The Mercedes-Benz C291 was a sports-prototype racing car introduced for the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season and was Mercedes-Benz's final car in the Group C category. The FIA had replaced Group C with a controversial 3.5 litre formula, and Mercedes-Benz answered with an all-new car designed by its racing partner Sauber. Because the 3.5 litre naturally aspirated rules made its earlier engines unusable, the company designed a new purpose-built M-291 3.5 litre flat-12 that made about 550 to 600 brake horsepower, against roughly 730 from the twin-turbo V8 of the C11 it replaced. One example survives in the Carl Benz Museum in Ladenburg and another in the Michael Schumacher Collection in Cologne.
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To meet the new regulations Mercedes-Benz came up with an all-new car; the C291 which was designed by its racing partner Sauber.
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To meet the new regulations Mercedes-Benz came up with an all-new car; the C291 which was designed by its racing partner Sauber.
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