Mercedes-Benz Cyprus (North)

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    • A-Class

      A-Class Coupé, Saloon

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      The A-Class

      Between temptation and reason.

    • B-Class

      B-Class

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      The B-Class Sports Tourer

      Designed to fit your life

    • C-Class

      C-Class

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      The C-Class Saloon

      Experience a car like no other

    • CL-Class

      CL-Class

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      The CL-Class Coupé

      A masterpiece from Mercedes Benz

    • CLC-Class

      CLC-Class

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      The CLC-Class Sports Coupé

      Dynamism at its most alluring

    • CLK-Class

      CLK-Class

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      CLK-Class Cabriolet

      Dynamism at its most alluring

    • CLS-Class

      CLS-Class

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      The CLS-Class Coupé

      The technology of seduction

    • E-Class

      E-Class.

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      The E-Class Saloon

      See Mercedes-Benz in a new light.

    • G-Class

      The G-Class

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      The G-Class Cabriolet

      A modern classic

    • GL-Class

      GL-Class

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      The GL-Class Off-Roader

      Off-road driving with on-road feel.

    • M-Class

      M-Class

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      M-Class Off-roader

      Refined power.

    • R-Class

      R-Class

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      The R-Class SUV Tourer

      The new form of space travel

    • S-Class

      S-Class

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      The S-Class Saloon

      Looking ahead, driving ahead

    • SL-Class

      SL-Class

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      The SL-Class Roadster

      The legendary sports car

    • SLK-Class

      SLK-Class

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      The SLK-Class Roadster

      All you need for an enjoyable drive

    • SLR

      SLR

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      The SLR Coupé

      The rebirth of a legend

Mercedes-Benz racing tradition

1955-1957 1956-1960 1963 onwards
1978
1978: Rally racing with large V8 coupés
1978 saw the advent of super-fast V8 coupés. Four Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC vehicles with 230 hp engines and automatic transmissions competed in the arduous South America Rally. Two of them finished at the top of the victory rostrum. One year later, the near-production rally car bore the designation 450 SLC 5.0. Its bored-out eight-cylinder engine generated 290 hp – sufficient power to secure the first four places in the 5000 km Bandama Rally in Africa. The winners were Hannu Mikkola and Arne Hertz.

In 1980, Daimler-Benz entered 300 hp 500 SLC cars in all races of the Rally World Championship. Up against tough competition, the teams of Waldeggard/Thorszelius and Recalde/Streimel scored a double victory in the Bandama Rally at the end of the season. This was the last success of a works team in rallying. In December 1980, the Board of Management at Daimler-Benz AG decided to withdraw from the World Championship for reasons of capacity.

The numerous victories in rally sport over many years demonstrated the reliability of the near-production Mercedes-Benz cars to potential customers and millions of TV viewers all over the world.
Overview
1894-1921
1922-1930
1931-1939
1951-1955
1956-1980
1981-1994