Benz 11/40 hp

Benz
11/40 hp
Production period:	1923-1925
Class :	Middle class
Body versions :	Touring car , limousine
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.9 liters (29 kW)
Length:	4600 mm
Width:	1740 mm
Height:	1950 mm
Wheelbase :	3274 mm
Empty weight :	1600-1730 kg
successor	Mercedes-Benz 8/38 hp

The Benz 11/40 PS was a car model from Benz & Cie. It was added to the larger Benz 16/50 hp as a smaller model in 1923 .

The car was a six-cylinder - line engine with 2860 cc capacity equipped, the 40 hp (29 kW) at 2250 min ^-1 developed. The engine power was passed on to a four-speed gearbox via a leather cone clutch and from there to the rear wheels via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was 80 km / h, the gasoline consumption 15-17 l / 100 km.

The vehicles were still equipped with wooden or wire-spoke wheels and leaf-sprung rigid axles. The touring car was offered for RM 18,000.

source

• Werner Oswald: Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . 4th edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1987). ISBN 3-613-01133-6 , pp. 62-63