That MR2 is quite boxy, but it looks far better than the Subaru XT. I remember Wheeler Dealers had a red MR2 of that generation in their show.
Some from my side, the C111 and C112 of Mercedes. I got my info of various websites, a Mercedes magazine-issue of 2009 which featured the C112 and self-made photo's of where C111's II and III are now.
The Mercedes C111 was a 70's prototype-series consisting of 5 true prototypes and one rather odd looking ''evaluationmodel''. The series was quite different from all other Mercedes seen sofar thanks to the wedge design and the orange paintjob called Weissherbst (White Fall). Also, the bodies of the cars were made of reinforced plastic.
The first two main models ('69 I and '70 II) were powered by Wankel-engines. Model II was the fastest with a 4-rotor, 350hp engine bringing it up to 300km/h. It was also the most complete and production-ready looking one of all C111's. The oilcrisis came and Mercedes pulled the plug out of Wankel-engine research. Instead they experimented with conventional enginetypes, kicking off with a dieselpowered modified C111 II. Models III and IV also used more conventional engines. These last two cars looked very different, painted in silver and looking more like planes than cars. Model III had a diesel engine, and model IV had a petrol-V8. With this 500hp twinturbocharged engine, it drove 403km/h on the Nardo-track. I don't know where the evaluationmodel, model I and model IV are, but the C111 II is now parked on a platform in the Mercedes Museum, although it also tends to show up elsewhere at events or other museums. Model III is also in the museum, hung up together with cars including the W125 Rekordwagen and T80 on a black strip that should represent a 90-degrees banked wide hairpin.
Models I and II, on the backdrop the evaluationmodel.
Model III and model IV
My comments: awesome cars, mainly model II for looking as if it could go in production. The orange paintjob also looks good on the cars.
The Mercedes-Benz C112 was a prototype based on the group-C racecars. It was introduced in 1991 and was built for testingpurposes. The car was powered by a 6.0 V12 of the SL600, delivering around 408hp. 0-100km/h was done in 5 seconds and a top of 310km/h was claimed.
Main features tested on this car were the above shown active rearwing, popping up/backwards at higher speeds, and Active Body Control. It took 8 more years of development before ABC was first sold, on the 99 CL-Class. Mercedes received around 700 orders but never produced it. As of 2009, the car still exists and is still perfectly capable of driving. As with other Mercedes prototypes, for a car not meant for production it's very complete. It even has radio, leather all over the place and automatic climate control.
My comments: ME NEEDZ. I'd love to own one myself despite it not being produced and most likely not becoming for sale ever. I would change some things though, I'd go for other interiorcolors and it would be nice to find out how well this thing sounds and performes with the AMG 6.2l V8, especially since this is a rear-engine car. Other than that, ABC is long time available already so no need to keep the experimental stuff of '91 in it :p