Mercedes-Benz W 25 D
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W 25 D | |
Presentation year: | 1933 |
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Class : | Small car |
Body shape : | limousine |
Engine: |
Diesel engine : 1.75 liters (22 kW) |
Production model: | none |
The Mercedes-Benz W 25 D , also known as Mercedes-Benz 175 , is a rear-engined concept vehicle that Daimler-Benz AG produced in 1931 and 1932.
The modern streamlined shape at the beginning of the 1930s meant that engines were installed not only in the front of the vehicle, but in the rear. Rounded vehicle fronts restricted the installation space above the front axle, while the voluminous rear shapes left a lot of space above and behind the rear axle. In addition, the cardan shaft can be omitted when installing 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 1933 a vehicle was created with a front similar to the later VW Beetle and a wide rear. The windshield of the W 25 D or type 175 was inclined backwards; the tail fin attached to the center of the bonnet divided the oval rear window in the pretzel shape familiar from the VW Beetle. The "D" pointing to the three-cylinder - diesel engine OM 134 out of 30 PS (22 kW) made, but was rejected due to excessive noise. Twelve test cars were built of this type.
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 |