Mercedes-Benz F 300 Life Jet
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| F 300 Life Jet | |
| Presentation year: | 1997 |
| Vehicle fair: | IAA |
| Class : | Light vehicle |
| Body shape : | Coupe |
| Engine: |
Petrol engine : 1.6 liters (75 kW) |
| Production model: | none |
The Mercedes-Benz F 300 Life Jet was a three-wheeled concept vehicle from Daimler-Benz that was presented at the 1997 International Motor Show .
history
After a board test drive on December 23, 1995 with a test vehicle at the Hockenheimring , Mercedes-Benz developed the F 300 into a near-series exhibition vehicle for the IAA 1997. The vehicle remained a one-off. It was later exhibited in the Mercedes-Benz Museum for some time .
construction
drive
A four-stroke gasoline engine with 4 cylinders and 1.6 liters with an electrohydraulically controlled 5-speed manual transmission and sequential gear selection drove the rear wheel via a toothed belt. The 75 kW engine came from the A-Class from Mercedes-Benz.
landing gear
The active roll control ("Active Tilt Control", abbreviated ATC ) controlled the inclination of the front wheels and the cabin with the rear-wheel drive up to a maximum angle of inclination of 30 degrees. It consists of a hydraulic pump, an inclination sensor cylinder and two lever shafts which, if necessary, move the upper pivot points of the spring-damper units installed at an angle. The nominal value of the inclination is calculated from the driving speed, the lateral acceleration and the steering angle.
Active Tilt Control was further developed into a system called Active Body Control, which could be ordered in 1999 for the new Mercedes S-Class ( Mercedes-Benz 220 series ).
body
The two-seater body was made of aluminum and weighed 89 kilograms.
Web links
- The cornering genius - F 300 Life Jet . The research vehicles from Daimler, Daimler Media. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- Stefan Wagner: Forgotten Studies: Mercedes F300 . motor1.com, May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- Matthias Kriegel: Mercedes F 300 Life-Jet. This tricycle inspired the S-Class . Spiegel online, March 20, 2017. Accessed May 21, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Georg Kacher: Always full throttle into the curve. The decision has not yet been made whether the study will end up in a museum or on the street. Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 8, 1997, accessed April 25, 2016 .
- ^ A b Matthias Kriegel: Mercedes F 300 Life-Jet. This tricycle inspired the S-Class . Spiegel online, March 20, 2017. Accessed May 21, 2020.
- ↑ Axel Westphal: Wankomat. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Driving report Mercedes F 300 Life-Jet. (No longer available online.) In: Test & Technik. Motorrad , 1997, pp. 30-32 , archived from the original on October 29, 2013 ; Retrieved April 25, 2016 .