2008 Mercedes-Amg C-Form W204 Dtm

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Since the beginning of the German language Touring Car Series, known past almost equally DTM,  inward 1984, the authorization of Mercedes-Benz was unparalleled. The Mercedes factory team has secured 11 driver’s championships, 14 constructor’s trophies, together with earned several hundred podium finishes from notable drivers including Mika Häkkinen, Klaus Ludwig, Bernd Schneider, Ralf Schumacher, Jean Alesi, Kurt Thiim, Jamie Green, together with Gary Paffet.

Despite using the heavily modified styling of a criterion Mercedes-Benz road car, Daimler’s in-house motorsports division, HWA AG, is the true constructor of all race chassis for plant teams as well as privateers, including those for Formula One together with the DTM touring cars like this 1.

Since the beginning of the German Touring Car Series 2008 Mercedes-AMG C-Class W204 DTM

Unveiled at the same time during the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, the Mercedes-Benz W204 C-course and the HWA DTM chassis showcased an externally similar form. But spell the cars power accept the same form, the DTM machine shares almost goose egg with the product auto. It had to perform equally this new motorcar was replacing the winningest model to always compete inward the series, with 54 outright victories across 106 races between 1994 and 2006.

Since the beginning of the German Touring Car Series 2008 Mercedes-AMG C-Class W204 DTM

The C-Class W204 DTM began development inward March 2006 nether a squad at HWA led by Technical Director Gerhard Ungar. Wind tunnel testing proved immensely irksome, but the auto’sec dramatic too lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic bodywork was finalized subsequently several months of continuous revision. The chassis features a tubular space-frame structure with a steel roof, integrated carbon fiber condom cell, too inboard-mounted double-wishbone interruption at the front end together with nurture. DTM rules of the fourth dimension mandated a 9,000-rpm rev limiter, lightweight aluminum engine block, Bosch fuel injection, and partial intake restrictors to mechanically rule engine power. Furthermore, the car’sec half dozen-speed sequential gearbox was reimagined as a transaxle connected to the powerplant via an F1-derived carbon-fiber driveshaft from its mounting point in the raise of the car.

Since the beginning of the German Touring Car Series 2008 Mercedes-AMG C-Class W204 DTM

Like the previous W203 DTM model, the motorcar’sec front fascia hides a cleverly devised, carbon fiber isolation channel that feeds fresh air direct into the velocity stack intakes of its naturally aspirated powerplant. Lightweight alloy wheels from Motegi menage a total ready of carbon-fiber contest brakes from AP Racing, while integrated cooling ducts inward the bodywork assist keep components operating within their optimal temperature range.

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