again. One of these was presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1990: the 500 E. Apart from its somewhat bulging fenders, slightly lowered suspension and modified front apro
For the 1990 racing season in Group C, Mercedes-Benz in cooperation with the Swiss Sauber team fielded the Sauber-Mercedes C 11. Quite successfully: the team was world champion at the end of the season. This spurred on the engineers at Mercedes-Be
North American International Auto Show in Detroit, 1991 – the first major trade show of the year. Daimler-Benz deliberately chose it as the forum to present a very special automobile: the Mercedes-Benz F 100, a research car in which the visions of
The Geneva Motor Show of March 1989 provided the big stage for Mercedes-Benz to present the new SL from the R 129 model series. The response was immediately extremely positive – in fact so positive that the planned annual production capacity of 20
At the end of November 1982, Mercedes-Benz presented the 190 and 190 E models from the W 201 model series to the press. The compact and technologically groundbreaking saloon supplemented the Mercedes-Benz passenger car product line with a third mo
In the late 1970s the Federal German Ministry for Research and Technology launched the “Auto 2000” project in which several carmakers participated. Fuel consumption was not supposed to exceed 11 litres per 100 km (21.3 mpg) for a vehicle with a cu
In September 1979, Daimler-Benz presented a new S-Class generation at the IAA in Frankfurt. The range of models available in the W 126 series was comprised initially of seven vehicles: Choice was from four engines (from the 2.8-liter six-cylinder
The oil crisis in the early 1970s had deeply shocked the western world, causing, among other things, the launch of a unique model from Mercedes-Benz – the 450 SEL 6.9 (W 116 series) – to be postponed. An engine with a displacement of 6.9 liters wa
In January 1976 Mercedes-Benz introduced the 123 series saloon. It stepped out into the limelight for the first time with all the poise and assurance of being best in class. Classic body lines placed this new Mercedes-Benz in the tradition of its