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Mercedes-Benz 500 and 19/100 PS Nuerburg 500 (W08)
Years of production: 19/100 PS Nuerburg 500: 1931-1933; 500: 1932-1935-1939
Overall production: 931, see Production table
Body modifications (price in RM):
Chassis: (1931-35: 12500 RM, 1935-39: 11500 RM),
Tourenwagen (4-door 6-seater): (1931-33: 16000 RM, 1934-35: 18500 RM, 1935-39: 16500 RM),
Pullman-Limousine: (1931-35: 17500 RM, 1935-36: 16500 RM, 1936-39: 17500 RM),
Cabriolet C: (1931-35: 20500 RM, 1935-36: 17500 RM),
Cabriolet D: (1931-35: 20800 RM, 1935-36: 17800 RM),
Cabriolet F: (1931-35: 21800 RM, 1935-38: 18900 RM),
Miscellaneous bodies by special order.
Length: 5380 mm, width: 1820mm, height: 1820mm
Wheelbase: 3670mm
Engine: Daimler-Benz M 08 II (M 08 III since 1936) 100hp/3100rpm (since 1936 - 110hp/3300rpm), straight 8-cyl, 4-stroke 4,918cc
Compression ratio: 5 : 1 (1931-32), 5.75 : 1 (1932-33), 6.0 : 1 (1932-36), 6.6 : 1 (1936-39)
Bore/Stroke: 82.5/115mm
Clutch: dry single plate
Front wheel track: 1485mm
Rear track: 1485mm
Rear axle clearance: ?mm
Turning radius: 7.4m
Gearbox: 4 + overdrive (for Typ 500 - optional) + rear
Mechanical (since 1937 hydraulical) shoe brakes on all wheels
Weight: Nuerburg 500: Pullman-Limousine: 2300 kg, Tourenwagen: 2170 kg; Typ 500: Pullman-Limousine: 2400 kg
Maximal speed: Nuerburg 500: 110 km/h; Typ 500: 115 km/h (since 1936 - 123 km/h)
Tyres: 6.50x20 inches (Typ 500 - also 7.00x20)
Fuel tank capacity: 85 L (Typ 500 - 90 L)
Fuel consumption: 25 L/100km (Typ 500 - 26 L/100km)
15k color image of Mercedes-Benz 500 Pullman-Limousine has been kindly sent by Martin Vorwahl, collector of oldtimer photos, Oldenburg, Germany.
The rest images and all the data 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.
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Last updated 8 XII 1998.