Mercedes C-Class Casting Reference | Loose Hot Wheels
Mercedes C-Class
In April 1994, Mercedes-Benz won its first German Touring Championship (DTM) victory with the car based on the new W202 C-Class. In 1995, a new European racing series began: the International Touring Car Championship (ITC). Mercedes-Benz entered that year’s competition with a C-Class touring car, tuned by AMG, its performance tuning division. The car’s unibody construction based on the production road car formed a single structure together with the integrated roll cage, giving this new generation of racing touring…
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Mercedes C-Class first appears in 1997 First Editions. The current catalog tracks it across 1997 – 2003. Designer credit is listed as Dave Weise. Check Description, Versions, Gallery before trusting a vague seller title.
- Dave Weise Designs
- 1997 First Editions
- Mercedes-Benz Vehicles
- Licensed Hot Wheels
- German Cars
- Hot Wheels Race Team
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- Match the title to Mercedes C-Class before reading price claims.
- Use 1997 – 2003 as the production-window check.
- Cross-check Description, Versions before calling the variation exact.
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