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Mercedes-Benz 500K

Mercedes-Benz 500K
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Overview
Manufacturer Mercedes-Benz
Production 1934–1936
Assembly Sindelfingen, Germany
Designer Friedrich Geiger
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door convertible
Layout FR layout
Powertrain
Engine 5,018 cc (5.018 L) I8
Transmission 4-speed manual
optional 5-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2,980 mm (117.3 in) (SWB)
3,290 mm (129.5 in) (LWB)
Curb weight Up to 2,700 kg (6,000 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor Mercedes-Benz 380
Successor Mercedes-Benz 540K

The Mercedes 500K (type W29) is a grand touring car built by Mercedes-Benz between 1934 and 1936. First exhibited at the 1934 Berlin Motor Show, it carried the factory designation W29. Distinguished from the 500 sedan by the "K" for Kompressor (German for supercharger) only fitted to these performance cars, it succeeded the Mercedes-Benz 380 introduced just the previous year. It offered both a larger, more powerful engine and more opulent coachwork to meet customers' demands for greater luxury and performance.

The 500K used the same independent suspension as had been introduced on the 380, with a double wishbone front axle, double-joint swing axle at the rear, and separate wheel location, coil springs and damping, a world first. Consequently, it was a more comfortable and better handling car than Mercedes' previous S/SS/SSK generation of roadsters from the 1920s, and offered greater appeal to buyers, particularly the growing number of well-heeled female drivers of the time.

Pressing the throttle pedal fully engaged the Roots supercharger, inducing the five litre straight-eight engine to produce up to 160 horsepower (120 kW) and making the car capable of over 160 kilometres per hour (100 mph), while consuming fuel at the rate of up to 30 l/100 km (9.4 mpg‑imp; 7.8 mpg‑US) as it did so.


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