PKW3140010 260 D

260 D

  • Design name
    W 138
  • Production period
    1936 - 1937
The world’s first serial-production Diesel passenger car, the Mercedes-Benz 260 D (W 138) as a spacious Pullman saloon. In this picture, the luggage rack is hinged down.
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Mercedes-Benz Typ 260 D Pullman-Limousine, 1936
Mercedes-Benz Dieselgruppe von links: Typ 260 D Pullman-Limousine, Typ 170 D Limousine, Typ 190 D Kompaktlimousine.
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Dieselgruppe 190 D, 170 D, 260 D
Mercedes-Benz Dieselmotor OM138 für Mercedes-Benz Typ 260 D
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Diesel Motor OM 138
Mercedes-Benz 260 D landaulet taxi, preproduction series car at Berlin Motor Show, 1936
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Mercedes-Benz 260 D Landaulet
Scene at a petrol station displaying a Mercedes-Benz 260 D (W 138) pictured for a service brochure. At the time, Diesel petrol pumps are rather rare and reserved for trucks.
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Mercedes-Benz 260 D
Mercedes-Benz 260 D W 138
45 PS, Limousine
Bauzeit: 1936 bis 1937
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Mercedes-Benz 260 D W 138
Presentation of the prechamber, the combustion chamber, the in-line injection pump and the fuel line of the four-cylinder OM 138 Diesel engine, which powers the world’s first serial-production Diesel passenger car, the Mercedes-Benz 260 D (W 138).
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Typ 260 D
Mercedes-Benz Typ 260 D, Taxiausführung, 1936 - 1937.
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Typ 260 D, Taxiausführung
Mercedes-Benz 260 D 
Pullman-Limousine aus dem Jahre 1936
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Mercedes-Benz 260 D
The 2.6-litre four-cylinder Diesel engine OM 138 has an output of 45 hp/33 kW and powers the world’s first serial-production Diesel passenger car, the Mercedes-Benz 260 D (W 138).
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Mercedes-Benz 260 D
Mercedes-Benz Typ 260 D, 45 PS, Fahrgestell, Bauzeit: 1936 bis 1937.
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Typ 260 D, W 138
Mercedes-Benz Typ 260 D, 45 PS, Limousine, Bauzeit: 1936 bis 1937.
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Typ 260 D, W 138
In 1936, the Mercedes-Benz 260 D is the first production diesel passenger car worldwide. It convinces with favourable features still typical for a diesel, even today: it is robust, reliable and long-lasting and in addition, it impresses with extraordinary fuel efficiency. It not only consumes just four litres of fuel per 100 kilometres less than its petrol equivalent; diesel fuel costs only about half as much in 1936. This is the reason why the 45 hp/33 kW diesel engine is very popular with taxi drivers. The 260 D is available in numerous body versions, also as a landaulet.
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Typ 260 D, W 138
Mercedes-Benz Typ 260 D, 45 PS, Fahrgestell, Bauzeit: 1936 bis 1937.
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Typ 260 D, W 138
Der Ahne aller Diesel Pkw, der Mercedes-Benz 260 D aus dem Jahre 1936, nimmt im Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim inmitten der Vorgänger der heutigen Dieselmotoren den Ehrenplatz ein, 1965.
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Mercedes-Benz 260 D
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