Mecedes C111 rotary sports car
 

Juts happened to notice in the September issue of Hemmings and Sports & Exotic car. That the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Irvine has the Experimental rotary project car C111. Anyone know if this might be at Sevenstock this year?

They are located at
Mercedes-Benz Classic Center
949-598-4850
9 Whatney
Irvine, CA 92618

http://www.mbusa.com/heritage/classi...-california.do


The lobby is open weekdays 8-4pm and is a museum itself, the article said the C111 is sitting in the lobby.

It will not be at Sevenstock. Sorry!

Thanks for the info, time to switch to plan B, drive to Cali earlier to get to the museum by 3:30 Friday to see it.

Maybe make sure the one on display is the rotary powered version.

Mercedes had a few versions of the C111 and they changed engines in the various versions of the C-111 many times. I am not sure what version they have on display.

It was a five-cylinder diesel propelled the C111-IID research vehicle to an average speed of 252 km/hr at the test track at Nardo, Italy. The crew set a total of 16 world records in the process. The first versions of the C111 test platform were powered by a wankel engine, which Mercedes engineers ultimately determined to be too inefficient by design. They opted instead for the precision of a turbodiesel.