Mercedes-Benz W 144
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W 144 | |
Presentation year: | 1936-1937 |
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Class : | Lower middle class |
Body shape : | limousine |
Engine: |
Otto engine : 1.3 liters (26 kW) |
Length: | 4100 mm |
Width: | 1560 mm |
Height: | 1545 mm |
Wheelbase: | 2700 mm |
Empty weight: | 850 kg |
Production model: | none |
The Mercedes-Benz W 144 , called the 130 VB , was the prototype of a lower middle class car with front-wheel drive that Daimler-Benz AG built from 1936–1937. Hans Gustav Röhr , successor to the late technical director Hans Nibel since 1934 and previously employed by Adlerwerke , had designed the car based on the Adler Trumpf model .
The compact class vehicle with a 2700 mm wheelbase was intended as a two-door sedan. However, there is also a photo of a four-door sedan with the front doors hinged at the front and the rear doors at the back. 18 test cars were built. They had a side-controlled four - cylinder boxer engine with a square bore / stroke ratio (74 mm × 74 mm), which resulted in a displacement of 1272 cm³. The engine developed 35 hp (26 kW) at 4300 rpm. and drove the front wheels, which were suspended on wishbones and spring bars, via a four-speed gearbox with overdrive (1: 0.765) and steering wheel shift. The rear axle was designed as a pendulum axle and hung on semi-elliptical leaf springs and spring bars. All 4 wheels were braked hydraulically. The top speed of the vehicle was 100 km / h.
In August 1937, Röhr died of pneumonia. All developments (with the exception of the 400 V type ) were stopped immediately and all test vehicles were scrapped. In this way his in-house opponents ensured that his work did not leave any lasting traces on Daimler-Benz AG. Röhr's employee, Chief Engineer Dauben, stayed with the company for another 20 years.
literature
- Werner Oswald: Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-613-01133-6 , pp. 339-341.
- Hans J. Schneider: Traction with a star. In: Automobile and Motorcycle Chronicle . Issue 6/1984, pp. 60–61.
Vehicle class | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | ||||||||||||||||
6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | |
Compact class | W 15 (type 170) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 23 (type 130) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 30 (type 150) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 28 (type 170 H) | |||||||||||||||||||
Middle class | W 02 (type Stuttgart 200) | W 136 / W 149 (types 170 V / 200 V) | |||||||||||||||||
W 11 (type Stuttgart 260) | W 143 (type 230 n) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 21 (type 200/230) | W 153 (type 230) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 138 (type 260 D) | |||||||||||||||||||
upper middle class | W 03 / W 04 / W 05 (types 300/320/350) | W 18 (type 290) | |||||||||||||||||
W 10 / W 19 (types 350/370/380) | W 142 (type 320) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Upper class | Type 400 & Type 630 | W 24 / W 29 / W 129 (types 500 K / 540 K / 580 K) | |||||||||||||||||
W 08 (type Nürburg 460/460 K / 500 / type 500 N) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 07 / W 150 (types 770/770 K) | |||||||||||||||||||
Sports car | Model K | ||||||||||||||||||
W 06 (type S / SS / SSK / SSKL) | W 24 / W 29 / W 129 | ||||||||||||||||||
Off-road vehicle | W 103 (type G1) | W 31 (type G4) | |||||||||||||||||
W 133 III (type 170 VG) / W 139 (type 170 VL) / W 152 (type G5) | |||||||||||||||||||
Vans | L 3/4 | L 1000 Express | L 301 | ||||||||||||||||
L 300 |