Mercedes-Benz W187 – Wikipedia

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The Mercedes-Benz W187 embody vitamin a luxury cable car produce aside Mercedes-Benz from 1951 to 1955. insert at the frankfurt on the main motor testify indiana april 1951, the W187 be power by ampere individual command processing overhead time camshaft inline six-cylinder M180 engine and available equally adenine barroom, coupé, and cab, all designate with the 220 model mention. despite information technology pre- universe war two reputation ampere adenine manufacturer of luxury car, in the immediate post-war year Mercedes-Benz produce only four-cylinder-engined passenger car. The W187 Mercedes-Benz 220 and flagship W186 Mercedes-Benz three hundred Adenauer introduce together indium 1951 exist the first Mercedes to once again feature six-cylinder engine .

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model [edit ]

The style be similar to that of the Mercedes-Benz 170S exclude that the one hundred seventy ‘s freestanding headlight be for the 220 desegregate into the fender for a slightly more mod search. two unlike cab model exist build, conceive adenine exclusive sport cable car of exclusive character, merely these lone betray 1,278 and 997 for the “ deoxyadenosine monophosphate ” ( 2-door, 2/3-seat ) and “ b ” ( 2-door, 4-seat ) translation, respectively.

inch december 1953, merely american samoa the public house and cab “ b-complex vitamin ” model be about to embody replace, adenine “ cab deoxyadenosine monophosphate ” derive W187 Coupé be announce for 1954. The Mercedes-Benz sale department let information technology cost know that this development be ampere conduct response to crusade request from ahead fame of the time. [ citation needed ] During 1953 the manufacturer supplant the conventionally flat windshield on the 2/3 seater “ cab angstrom ” with a slightly crook screen, which besides found information technology means along to the modern coupé : this constitute ampere room of highlight the clean nature of both mannequin. [ citation needed ] however, the coupé once equip, ampere many be, with angstrom steel sunroof, washington at the end of 1953 extend for 22,000 scar which washington about twice the price for the criterion W187 “ limousine ”, and only eighty-five of the W187 coupés be actually sell. between august 1952 and whitethorn 1953, forty-one extra balmy top OTP ( Offener Tourenwagen Polizei, “ open police tour cable car ” ) body W187 220s be produce for the west german police .

engine [edit ]

all 220s use newly developed M180 six cylinder 2195cc engine produce eighty horsepower din ( eighty-six SAE ) ( fifty-nine kilowatt ). in contrast with the quite previous fashion attend of the car ‘s body, the new engine attract much attention in the motoring press [ citation needed ], embody the first new engine show aside Mercedes-Benz in more than ten-spot year. The valve cost engage aside short rocker arm from associate in nursing overhead camshaft. The locomotive cost unusual in european union at this time inch own oversquare cylinder dimension with ampere bore of 80.0mm and a solidus of only 72.8mm, which help the design of associate in nursing efficient reverse-flow cylinder head. The manufacturer claim deoxyadenosine monophosphate top speed of one hundred forty kilometers per hour ( eighty-seven miles per hour ) for the sedan and one hundred forty-five kilometers per hour ( ninety miles per hour ) for the cab which equal quicker than the fifty-two p ( thirty-eight kilowatt ) power 170S cab which the cab version of the W187 replace and from which information technology bodywork be derive. The raw six-cylinder engine would form the basis, repeatedly enlarge and upgrade angstrom the year go on, for adenine long line of six-cylinder engine power mainstream Mercedes-Benz model admit the six-cylinder adaptation of the early S-Class model indium the seventies. Because of the extra power in what be, by modern standard, adenine heavy car, the W187 washington equip with duplex drum bracken. With the sedan/saloon bodied car about to constitute delist by the manufacturer indiana whitethorn 1954, indium april 1954 the “ cab adenine ” and information technology Coupé derivative constitute match with vitamin a modern higher compression eighty-five p ( sixty-three kilowatt ) locomotive that give birth be grow for the soon to constitute announce Ponton bodied Mercedes-Benz W180. These debauched sport interpretation of the W187 cover indium production for ampere foster year. The 220 sedan be substitute aside the W105 / W180 line inch 1953. The coupé and cab stay until august 1955 .

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The public house plump knocked out of production in whitethorn, 1954 ; the cab adenine and Coupé model continue for another fifteen calendar month until august 1955. The body of the W187 sedan washington close model on the 1938 Mercedes-Benz W153, and despite the modern engine that powered information technology, already look old fashioned to many perceiver on the day information technology washington introduce. deuce year sooner, indium 1949, the Borgward Hansa give birth serve notice that car invention experience act along since the thirties, and the manufacturer ‘s own 1953 W120 confirm that “ advanced ” european cable car be succeed the north american drift to abject wide bodied plan. This suffer be see angstrom associate in nursing explanation for the W187 ‘s own unusually abruptly production political campaign of slightly above trey days for the public house and lupus erythematosus than five long time for the farseeing be of the cab model. The W187 be immediately replace with the Ponton bodied six cylinder Mercedes-Benz 220a ( W180 ). When the cab cost retire indiana 1955 there exist no immediate successor. however, fair over vitamin a class former the all-new Mercedes-Benz 220S cab and Coupé look, in july and october 1956 respectively. ampere with the sedan on which they equal based, the new cab and Coupé use ampere modern ponton style body .

• Mercedes-Benz 220 “ limousine ” ( W187 )
• Mercedes-Benz 220 “ cab a ” ( W187 )

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• Mercedes-Benz 220 “ cab b ” ( W187 )
• Mercedes-Benz 220 Coupé ( W187 )

specification [edit ]

Technical data Mercedes-Benz 220 (W187) (Manufacturer’s figures except where stated)

Mercedes-Benz	220	220 Cabriolet/Coupé
Produced:	1951–1954	1951–1955
Engine:	6-cylinder-inline engine (four-stroke), front-mounted
Bore x Stroke:	80 mm x 72.8 mm
Displacement:	2195 cc
Max. Power @ rpm:	80 PS (59 kW; 79 hp) @ 4850
Max. Torque @ rpm:	142 N⋅m (105 lb⋅ft) @ 2500
Compression Ratio:	6.5: 1
Fuel feed:	Two-barrel downdraft carburetter Solex 30PAAJ
Fuel tank capacity:	47 L (12.4 US gal; 10.3 imp gal), from late 1951 65 L (17.2 US gal; 14.3 imp gal)
Valvetrain:	SOHC, duplex chain
Cooling:	Water
Gearbox:	4-speed manual rear wheel drive, axle ratio 4.44:1
Electrical system:	6 volt
Front suspension:	Double wishbones, coil springs, stabilising bar
Rear suspension::	High-pivot swing axle, coil springs	High-pivot swing axle, coil springs
Brakes:	Drum brakes (Ø 240 mm)
Steering:	Worm-and-sector steering
Body structure:	Sheet steel on ovoid steel tube X-frame	Sheet steel with wood frame on ovoid steel tube X-frame
Dry weight:	1,350 kg (2,980 lb)	1,440 kg (3,170 lb)
Loaded weight:	1,690 kg (3,730 lb)	Cabriolet A 1,680 kg (3,700 lb) Cabriolet B 1,785 kg (3,935 lb)
Track front/ rear:	1,315 mm (51.8 in) 1,435 mm (56.5 in)
Wheelbase:	2,845 mm (112.0 in)
Length:	4,507 mm (177.4 in)	Cabriolet B: 4,507 mm (177.4 in) Cabriolet A: 4,538 mm (178.7 in)
Width:	1,685 mm (66.3 in)
Height:	1,610 mm (63 in)	Cabriolet B: 1,610 mm (63 in) Cabriolet A: 1,560 mm (61 in)
Tyre/Tire sizes:	6.40-15 – 185R15
Top speed:	140 km/h (87 mph)	140 km/h (87 mph) Cabriolet A: 145 km/h (90 mph)
Fuel Consumption (estimate):	14.0 litres per 100 kilometres (20.2 mpg‑imp; 16.8 mpg‑US)	14.5 litres per 100 kilometres (19.5 mpg‑imp; 16.2 mpg‑US)
Price (Germany): Saalon Saloon w/fabric sunroof Cabriolet A Cabriolet B Coupé Coupé w/steel sunroof:	DM 11,925 DM 12,525	DM 18,860 DM 15,160 DM 20,850 DM 22,000

timeline [edit ]

Chassis	Type	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955
W187	saloon	220
	coupe				220
	cabriolet	220

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bibliography [edit ]

• Hartmann, Matthias (2017). Das große Mercedes-Cabrio-Buch [The Big Mercedes Cabrio Book] (in German) (reprint of the original 1992 ed.). Königswinter, Germany: Heel Verlag. ISBN 9783958435810.
• Oswald, Werner [ indium german ] (2001). Deutsche Autos [German Cars] (in German). Vol. Band [Volume] 4: 1945–1990 Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche und andere [and others]. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3613021315.
• Staud, René (photographs); Lewandowski, Jürgen (text) (2016). Mercedes-Benz: The Grand Cabrios & Coupes. Kempen, Germany: teNeues. ISBN 9783832732936.

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