Benz 28/50 hp

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50 PS / 50 PS Sport / 28/50 PS
Production period:	1906-1910
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	Double phaeton , limousine , landaulet
Engines:	Gasoline engines : 7.4–8.0 liters (37 kW)
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Wheelbase :	3145-3245 mm
Empty weight :	1700-1850 kg
successor	Benz 25/55 hp

The Benz 50 PS was added to the Benz 35/40 PS as the next larger model in 1906. Only in 1907 was there an even more powerful Benz 50 PS Sport model . From 1909 the car was offered as a Benz 28/50 hp .

The car was equipped with a four cylinder in-line engine with 7430 cc capacity, the 50 HP (37 kW) at 1400 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 chains or a cardan shaft, depending on the customer's request. The top speed was 90 km / h. The Sport model had an engine with 8016 cc capacity, which is also 50 hp (37 kW) gave, but only at 1500 min ^-1 . This car reached a top speed of 115 km / h.

The leaf-sprung chassis with wooden spoke wheels and pneumatic tires cost ℳ 25,000.

source

• Werner Oswald: Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . 4th edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1987). ISBN 3-613-01133-6 , p. 41