Daimler Stahlradwagen

The Stahlradwagen (or "steel-wheeled car")^[5] was Gottlieb Daimler's second motor car.^[1]

Stahlradwagen ("steel-wheeled car")
Daimler Stahlradwagen, 1889
Overview
Manufacturer	Gottlieb Daimler
Production	1889
Assembly	Canstatt, Germany
Designer	Wilhelm Maybach
Body and chassis
Layout	MR layout[1]
Powertrain
Engine	IOE 16° V-twin engine, 565 cc[2][3]
Power output	1.3 brake horsepower (1.3 PS; 0.97 kW) 2.86 newton-metres (2.11 lbf⋅ft)
Transmission	4-speed manual[1][4]
Dimensions
Wheelbase	2,350 millimetres (93 inches)
Length	2,350 millimetres (93 inches)
Width	1,450 millimetres (57 inches)
Height	1,200 millimetres (47 inches)
Kerb weight	300 kilograms (660 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor	Daimler Motorized Carriage
Successor	Daimler Belt-driven Car

After seeing Panhard's Daimler-designed V-twin engine demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889 and inquiring into the engine's weight and power, Armand Peugeot expressed his interest in a lightweight motor vehicle powered by the engine. Daimler worked with Wilhelm Maybach to develop the vehicle.^[6] The tubular steel frame resembled two bicycles joined side by side and was made by bicycle manufacturer Neckarsulmer Stahlfabriken, which would later become part of NSU Motorenwerke.^[1][6] Water, to cool the engine, was run through the tubular frame.^[7]

The Stahlradwagen was demonstrated toward the end of the 1889 Exposition.^[4][8] Peugeot began building cars based on the Stahlradwagen design by 1890.^[3][7]

Notes

1. Posthumus 1977, p. 13.
2. Dick 2005, pp. 13–14.
3. Eckermann 2001, p. 33.
4. Dick 2005, p. 16.
5. Luikens & Hedberg 2008, p. 9.
6. Dick 2005, pp. 15–16.
7. Posthumus 1977, p. 16.
8. Posthumus 1977, p. 14.

References

• Dick, Robert (2005). "2 — Meeting Point: Eiffel Tower". Mercedes and Auto Racing in the Belle Époque: 1895 - 1915. Jefferson, NC USA: McFarland. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0-7864-1889-3. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
• Eckermann, Erik (2001) [1989]. "The Pioneering Era and Coming of Age — 1885 -to 1918". Vom Dampfwagen zum Auto [World History of the Automobile]. Peter L. Albrecht, translator (English ed.). Warrendale, PA USA: Society of Automotive Engineers. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-7680-0800-X. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
• Luikens, Jim; Hedberg, Mary M. (2008). "History". Standard Catalog Of Mercedes-Benz. Iola, WI USA: Krause Publications. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-89689-703-8. LCCN 2008928410. Retrieved 2013-06-05. Displayed at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, their creation was called the Stahlradwagen (steel-wheeled car).
• Posthumus, Cyril (1977) [1977]. The story of Veteran & Vintage Cars. John Wood, illustrator (Phoebus 1977 ed.). London: Hamlyn / Phoebus. pp. 13, 14, 16. ISBN 0-600-39155-8.