What surprised Mercedes-Benz at the Berlin Motor Show 100 years ago

On this day, December 10, 1924, the Berlin Motor Show began, at which Mercedes-Benz showed a worthy premiere. This is the flagship model of 15/70/100HP, which replaced the 28/95HP machine.

The novelty, manufactured at the factory in Sindelfingen, received a 6-cylinder engine with a working volume of 3,96 liters. Its feature was a mechanical compressor, which quickly increased the maximum power of the unit from 70 to 100 liters. with. The maximum speed was 112 km/h.

It is interesting that an even more powerful version was developed in parallel - 24/100/140HP, the engine of which produced 100 and 140 "horses", respectively. Both models were developed under the leadership of Ferdinand Porsche, who headed the company's design department from 1923 to 1928.

At the Berlin Motor Show 100 years ago, not only passenger cars were presented, but also trucks. And here it is worth noting the Benz-Gaggenau MS machine - a rear-loading garbage truck built on a three-ton low-frame chassis with a cab above the engine. The unit was a 4-cylinder, S110 (40/45HP).