Benz Elegant

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Elegant
Production period:	1900-1902
Class :	Small car
Body versions :	Phaeton , Tonneau , touring cars
Engines:	Petrol engines : 1.1 liters (3.7-4.4 kW)
Length:	2900 mm
Width:	1580 mm
Height:	1500 mm
Wheelbase :
Empty weight :	750 kg
Previous model	Benz Patent Motor Car Ideal
successor	Benz Parsifal

The Benz Elegant was the successor to the small Benz patent motor car Ideal . For the first time, a Benz vehicle had the engine installed at the front.

The cars were only equipped with four-stroke single-cylinder engines. The engine had a displacement of 1090 cm³ (bore × stroke = 115 mm × 110 mm) and developed 5-6 hp (3.7-4.4 kW).

The wagons had wooden spoke wheels with solid rubber or pneumatic tires and rigid axles with fully elliptic leaf springs. They were equipped with a four-stage countershaft transmission with reverse gear, which was connected to both rear wheels with chains. A maximum speed of between 40 and 45 km / h could be achieved.

There were various two and four-seater bodies, e.g. B. Elegant, Elegant Tonneau and Elegant Phaeton . The Phaeton cost 7500  ℳ .

source

• Werner Oswald: Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . 4th edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1987). ISBN 3-613-01133-6 , pp. 33-35