Concepts.
The cars Mercedes-Benz built to answer questions — research vehicles, dream cars and record machines that never reached a showroom.
1937–1940
T 80
Porsche's six-wheeled 1939 record car, built for 650 km/h
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1964–1966
SLX
Bracq's mid-engined 300 SL successor, built in wood
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1969–1979
C111
Experimental rotary, diesel & record cars
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1991
F 100
The 1991 research car that predicted everything
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1991
C112
Mid-engine V12 research car
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1995
Vario Research Car
Four body styles on one chassis, swapped in 15 minutes
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1996
F 200 Imagination
Drive-by-wire sidesticks and a turquoise CL preview
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2000
Vision SLA
A-Class roadster study with an F1 arrow nose
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2002–2011
F-CELL
Hydrogen fuel cells, from fleet to World Drive
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2003
Vision CLS
The study that invented the four-door coupé
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2005
Maybach Exelero
One-off 700 PS V12 built to prove a tire
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2005
Bionic
The boxfish-shaped aerodynamic study
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2007
Ocean Drive
Four-door V12 luxury convertible
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2007
F 700
DiesOtto engine and PRE-SCAN flying-carpet suspension
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2008
ConceptFASCINATION
The shooting brake that revealed the W212
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2009
BlueZERO
One body, three electric drivetrains
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2009
F-CELL Roadster
Trainee-built homage to the Patent-Motorwagen
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2009
ESF 2009
The experimental safety vehicle reborn
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2010
F 800 Style
Multi-drive CLS preview — hybrid or fuel cell
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2011
F 125!
Gullwing hydrogen flagship for the 125th anniversary
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2011
Silver Lightning
LA Design Challenge Silver Arrow with hubless wheels
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2016
Generation EQ
The concept that launched the EQ brand
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2016
Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6
Nearly six-meter electric aero coupe
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2019
ESF 2019
Experimental safety vehicle for the autonomous age
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2021
Concept EQG
Electric G-Class concept with four motors
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2022
Vision EQXX
Over 1,000 km on one charge — Cd 0.17
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2023
Vision One-Eleven
Electric homage to the C111
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