
Mercedes E-Class #36 Team MB Guard Rally Paris-Peking 2007 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Mercedes
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- B66962270
- Year
- 2007
- Era
- 2000s
- Body Type
- Rally Models
- Vehicle Class
- Endurance Racing Specials
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
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About the Mercedes E-Class #36 Team MB Guard Rally Paris-Peking 2007 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Mercedes E-Class #36 diecast reproduces Team MB Guard's 2007 Paris-Peking rally entry, sealed one-piece body, and armored Guard-spec detailing across its reinforced flanks. The event ran in the centenary year of the original 1907 Peking to Paris race, giving this modern long-distance entry a genuine historical anchor.
In 1907, a handful of adventurers raced from Peking to Paris in cars barely suited to the journey, a stunt that became one of motoring's founding endurance legends. A century later, revival events retraced that route, and Mercedes-Benz entered an E-Class built on its armored Guard platform. Minichamps renders that #36 entry in sealed diecast.
A Centenary Nod to the Original Peking to Paris Race
The 1907 Race That Started It All
The original 1907 Peking to Paris race pitted a small handful of primitive automobiles against thousands of miles of largely unpaved, unmapped terrain, a challenge that captured public imagination well beyond motoring circles at the time. Its centenary in 2007 prompted several revival events retracing pieces of that route, giving long-distance rally organizers a genuine milestone to build around.
Mercedes' Guard-Spec Entry for the 2007 Revival
Mercedes-Benz's Guard line builds reinforced, security-rated versions of its regular sedans, and fielding one for this centenary event fit a car whose durability over rough, unpredictable roads mattered as much as outright speed. That practical brief, rather than outright competition ambition, shapes how this entry should be read.
Minichamps' Rally Livery on a Sealed Body
Reinforced Flank Detail and Decal Registration
The sealed, one-piece body carries the #36 livery cleanly across its flanks, with sponsor decals and the race number sitting in tight registration against the body's panel lines. Rally-spec details like auxiliary lighting and underbody protection are hinted at through the casting's surface detailing rather than through separate applied parts.
A Niche Subject Against Mainstream Rally Castings
This is a specialist subject rather than a mainstream WRC or rally-raid entry, and buyers should approach it with that context in mind. Its value lies in the centenary connection and the unusual choice of an armored sedan platform for an endurance event, not in outright championship pedigree.
A Specialist Choice for Long-Distance Rally Collectors
For a collection built around long-distance and endurance rally history rather than headline championships, this E-Class fills a genuinely distinct slot, honest about its niche status and worth seeking out for that reason alone.















