This car has a 2 door coupé type body styled by Friedrich Geiger with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
The 280 SLC is part of Mercedes-Benz's C 107 series of cars.
The 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2.7 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 174 bhp (176 PS/130 kW) at 6000 rpm and 233 Nm (172 lbft/23.8 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
The power is transferred to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
It is said to be able to achieve a maxiumum speed of 200 km/h which is 124 mph.
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