Mercedes Optical One-11 EV thought straddles occasion and occasion

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Mercedes Optical One-11 EV thought straddles occasion and occasion

Mercedes-Benz has created a swoopy electrical roadster idea that nods to the occasion and peeks into the occasion.

The Optical One-11 is encouraged through the C 111 layout of experimental sports activities automobiles from the Nineteen Sixties and ’70s that served as a testbed for engine applied sciences and polymer frame shells.

The design thought, unveiled on the Mercedes-Benz World Design Heart in Carlsbad, California, options gull-wing doorways, a low entrance and a muscular rear design anchored through a chief diffuser.

Mercedes stated that the deep orange paintwork, “tinged with a hint of copper,” will pay homage to the unique colour of the C 111.

The logo’s design boss Gorden Wagener described Optical One-11 as “beauty and the extraordinary united in one vision of the future.”

“Our goal at Mercedes-Benz is not to do styling — our goal is to create icons,” Wagener stated in a observation.

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