Autoquiz #631 - Finished

[carsntrucks4you]

It seems that a prewar car makes it tough for you to find the correct answer. This car is a Mercedes Benz 170 H (W28) build from 1936 - 1939. The W28 was a derivative of the former W23 (Typ 130) which uses parts of the front engine W136 (Typ 170 V) . The H stood for Heckmoter (Rear engine) while V stood for Frontmotor (front engine). The engine was a flathead 4 cylinder lilne engine with 1697ccm and 38 HP. The 170H  was more luxurious than the 170 V and 15% more expensive. With the upcoming WW II and less demand  production was stopped in 1939.

The correct answer were sent in by:

thatz4u

thedragsterdude

DonW

Junkman

Ace-Garageguy

 

Congratulations

 

Edited March 2 by carsntrucks4you

[thatz4u]

pm'd 

[peteski]

Very interesting. It looks very familiar but it obviously is not.

[carsntrucks4you]

Let me give you a hint. This car was the last rear engine car for this manufacturer until today. It was produced along a front engine car.

[DonW]

Got it!

Thanks Michael, one of the best quizzes so far!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Found him, finally. PM'd  

[DonW]

It's interesting if not a great surprise that Ferdinand Porsche who created the VW Beetle was chief engineer at Daimler-Benz between 1923 and 1928 when these Mercedes were under development.

[peteski]

That explains the similarity to the early Beetles.

[Junkman]

On 2/24/2025 at 10:31 AM, carsntrucks4you said:

..and less demand  production was stopped in 1939.

 

That's a good one.
A very good one.

I shall use that didactic in future, like 'the launch of the 1940 DKW F9 was delayed until 1949, for some odd reason'.