
Mercedes C112 Sport White & Black Guiloy 1:18

About the Mercedes C112 Sport White & Black Guiloy 1:18
TL;DR: Guiloy's 1:18 diecast Mercedes-Benz C112 in white and black reproduces the mid-engine V12 concept Mercedes revealed in 1991 to test suspension technology it never put into a road car of its own making it into production. It's an entry-era diecast piece covering a genuinely rare automotive dead end.
Mercedes built the C112 as a rolling test bed rather than a sales prospect, and that makes it an unusual subject for a diecast replica: a supercar most people have never seen because it never left the prototype stage.
A Concept Mercedes Built to Test, Not Sell
The C112 carried a V12 engine mounted amidships, a configuration Mercedes had never put into series production, and served as the proving ground for the company's Active Body Control suspension system, technology that eventually reached customers in later S-Class and SL models. Mercedes ultimately chose not to build the C112 for sale, reportedly concerned it would draw attention away from the Porsche 959 and other established supercars, which makes the handful of prototypes genuinely rare survivors rather than a car anyone could simply order.
A Vintage Diecast Record of a Road Not Taken
Guiloy, a Spanish diecast manufacturer whose catalog dates mainly to the 1980s and 1990s, built this C112 in the diecast standard of its era: solid zinc alloy construction, straightforward paint application, and simplified interior detailing compared to today's premium resin builds. What it offers instead is subject rarity. Few manufacturers ever tackled the C112 at all, so this piece fills a gap that current-production replicas largely leave empty. For a Mercedes concept-car shelf or a display built around cars that never reached the road, the white and black livery gives it a clean, technical presence that suits the C112's engineering-first story.












