| Mercedes-Benz Typ 8/38 PS / Typ Stuttgart 200 (W 02) | |
|---|---|
 Mercedes-Benz 8/38 PS (1927) | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Daimler-Benz AG |
| Also called | Mercedes-Benz 8/38 PS (1926–1933) Mercedes-Benz Typ Stuttgart 200 (1929–1933) Mercedes-Benz W02 (1929–1933) |
| Production | 1926–1933 16,956 built |
| Assembly | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | Torpedo-bodied "Tourenwagen" 2- & 4-door "Limousine" (sedan/saloon) Cabriolets |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1,988 cc In line six-cylinder sidevalve engine |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,810 mm (111 in) |
| Length | 4,060 mm (160 in) - 4,375 mm (172.2 in) |
| Width | 1926-29: 1,680 mm (66 in) 1929-33: 1,710 mm (67 in) |
| Height | 1,800 mm (71 in) |
The Mercedes-Benz W02 was a midsize six-cylinder two-litre-engined automobile introduced by Daimler-Benz at the Berlin Motor Show in October 1926. It was developed in some haste under the manufacturer's Technical Director, Ferdinand Porsche in parallel with the smaller Mercedes-Benz W 01 (which never progressed beyond the prototype stage) and the larger three-litre-engined Mercedes-Benz W03 following the creation of Daimler-Benz, formally in July 1926, from the fusion of the Daimler and Benz & Cie auto-businesses.
The new company's models for 1926 were unencumbered by an excess of technical sophistication, but came from a company with a long-standing reputation for quality: serious teething problems afflicting the early cars were the focus of conflict between Daimler-Benz Chairman, Wilhelm Kissel and the Technical Director responsible for the new models: Porsche's employment contract was not renewed beyond 1928, which led to an acrimonious litigation.[1]