Mercedes Bringing Race Cars and Concepts to Schloss Dyck Classic Days

Mercedes-BenzMercedes-BenzGermany, 1924 > present197 models
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is bringing six classic cars to the Schloss Dyck Classic Days from 3 to 5 August 2012.

Mercedes will be bringing a 1934 500KMercedes-Benz 500 KGermany, 1934 > 19364 photos
, 1952 W194 300SLMercedes-Benz 300 SL Comp...Germany, 1952 > 19523 photos
, 1955 W196S 300SLRMercedes-Benz 300 SLR Roa...Germany, 1955 > present6 photos
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, 1981 500SL RallyeMercedes-Benz 500 SLGermany, 1980 > present, 1969 C111Mercedes-Benz C-111 IGermany, 1969 > 19695 photos
and 2008 SL63 AMGMercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG AutoGermany, 2008 > present8 photos
Formula 1 Safety Car. 

The 500K was found in a barn and restored. 

The W194 300SL was the original gullwing Mercedes. It had a 3.0-liter straight six with 170hp and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1952. 

The W196S 300SLR won the 1955 World Sports Car Championship. It had 310hp and won at the Mille Miglia, Nürburgring, the Swedish Grand Prix and Targa Florio in the 1955 season. 

The 500SL Rallye was designed to go rallying in 1981 and would have been driven by Walter Röhrl. Mercedes built four of them. It had a short final drive ratio than the production car and produced 320hp from its V8. Mercedes cut the weight from 1586kg for the road car to 1350kg for the racecar. However, Mercedes decided not to race, and the car never competed. 

The C111 was a concept car that Mercedes built using a four rotor Wankel engine with 350hp. The body was made from fiberglass, and it was meant to show the car of the future for 1969. It could accelerate to 100km/h in 4.8 seconds and had a top speed of 300km/h. 

The event is in Jüchen, Germany, on the Rhine. In addition to the car show there will also be races for classic (pre-1925), historic (1926-1949) and modern (1950-1961) race cars around a 2.8km track. There will also be special races for 1930 to 1965 Formula 1 cars, a historic grand prix for grand prix racers from 1920 to 1965 and a Milestones of the Compressor Era race for Mercedes cars from 1920 to 1960. 

Mercedes is also bringing a collection of its vintage, light commercial vehicles.