Oldtimer gallery. Cars. Mercedes-Benz 290.

Oldtimer picture gallery. Cars. Mercedes-Benz 290.

18k image of 1933-36 Mercedes-Benz 290 Cabriolet D

66k image of 1933-36 Mercedes-Benz 290 4-door Limousine w/trunk

Mercedes-Benz 290
Years of production: 1933-1936
Overall production: 3566, see Production table
Body modifications (price in RM):
Cabriolet A (12500 RM, 1935; 11000 RM, 1936 - ...)
Cabriolet C (9300 RM)

69k image of 1933-36 Mercedes-Benz 290 4-door Limousine

32k image of 1934 Mercedes-Benz 290 2-seater Sport

Limousine (4-door) (7950 RM)
Cabriolet B (9500 RM)
Tourenwagen (4-door) (9500 RM)
Cabriolet D (9700 RM)
Miscellaneous bodies by special order.

49k image of 1933-36 Mercedes-Benz 290 Cabriolet B

31k image of 1934 Mercedes-Benz 290 2-seater Sport-Cabriolet by Papler

Engine: 68hp(before 1935 - 60hp)/3200rpm, straight 6-cyl, 4-stroke 2,867cc
Compression ratio: 6.6:1 (before 1935 - 5.75-6 : 1)
Bore/Stroke: 78/100mm
Length: 4450 (Cabr.A - 4590)mm, width: 1730mm, height: 1660(Cabr.A - 1440)mm
Wheelbase: 2880mm

49k image of 1933-34 Mercedes-Benz 290 Reichswehr-Kuebelwagen

52k image of 1933-36 Mercedes-Benz 290 4-door Limousine

Front wheel track: 1435mm
Rear track: 1476mm
Rear axle clearance: ?mm
Turning radius: 5.65m
Gearbox: 3+overdrive (4 speeds since 1937)

19k image of 1935 Mercedes-Benz 290 Cabriolet A by Sindelfingen

20k image of 1936 Mercedes-Benz 290 2-seater Roadster by Sindelfingen

Weight: 1725 kg - limousine, 1840 kg - Cabriolet D
Maximal speed: 108 km/h
Tyres: 6.50x17 inches
Fuel tank capacity: 56 L
Fuel consumption: 17 L/100km

Color image of Cabriolet B has been kindly sent by Martin Vorwahl, collector of oldtimer photos, Oldenburg, Germany.
Almost all the data and images are from Werner Oswald's book "Mercedes-Benz Personenwagen 1886-1986", 1987, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart.

If you have to add, ask or correct me, you are welcome to write me by E-mail Contact. Andrei Bogomolov.

Entrance   Gallery   Mercedes-Benz cars   Sale   Links

Last updated 15 XI 1998.