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