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The Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 460 was introduced in Autumn 1928,〔("MERCEDES-BENZ AT THE 2008 PARIS MOTOR SHOW" ) Mercedes-Benz. Retrieved 2013-11-20.〕 Mercedes-Benz's first eight cylinder passenger car. Designated model W 08 was by the factory,〔Oswald, pp 231 & 262〕 it remained in production with various modifications and upgrades until the later summer of 1939, the longest lived Mercedes-Benz model of the 1920s and 30s. == Typ Nürburg 460 1928–1929 == The car was developed by Ferdinand Porsche, who had transferred to Daimler from the firm’s Austrian affiliate in 1923. Porsche was the board member with responsibility for new product development. The company’s objective with the new eight cylinder Mercedes-Benz was to come up with a serious competitor to the Horch 8,〔Oswald, pp 214: That Horch was the manufacturer's principal competitor in the German big car market was not without irony, since the Horch 8 was the car that Paul Daimler, son of the Daimler founder, had wanted to develop as a Daimler. Paul had been over-ruled and left the company in acrimonious circumstances to work for Horch, while new product development for the newly merged Daimler-Benz company was taken over by Ferdinand Porsche who transferred from Austro-Daimler.〕 and Porsche’s work on the new car appears to have been very rushed.〔Oswald, p 231〕 The result was a car with a traditional “overslung” (“''Hochbett''”) chassis with the longitudinal chassis members directly above the axles, at a time when newer designs increasingly favored “underslung” (“''Tiefbett''”) chassis layouts on which the axles sat directly above the load bearing chassis beams. The 1928 Mercedes-Benz W08 therefore looked unfashionably tall even at the time of its launch. The engine was a 4,622cc straight-8 side-valve unit for which maximum output was given as at 3,400 rpm which translated into a top speed of 100 km/h (63 mph). The wheels were suspended from rigid axles supported by semi-elliptical leaf springs at the front and at the back. Braking applied on all four wheels using a mechanical linkage supported by a Bosch-Dewandre vacuum suction device.〔Oswald, p 233〕 The car was close in size to the Horch 8 which had effectively been benchmarked for its design. The 1928 “Pullman-Limousine” bodied version of the Horch came with an overall length of and a weight of 2,100 kg (bare chassis weight 1400 kg). The 1928 “Pullman-Limousine” bodied version of the Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 460 was long which increased to when the detachable rear boot/trunk was added: the Mercedes weighed in at 2,150 kg (bare chassis weight 1550 kg).〔Oswald, pp 163 & 233〕 Both cars had an imposing height in this standard bodied form of even though the Horch had since its 1926 launch incorporated an “underlung” chassis. The cars’ respective widths were and .〔Oswald, pp 163 & 233〕 In addition to the “Pullman-Limousine” bodied car, priced by Mercedes-Benz at 15,000 Marks, buyers of the 1928 W08 could choose a Torpedo bodied 6 seater “Tourenwagen” for 14,000 Marks or a 4-door “Cabriolet D” for 17,500 Marks.〔Oswald, p 233〕 There is also mention of a reduced wheelbase 2-door cabriolet, although it is not clear whether any of these were produced based on the 1928 W 08. The big old fashioned and very expensive Mercedes-Benz W08 of 1928 found few customers, and had to be replaced the next year with a more stylish version, now using an “underslung” chassis. Technical Director Porsche’s contract was not renewed at the end of 1928 which was followed by two years of acrimonious litigation between the company and its former Technical Director, while there are reports that it took six years for Mercedes-Benz to sell off, at discounted prices, the already accumulated inventory of 1928 model Nürburg 460s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mercedes-Benz W08」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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