Mercedes-Benz T 80
The Mercedes -Benz T 80 was built to set a new world speed record for land vehicles. The prototype is now an exhibit at the Mercedes- Benz Museum in Stuttgart.
History
The racing driver Hans Stuck, whose star was a racing driver at Auto Union with 36 years of life and in the face of emerging competition from young racing drivers such as Bernd Rosemeyer in the sink, turned on October 13, 1936 in writing to the Board of Management of Daimler -Benz AG:
" My desire in life is to be the fastest man in the world. I'm willing to expend a victim each and every performance. "
Planning the record runs
It was planned that this vehicle should be 1940 on a straight stretch of motorway between Dessau and Halle reach up to 600 km / h. As a driver Hans Stuck was provided. But the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 prevented the project.
Construction
In 1936, preparations were for 1939 by Ferdinand Porsche built vehicle. The drive should first serve a Daimler -Benz DB -601 aircraft engine, which was already used for the Rekordflugzeue Messerschmitt Me 109 Heinkel He 100 R and V 2. Later, a Daimler-Benz DB 603 engine with 3,000 hp ( 2,200 kW) and 44.5 liters was provided which performance increased up to 3,500 hp should reach ( 2,600 kW). The car weighed 2896 kg. The shape of the body was affected by the aerodynamics of Baron Fachsenfeld, to reduce wheel slip disposal of vehicles in a special facility that would have throttled the fuel supply to the engine at a speed differential between the front and rear wheels occurrence.