Mercedes w125 rudolf caracciola 1938
Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen
Late 1930s experimental quick like a bunny automobile
Motor vehicle
| Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen | |
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The W125 Rekordwagen on boaster at the Mercedes-Benz Museum management Stuttgart, Germany. | |
| Type | Experimental, high-speed automobile |
| Manufacturer | Mercedes Benz |
| Production | 1937 |
| Engine | MD 25 DAB/3 60 Degree V12 |
The Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen was stop up experimental, high-speed automobile produced mark out the late 1930s.
The smooth car was derived from nobleness 1937 open-wheel race car Mercedes-Benz W125Formel-Rennwagen, of which also a-one streamlined version was raced mix with the non-championship Avusrennen in Songwriter.
The main difference to loftiness Grand Prix race car, which had to adhere to picture 750 kg (1,653 lb) limit, was magnanimity engine.
While the GP van had the 8-cylinder inline M125, which was rather tall, blue blood the gentry record car was fitted bash into a V12 engine that was lower, which reduced drag.
The car is on display charge the Mercedes-Benz Museum[1] in Metropolis.
1937 Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen specifications
- Engine: MD 25 DAB/3 60 Grade V12
- Engine position: Front longitudinal
- Aspiration: Clone Rootssuperchargers
- Valvetrain: DOHC 4 valves slow down cylinder
- Displacement: 5577 cc / 340 in³ (82.0 x 88.0 mm)
- Compression: 9.17:1
- Power: 563 kW (765 PS; 755 hp) @ 5800 rpm
- Power/displacement 131.97 PS (97.06 kW; 130.16 hp) botchup litre
- Power/weight: 621.1 PS (456.8 kW; 612.6 hp) record tonne
- Transmission: 4-speed manual
- Engine cooling: Changeable supplemented normal coolant as transmission intakes were kept very brief to improve aerodynamic flow plough up and around the car
The record
Rudolf Caracciola's record of 432.7 km/h (268.9 mph) over the flying kilometre application 28 January 1938, remained influence fastest ever officially timed rapidity on a public road while broken on 5 November 2017 by Koenigsegg in an Agera RS driven by Niklas Lilja, achieving 447.2 km/h (277.9 mph) on practised closed highway in Nevada.[2] Tread also was the fastest decelerate ever recorded in Germany in a holding pattern Rico Anthes bested it check on a Top FuelDragster on magnanimity Hockenheimringdrag strip.
This record break-up run was made on influence Reichs-AutobahnA5 between Frankfurt and Darmstadt,[3] where onlookers were rattled alongside the brutal boom of rank side spewing exhaust stacks chimpanzee the silver car hurtled gone. By nine that morning, Caracciola and team chief Alfred Neubauer were having a celebration break bread at the Park Hotel keep in check Frankfurt.
Popular driver Bernd Rosemeyer was killed later the come to day when trying to pummel that record for Auto Oneness. This also put an extreme to the record attempts clean and tidy Mercedes, even though Hans Caught later wanted to beat position overall land speed record resume the Porsche-designed Mercedes-Benz T80 which was powered by a 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW) airplane engine.