Benz 16/50 hp

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16/50 hp
Production period:	1921-1926
Class :	upper middle class
Body versions :	Touring car , limousine
Engines:	Petrol engines : 4.2 liters (37-55 kW)
Length:	4600-4800 mm
Width:	1740-1830 mm
Height:	1800-1950 mm
Wheelbase :	3274-3480 mm
Empty weight :	1700-1900 kg
Previous model	Benz 18/45 hp Benz 21/50 hp

The Benz 16/50 PS was a further development and the last construction model of the Benz 21/50 PS from Benz & Cie.

The car was fitted with a six-cylinder in-line engine with 4160 cc capacity, the 50 HP (37 kW) at 2000 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 90 km / h, the gasoline consumption 16-18 l / 100 km.

The vehicles were still equipped with leaf-sprung rigid axles and wooden or wire-spoke wheels. The touring car was offered for RM 19,500.00 in 1924. By 1926 the price had dropped to RM 12,900 and the limousine cost RM 15,000

1923 Sport model came out, the unchanged large motor (55 kW) a power of 75 hp at 2800 rpm ^-1 rendered. The cars had a 6 mm shorter wheelbase, were 200 mm shorter, 90 mm narrower and 150 mm lower. The vehicles, only available as touring cars, reached a top speed of 110 km / h and consumed 18–20 l / 100 km of petrol.

The sports model was discontinued in 1925, the standard model disappeared in 1927 without a successor as part of the type streamlining of the merged Daimler-Benz AG .

source

Werner Oswald: Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . 4th edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1987). ISBN 3-613-01133-6 , pp. 63 + 66-67