| 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] |
| Transmission | 4-speed manual[1][4] |
The Stahlradwagen (or "steel-wheeled car")[5] was Gottlieb Daimler's second motor car.[1]
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]
- ^ a b c d Posthumus 1977, p. 13.
- ^ Dick 2005, pp. 13–14.
- ^ a b Eckermann 2001, p. 33.
- ^ a b Dick 2005, p. 16.
- ^ Luikens & Hedberg 2008, p. 9.
- ^ a b Dick 2005, pp. 15–16.
- ^ a b Posthumus 1977, p. 16.
- ^ Posthumus 1977, p. 14.