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1996 Mercedes-Benz C-Class DTM Competition Saloon
Bonhams • Germany • 28 Mar 2015
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1996 Mercedes-Benz C-Class DTM Competition Saloon
Germany • 28 Mar 2015
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AI Listing Summary
This 1996 Mercedes-Benz C-Class DTM Competition Saloon, chassis number 'RS 96 02 30', was driven by Jan Magnussen, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Ricardo Zonta in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) and International Touring Car Series (ITM). Stored since the end of the 1996 season, it requires re-commissioning but offers a rare opportunity to own a factory-built, race-winning Mercedes-Benz.
Condition
6
This is a race car that has been in storage since 1996. It needs recommissioning before it can be used again. However, it has historical significance as a genuine factory-built Mercedes-Benz competition car with race-winning history.
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RS 96 02 30
Germany
1996
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1996 Mercedes-Benz C-Class DTM Competition Saloon
Bonhams • Germany • 28 Mar 2015
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Description
The car offered here was a works entry in the 1996 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) and International Touring Car Series (ITM) driven by Jan Magnussen, Juan Pablo Montoya and Ricardo Zonta.
Today one of the world's most high-profile and popular national race series, the DTM started in 1984 as the Deutschen Produktionswagen Meisterschaft (German Production Car Championship) for privateers.
Works teams began contesting the DTM in the late 1980s and the pace of competition stepped up a gear when the series adopted the FIA's Class 1 Touring Car regulations in 1993.
The latter established the engine capacity as 2.5 litres and permitted extensive modifications to the cars and the use of the latest in automotive technology, including four-wheel drive, anti-lock brakes and electronic driver aids, all of which, incidentally, were banned from Formula 1.
Carbon fibre was frequently used for the chassis, and the DTM cars came to be characterised by large frontal air dams, under-body di...
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101 New Bond Street, London, Greater London, W1S 1SR, England
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