Mercedes-Benz W 17
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W 17 | |
Presentation year: | 1931-1932 |
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Class : | Small car |
Body shape : | limousine |
Engine: |
Otto engine : 1.2 liters (18.3 kW) |
Wheelbase: | 2500 mm |
Production model: | none |
The Mercedes-Benz W 17 , also Mercedes-Benz 120 , is a rear-engined concept vehicle that Daimler-Benz AG produced in 1931 and 1932.
Inspired by the modern streamlined shape, it was decided in the early 1930s to no longer install engines in the front of the vehicle, but in the rear. Rounded vehicle fronts limit the installation space above the front axle. The voluminous rear shapes, however, left a lot of space above and behind the rear axle. In addition, the cardan shaft can be omitted when installing the motor on the drive axle . Corresponding developments arose at Tatra under the direction of Hans Ledwinka .
In 1930, Daimler-Benz AG entrusted Hans Nibel with the development of a small rear-engined car. In 1931 the W 17 or Type 120, a four-seater sedan with two rear-hinged doors, vertical front and rear windows and a four-cylinder boxer engine in the rear, which generated 25 hp (18.4 kW) from 1200 cm³. There were also attempts with transversely installed inline four-cylinder engines.
There was no series production and none of the test vehicles is still preserved today. In addition to photos, the engine of one of the cars that can be viewed in the Mercedes-Benz world still exists today .
literature
- Werner Oswald : Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1987. ISBN 3-613-01133-6 . Pp. 310-312.
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 |