Any info on these???...o_O
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Any info on these???...o_O
http://web1.berlin205.server4free.de...RC/VRC_009.jpg
http://web1.berlin205.server4free.de...00/F200_06.jpg
http://web1.berlin205.server4free.de...00/F200_08.jpg
http://web1.berlin205.server4free.de...00/F200_04.jpg
http://web1.berlin205.server4free.de...00/F200_06.jpg
http://web1.berlin205.server4free.de...00/F200_08.jpg
http://web1.berlin205.server4free.de...00/F200_04.jpg
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The car in the first photo is MB's Vario Research Car (VRC), presented at the 1995 Geneva Auto Show. With the ability to change its rear body section in less than 15 minutes, the Vario was able to switch between a cabriolet, sedan, pickup, and wagon/SUV. Pretty impressive to say the least 
It also had front-wheel-drive, a CVT transmission, carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) bodyshell sections, Active Body Control (ABC), in-dash color display with navigation system, and most interestingly, a "central rotary dial for all electronic systems," in other words, a system similar to iDrive, just many years before BMW introduced it...
Here's a link with more info and another pic:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...tro/index.html
The car in your other three linked photos is the F200 Imagination, presented at the 1996 Paris show. Its main technological leap was a full drive-by-wire system that used side joysticks instead of a steering wheel and pedals. It also had Active Body Control (ABC), in addition to 5 video cameras that replaced side and rear-view mirrors. It also had a full glass roof that was electrotransparent (could be darkened or made transparent again with the touch of a button -- now seen in the Maybach 62), in addition to front-hinged gullwing doors (later applied to SLR McLaren),voice-recognition system for the mobile phone (now in all MB's in some fashion), an electronically-controlled emergency spoiler system that could act as an air-brake (now seen in SLR McLaren), side curtain airbags for extra protection (now in most MB's), and last but not least, styling that found its way into the current S-Class, which debuted in model year 2000.
For more info and a photo of the F200, see MB's page on it here:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...tro/index.html
For more info on MB's research vehicles, see here:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...earchvehicles/
Hope this helps
It also had front-wheel-drive, a CVT transmission, carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) bodyshell sections, Active Body Control (ABC), in-dash color display with navigation system, and most interestingly, a "central rotary dial for all electronic systems," in other words, a system similar to iDrive, just many years before BMW introduced it...
Here's a link with more info and another pic:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...tro/index.html
The car in your other three linked photos is the F200 Imagination, presented at the 1996 Paris show. Its main technological leap was a full drive-by-wire system that used side joysticks instead of a steering wheel and pedals. It also had Active Body Control (ABC), in addition to 5 video cameras that replaced side and rear-view mirrors. It also had a full glass roof that was electrotransparent (could be darkened or made transparent again with the touch of a button -- now seen in the Maybach 62), in addition to front-hinged gullwing doors (later applied to SLR McLaren),voice-recognition system for the mobile phone (now in all MB's in some fashion), an electronically-controlled emergency spoiler system that could act as an air-brake (now seen in SLR McLaren), side curtain airbags for extra protection (now in most MB's), and last but not least, styling that found its way into the current S-Class, which debuted in model year 2000.
For more info and a photo of the F200, see MB's page on it here:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...tro/index.html
For more info on MB's research vehicles, see here:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/com/e/h...earchvehicles/
Hope this helps
