Colani C112

[ribatejo69]

Colani C112 (the name: something about the M-Benz C111? or C112?)

[Sauc3]

Basically when the Mercedes-Benz C111 prototype was presented at the 1969 Frankfurt motorshow, Colani wrote an article saying:
"This C111 is super-modern in terms of the engine, the chassis is a lousy copy of a grand-prix racer, and the carbody is completely sub-par. Ten years ago, a viewer might have gone "ahhh", but today this is a pathetic copycat of a pack that has grown old. And the pack that is doing the design is probably so far gone they can't spell senility. I'm amazed how the whole world accepts the car without so much as a murmur. In Italy, where there are still guys building cars with some skill, all they do is laugh at this car. They're actually happy that such an awful car has been built, because it makes sure they are still the experts."

Colani accompanied this with a counter proposal, which you see in the above photos.

[Pando]

Basically when the Mercedes-Benz C111 prototype was presented at the 1969 Frankfurt motorshow, Colani wrote an article saying:
"This C111 is super-modern in terms of the engine, the chassis is a lousy copy of a grand-prix racer, and the carbody is completely sub-par. Ten years ago, a viewer might have gone "ahhh", but today this is a pathetic copycat of a pack that has grown old. And the pack that is doing the design is probably so far gone they can't spell senility. I'm amazed how the whole world accepts the car without so much as a murmur. In Italy, where there are still guys building cars with some skill, all they do is laugh at this car. They're actually happy that such an awful car has been built, because it makes sure they are still the experts."

Colani accompanied this with a counter proposal, which you see in the above photos.

lol @ Mr Colani

[Ferrer]

We can't deny that he was selfconfident...

[Ecnelis]

The back of this car is just amazing!

Anyone knows any specs of it (if there are any)?

I know only that is was drawn in 1970 and build in 2005/06...

[Man of Steel]

It looks like a ladies' shoe in the side profile. I actually laugh at this.

[pulvertoastmann]

does anybody have pictures of this car from ahead?

[luzik17]

or other cars from colani?

[LotusLocost]

or other cars from colani?

Hi, and welcome to Ultimatecarpage

We have a brilliant search function in the tool-bar, always on the top of the forum pages.
A quick search with the word "Colani" gives you this result:http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...archid=1393989
There you find any thread with the word Colani, and a quick glans on the list, tells that there are a lot of threads about different Colanis.

Enjoy your stay here.

[pulvertoastmann]

thanks for your answer! i've found some (many!) interesting pictures on flickr.com - just search for the term 'colani'

[ribatejo69]

does anybody have pictures of this car from ahead?

look some 'news'... (made in Wikipedia, if I remember right... )