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1979 Mercedes-Benz C111-IV

Remember the Mercedes-Benz C111 series? The final iteration, the C 111 IV, ushered in the model’s most radical performance era. A true supercar, the IV was equipped with twin vertical stabilizers, and a 500hp 4.8-liter gasoline V8, good enough to help the car set a closed-circuit speed record of 403.978 km/h in 1979, a decade after the first C 111’s debut.


Features:

  • manufactured by Mercedes-Benz in Germany

  • 2-door coupe body type

  • RWD (rear-wheel drive), manual 5-speed gearbox

  • gasoline (petrol) engine with displacement: 4973 cm3 / 303.9 cui

  • advertised power: 368 kW / 493 hp / 500 PS ( DIN )

  • characteristic dimensions: outside length: 6200 mm / 244.1 in, width: 1715 mm / 67.5 in, wheelbase: 2720 mm / 107.1 in

  • reference weights: base curb weight: 1300 kg / 2866 lbs

  • how fast is this car ? top speed: 404 km/h (251 mph)


Sources: BBC by Dan Carney (2015), TopGear

Images: Pinterest



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