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1994 Mercedes-Benz C-Class: AMG’s DTM DominanceBorn from the crucible of motorsport rivalry, the 1994 Mercedes-Benz C-Class DTM car emerged as a direct response to a humbling defeat on home turf. After a decade under Group A regulations in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM), the dawn of the 1993 season heralded the ‘FIA Class 1’ era, a set of rules promising greater technical freedom. Mercedes-Benz, the reigning champion, initially entered an updated iteration of their reliable 190 E. However, the landscape shifted dramatically with the arrival of Alfa Romeo and their cutting-edge 155 V6 TI, engineered from the ground up for these new regulations. Despite a valiant effort, the older Mercedes-Benz was outpaced, ceding both driver’s and manufacturer’s championships to Nicola Larini and Alfa Romeo respectively.

This setback ignited a fire within Mercedes-Benz and their performance division, AMG. For the subsequent…