Mercedes-Benz W 21
Mercedes -Benz Type 200 Cabriolet B long (1935 )
The Mercedes -Benz W 21 was introduced under the name Mercedes -Benz Type 200 in 1933. It was derived from type 170 and later replaced the types and Stuttgart Stuttgart 200 260
- 2.1 Specifications Type 230
Mercedes -Benz Type 200 / Type 200 long ( 1933-1936 )
The car was a two - and four-door touring car, two - and four-door sedan, three - or four -seater convertible available (with two doors) or two-seater sports. The Type 200 long (wheelbase 3050 mm) was available as a six-seater Pullman limousine, Pullman Landaulet, sechssitziger touring car, four-door sedan, power lines sedan and Cabriolet A, B and D.
His website controlled six -cylinder inline engine with 1961 cc capacity makes 40 hp (29 kW) and accelerates the vehicle to 98 km / h About four-speed transmission with overdrive (1: 0.73 ) and the propeller shaft, the rear wheels are driven. All wheels have hydraulically operated drum brakes and are suspended individually, back to a swing axle with coil springs in front by two transversely-mounted leaf springs.
These changes were an improvement on the previous model of the type Stuttgart 200 However, the new cars were somewhat simpler at about the same price, what was the sales figures detrimental.
The Pullman limousine was in the German Reich as " hackney " ( taxi) very common. In August 1934 came as a rival to the Opel 6 Pullman with 36 -horsepower engine and the same wheelbase ( 3050 mm) on the market, the (RM ) was 5,000 Reichsmarks significantly cheaper than the Pullman Mercedes 40 hp for 6550 RM. These rates correspond to today approximately 21,000 or 28,000 Euros.
Specifications Type 200 / Type 200 long
Mercedes- Benz Type 230 (1936-1937)
On the long chassis, a more powerful engine was offered from 1936. The further side-valve six-cylinder in-line engine with 2229 cc capacity is rated at 55 hp ( 40 kW) and made the car a top speed of 110 km / h.
On the same chassis and the first diesel passenger car, the guy appeared 260 D. 1937, the series of the new Mercedes -Benz W 143 has been replaced.