Benz 6/18 hp

Benz
Benz 6/18 hp (1921)
6/18 hp / 6/45 hp
Production period:	1918-1923
Class :	Lower middle class
Body versions :	Phaeton
Engines:	Petrol engines : 1.6 liters (13.3–33 kW)
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Wheelbase :	2545 mm
Empty weight :	from 820 kg

The Benz 6/18 PS appeared as the smallest Benz model after the end of the First World War . In 1921 it was replaced by the much more powerful Benz 6/45 PS sports model .

6/18 hp (1918–1921)

The car was equipped with a four-cylinder in - line engine with a displacement of 1570 cm³, producing 18 hp (13.2 kW) at 2100 rpm. developed. The overhead camshaft was driven by a vertical shaft. The engine power was passed on to a three- or four-speed gearbox via a leather cone clutch and from there to the rear wheels via a cardan shaft. The top speed of the car was 85 km / h. The vehicles were not considered very reliable.

The vehicle, fitted with leaf-sprung wooden or wire-spoke wheels and pneumatic tires, was available as a two- or three-seater, open car. In the three-seater, the single rear seat was above the rear axle.

6/45 hp (1921-1923)

In 1921 a sports model appeared, the engine output of which had been increased to 45 hp (33 kW) at 3200 rpm with the same displacement. These cars reached a top speed of 115 km / h.

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• Werner Oswald: Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . 4th edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1987). ISBN 3-613-01133-6 , pp. 58-59
• Werner Oswald: Deutsche Autus 1920–1945 . 10th edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1996). ISBN 3-87943-519-7 , pp. 49-51

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