Download C-Class brochure (PDF) - Mercedes-Benz

C for DTMDTM is the German abbreviation for the German Touring Car Masters. Three letterswhich stand for the ultimate in performance. And for a success story that is unparalleledin motorsport – that of the C-Class. It was in 1988 that Mercedes-Benz first enteredthe DTM, four years young at the time, together with the motorsport experts from AMG.Lining up at the start was a 190 E 2.5-16 model, a racing version of the famous precursorto the C-Class. Mercedes promptly took this car to second place in the DTM.One success followed another: runner-up again in 1991 and 1993, DTM champion in1992 and 1994 with the first true C-Class. A furious finale in Shanghai in November2010 marked the end of the most successful DTM season to date for Mercedes-Benzand AMG. The C-Class finished first in nine of eleven races, giving Paul Di Resta the2010 DTM championship ahead of Gary Paffett and Bruno Spengler, also drivingAMG Mercedes C-Class models. So, it’s definitely C for DTM. And C for champion.