- Passenger Cars
- Benz Passenger Cars, until 1926
- 8/10 hp - 35 hp Benz Parsifal and 18 hp - 35/40 hp Benz, 1902 - 1908
- Benz 18 hp (chain drive car), 1905 - 1907
Benz 18 hp (chain drive car)
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- Production period: 1905 - 1907
- Combustion principle: four-stroke
- Configuration: front, longitudinal; vertical
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 4 / in-line (in pairs)
- Bore x Stroke: 94 x 114 mm
- Total displacement: 3160 cc
- Rated output: 18 hp at 1400 rpm
- Number of valves / arrangement: 1 intake, 1 exhaust / lateral, vertical (T-disposition)
- Valve operation: 2 lateral camshafts
- Camshaft drive: via spur gears
- Fuel system: Benz spraying nozzle carburettor
- Fuel tank: position / capacity: in the rear
- Frame design: pressed-steel frame
- Front-wheel suspension: rigid axle
- Rear-wheel suspension: rigid axle
- Front springs: semi-elliptical springs
- Rear springs: semi-elliptical springs
- Steering: worm-and-nut steering, right-hand
- Brake system (foot brake): outside shoe-type brake, acting on transmission input shaft
- Parking brake (hand brake): internal shoe-type brake, acting on rear wheels
- Wheels: wooden-spoke wheels
- Driven wheels: rear wheels
- Drivetrain: chains
- Gearing: 4-speed-, in 1905 also 3-speed manual transmission
- Shifting: shift lever, right exterior (gate shift)
- Clutch: leather cone clutch
- Wheelbase: 2927 mm
- Front / rear track: 1440 / 1440 mm
- Length: 3840 - 4125 mm
- Chassis weigth: 980 kg
- Kerb weight: 1350 kg
- Prices: double phaeton: Mk. 13,500.-
sedan: Mk. 15,500.-