Benz Spider
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Spider / Tonneau | |
Production period: | 1900-1901 |
Class : | Middle class |
Body versions : | Phaeton , Tonneau |
Engines: |
Otto engine : 2.7 liters (7.4 kW) |
Length: | 2900 mm |
Width: | 1600 mm |
Height: | 1750 mm |
Wheelbase : | |
Empty weight : | 1000 kg |
Previous model | Benz Dos-à-Dos |
successor | Benz Tonneau / Phaeton |
The Benz Spider was the two-seater successor (with 2 jump seats) of the large Benz Dos-à-Dos . In a fully-fledged, four-seater version, it was also sold as the Benz Tonneau .
The cars had a two-cylinder boxer engine that was installed in the front. Its displacement was 2690 cm³ (bore × stroke = 120 mm × 120 mm) and it made 10 hp (7.4 kW).
The wagons had wooden spoked wheels with 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.
The price list started at ℳ 8500.00.
After 1901, the tonneau was enlarged , while the spider was omitted.
source
- Werner Oswald: Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . 4th edition. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart (1987). ISBN 3-613-01133-6 , pp. 33-34
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Microcar | number 1 | No. 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small car | Bike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elegant | Parsifal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lower middle class | Spider, Tonneau | 6/14 hp | 6/18 hp | 6/45 hp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dos-à-Dos |
Tonneau, Phaeton |
18 hp | 10/18 hp | 8/18 hp | 8/20 hp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle class | Victoria | 10/20 hp | 10/25 hp, 10/30 hp | 10/30 hp, 10/35 hp | W 02 ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/30 hp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28/30 hp | 14/30 hp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20/35 hp |
16/35 hp, 16/40 hp |
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35/40 hp | 24/40 hp | 11/40 hp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25/45 hp | 18/45 hp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
upper middle class | 21/50 hp | 16/50 hp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Upper class | 50 hp, 28/50 hp | 25/55 hp | 25/65 hp | 25/55 hp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 hp, 35/60 hp | 29/60 hp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 hp, 37/70 hp | 33/75 hp | 27/70 hp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39/100 hp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports car | 82/200 hp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
race car | Prince Heinrich carriage | RH wagon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blitzen-Benz / 200 hp |