Benz Dos-à-Dos

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Benz Dos-á-Dos from 1899 in the Mercedes-Benz Museum
Dos-à-Dos
Production period:	1899-1901
Class :	Small car
Body versions :	Dos-à-dos , double phaeton, my lord
Engines:	Gasoline engines : 1.7–2.7 liters (3.7–7.4 kW)
Length:	3300 mm
Width:	1850 mm
Height:	2200 mm
Wheelbase :
Empty weight :	650-1300 kg
Previous model	Benz Patent Motor Car Victoria
successor	Benz Parsifal

The Benz Dos-à-dos (back to back) was the successor to the large Benz patented motor vehicle Victoria . For the first time, the previously exclusively used term patent motor vehicle was dropped.

The vehicles were exclusively equipped with four-stroke boxer engines with two cylinders, which Benz called contra engines . There were differently strong engines:

Construction period	Displacement	Bore × stroke	power	at speed
1899-1900	1710 cc	100 mm × 110 mm	5 HP (3.7 kW)	940 min −1
1899	2690 cc	120 mm × 120 mm	8 HP (5.9 kW)	920 min −1
1900	2690 cc	120 mm × 120 mm	9 HP (6.6 kW)	920 min −1
1901	2690 cc	120 mm × 120 mm	10 HP (7.4 kW)	920 min −1

The wagons had wooden spoke wheels with solid rubber or pneumatic tires and rigid axles with fully elliptic leaf springs . They were with a three-stage countershaft transmission with reverse gear equipped, which was connected with chains to both rear wheels. A maximum speed of between 35 and 40 km / h could be achieved.

There were various four-seater superstructures, e.g. B. Dos-à-Dos, My Lord and Phaeton américain . The sales prices were between ℳ 3800, - and ℳ 7800, -.

literature

• Werner Oswald : Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . 4th edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1987). ISBN 3-613-01133-6 , pp. 32-33

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