Mercedes-Benz revealed the F 100 in 1991. 30 years in the past it was a analysis car that got here with an ample assortment of pioneering methods.
The high-tech checklist included distant management of the xenon headlights and community mobility options. The driving force might function the cellphone with buttons on the steering wheel and will management the tire stress monitoring system from a distance. All these options appeared very futuristic again then. At the moment, Mercedes-Benz affords them as normal tools. Some have already turn into outdated.
Mercedes-Benz unveiled the F 100 on 12th of January 1991 on the North American Worldwide Auto Present in Detroit. There was no different analysis car earlier than it that includes a lot know-how.
Again within the late 80s, the engineers thought-about {that a} passenger automotive on common carries only one.2 to 1.7 individuals in on a regular basis visitors. The figures hardly modified over time. 1.46 occupants on all journeys are onboard a automotive, in accordance with a report of the German Bundestag in 2018.
Subsequently, the driving force receives the most secure spot within the automotive, being positioned within the middle of the passenger cell. Components of the car flooring and roof additionally opened along with new rotating/swiveling doorways. Thus the driving force can simply hop on or off board, on any facet of the car. Two passengers sit offset to the left and to the appropriate behind the driving force.
The Mercedes-Bez F 100, a networked car
There’s a central display behind the steering wheel, offering info throughout the driver’s visual view, imminent hazards included. The analysis car additionally got here with distance management that subsequently outfitted the S-Class, in 1998, because the DISTRONIC characteristic. Computerized lane holding, a cell fax machine and a completely put in private pc had been a part of the tools.
The mannequin additionally options photo voltaic panels, masking two sq. meters of the roof floor. They generate as much as 100 watts of the output for the ability provide.
The Mercedes-Benz F 100 got here with a entrance wheel drive, fairly uncommon at the moment. The drivetrain engineers additionally thought-about a combustion engine with hydrogen. The answer exhibits that Mercedes-Benz was already making efforts for zero-emission mobility. And that was 30 years in the past.
The “F” in its designation grew to become a practice
The Mercedes-Benz F 100 set the custom of a collection of analysis autos with the letter “F” of their designation. The checklist consists of the F 200 Creativeness from 1996, the F 300 Life Jet from 1997, the F 400 Carving in 2002, the F 500 Thoughts in 2003, the F 600 HYGENIUS in 2005, the F 700 in 2007, the F 800 Model in 2010. For the previous ten years, Mercedes displayed the F 125! in 2011 and the F 015 Luxurious in Movement in 2015.
At the moment, the Mercedes-Benz F 100 proudly stands within the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.
