Mercedes-Benz Lo 2000
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 Lo 2000
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| Lo 2000 | |
| Manufacturer: | Daimler-Benz AG |
| Sales designation: | Lo 2000 |
| Production period: | 1932-1940 |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | L 2000 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Designs: | Canopy handlebars |
| Engines: | M 60 ( Otto, 3770 cm 3 ) OM 59 ( Diesel, 3770 cm 3 ) |
| Power: | 40 kW |
| Length: | 6225 mm |
| Width: | 2140 mm |
| Height: | 2100 mm |
| Wheelbase: | 3800 mm |
| Turning circle: | 14.3 m |
| Payload: | 2 t |
| Perm. Total weight: | 4.03 t |
The Mercedes-Benz Lo 2000 is a light commercial vehicle from Daimler-Benz AG . L means that it is a truck, o stands for omnibus, 2000 is the payload in kg. The Lo 2000 was therefore available with both a truck body and a bus body. From 1932 to 1940, 12,253 Lo 2000s were built at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Gaggenau , around 92% of them with the OM 59 diesel engine . The other vehicles are powered by the M 60 gasoline engine.
background
Up until the early 1930s, the diesel engine was insignificant as a commercial vehicle drive in Germany. This changed with the Lo 2000, presented at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1932: The Lo 2000 is the first truck with a diesel engine to be produced in any significant number. A gasoline engine was also offered, but thanks to the cheaper fuel and lower specific fuel consumption, the diesel engine prevailed.
technology
The Lo 2000 is a two-axle vehicle that is built on a ladder frame . It has a front and rear rigid axle with longitudinally arranged leaf springs , steel disc wheels and tires measuring 6.5–20 or 6–20. The rear axle has double tires. The Ate-Lockheed brake is an inner band brake that acts on all wheels. It is steered with a screw steering , the Lo 2000 is only available as a left-hand drive. The chassis weighs 1900 kg and has a load capacity of 2700 kg. In the truck model, a platform with a surface area of 3500 mm × 2000 mm is built onto the chassis.
The M 60 gasoline engine and the OM 59 diesel engine were offered. Both engines deliver 40 kW (55 hp) at 2000 min -1 and have 3.8 liter displacement. The power is transmitted from the engine via a single-disk dry clutch to an unsynchronized four-speed pusher gear and from there via a cardan shaft to the rear wheels.
Technical specifications
| Parameters | Lo 2000 diesel |
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| engine | |
| designation | Mercedes-Benz OM 59 |
| Type | In-line four-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine with pre-chamber injection |
| lubrication | Pressure circulation |
| cooling | Liquid cooling |
| Bore × stroke | 100 × 120 mm |
| Displacement | 3770 cm 3 |
| Compression ratio | 17: 1 |
| rated capacity | 40 kW (55 hp DIN ) at 2000 min -1 |
| maximum torque | no information |
| Power transmission | |
| Power transmission on | Rear wheels |
| coupling | Single-disc dry clutch |
| transmission | Four-speed push gear |
| Gear ratios | 1st gear: 5.56 2nd gear: 3.07 3rd gear: 1.80 4th gear: 1.00 R gear: 6.56 |
| Final drive | 5.40 |
| Tires | 6-20 |
| Dimensions and weights | |
| length | 6225 mm |
| width | 2140 mm |
| height | 2100 mm |
| wheelbase | 3800 mm |
| Front track | 1645 mm |
| Rear track | 1635 mm |
| payload | 2000 kg |
| Vehicle mass | 2030 kg |
| Chassis capacity | 2700 kg |
| Turning circle diameter | 14.3 m |
| Top speed | 65 km / h |
| Fuel consumption | 13 l / 100 km |
