Mercedes-Benz W 146

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W 146
Presentation year: 1936-1937
Vehicle fair:
Class : upper middle class
Body shape : Limousine , cabriolet
Engine: Otto engine :
2.6 liters (51 kW)
Length: 4850 mm
Width: 1720 mm
Height: 1650 mm
Wheelbase: 3300 mm
Empty weight: 1540 kg
Production model: none

The Mercedes-Benz W 146 , called Type 260 VB , was the prototype of an upper 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 car with 3300 mm wheelbase was intended as a 4-door sedan or Cabriolet D (with 4 doors). 16 test cars were made by him. They had a side-controlled eight - cylinder boxer engine with a square bore / stroke ratio (74 mm × 74 mm), which resulted in a displacement of 2544 cm³. The engine developed 70 hp (51 kW) at 4300 rpm. It was developed from the four-cylinder 130 VB engine by adding four cylinders. The other technical aspects of the 260 VB also corresponded to the smaller 130 VB: The engine 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 cars reached a top speed of 110 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.

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