Mercedes-Benz 150 V
(1934 - 1936)
Car articles about Mercedes-Benz 150 V by year
Mercedes-Benz was already thinking about a front-wheel drive passenger car with a transverse engine in the mid-1930s. However, while the more conventional variants of the Mercedes-Benz 130/150/170 were built, only the construction plans of the front-wheel drive transverse-engined 130 exist. This article describes the development history and the main design features of the time and shows the various construction variants in pictures and on construction plans.
With the compact Mercedes-Benz 130, the Stuttgart-based manufacturer wanted to build a passenger car for new customer groups. The water-cooled rear engine broke new ground and the unusual exterior set it apart from the competition. However, customers did not really want to buy it, and this did not change when the 130 was further refined into the 170 H. This vehicle report portrays a Mercedes-Benz 130 from 1935, rolls up its development history and shows the related types 150 and 170 H together with the 130 in historical photos and brochures.
The almost perfectly documented Mercedes-Benz model history harbors a great mystery: the Type 150 Sportroadster from 1935. Our author and photographer Wolfgang Blaube experienced the only surviving example of the fascinating mid-engined two-seater live behind the wheel - and found many previously unknown details in the fog of history.
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