Mercedes - Mercedes early models
Daimler was one of the earliest motorcar manufactures, and under the designs of Wilhelm Maybach and the large order for cars from the Austro-Hungarian Emil Jellinek living in the South of France, the Mercedes brand was born. Below you will see listed many of the models built starting from this early period. Often when a Mercedes model contiuned in production with an increase in horsepower, this was as a result of obtaining higher engine revolutions which led to the higher power output. The horsepower number was the power produced by the engine - in earlier times this could be quoted on its own, although when there are two figures, the first denotes the "tax horsepower" figure. What the same Mercedes was listed outside Germany, for marketing in the the UK or USA would often differ in description, which can make things confusing when we look back today! So for example with the Mercedes 28/50 built between 1910 and 1912, it was marketed in England as 45/50 and a Mercedes 50 in the USA, this model becoming the 28/60 during 1912 . . . .
Below we show many of these Mercedes models, with a brief description, along with the tyre sizes they were listed with from the factory, many sizes of which are virtually unheard of these days, which means that the existing cars rarely have their original tyre sizes today. But remember UK delivered cars sold through the Milnes-Daimler showroom were all fitted with UK built tyres, and since many of the sizes listed below were not made in the UK these cars would have started off with different tyre sizes, and as we discover more we'll update the list below:
- Mercedes 35. 116x140mm 5913cc. Built 1901. Front tyre 910x90, rear tyre 1020x120.
- Mercedes 28/32. 110x140mm 5315cc. Built 1901- 1905. Front tyre 870x90 or 910x90, rear tyre 1010x90 or 920x120.
- Mercedes 38/40. 116x145mm 6129cc. Built 1901- 1903. Front tyre 910x90, reat tyre 1020x120.
- Mercedes 38/40. later version 118x150mm 6558cc. Built 1901-1903. Front tyre 910x90, reat tyre 1020x120.
- Mercedes 40/45. 120x150mm 6785cc. Buit 1903 - 1905. Front tyre 910x90, rear tyre choice 920x120 or 1020x120.
- Mercedes 45. Same as above built 1905-1909. Front tyre 910x90, rear tyre choice 920x120 or 1020x120.
- Mercedes 26/45. Same as above built 1909 - 1910. Front tyre 910x90, rear tyre choice 920x120 or 1020x120.
- Mercedes 60. 140x160mm 9235cc. Built 1902 - 1905. Front tyre 910x100, rear tyre 920x120 or 1020x120 (heavy limousines would have twin rear wheels).
- Mercedes 36/65. 140x150mm 9235. Built 1905-1909. Front tyre 915x105, rear tyre 935x135.
- Mercedes 15/20. 80x130 2160cc. Built 1905 - 1909. Front tyre 815x105, rear tyre 820x120.
- Mercedes 10/20. Same as above built 1909 - 1912. Front tyre 815x105, rear tyre 820x120.
- Mercedes 10/25. Same as above built 1912 - 1915. Front tyre 815x105, rear tyre 820x120.
- Mercedes 14/30. 90x140mm 3560cc. Built 1909 -1912. All tyres 820x120.
- Mercedes 14/35. Same as above built 1912 -1915. All tyres 820x120.
- Mercedes 35. 110x140mm 5319cc. Built 1905 - 1909.
- Mercedes 22/35. Same as above built 1909.
- Mercedes 22/40 110x148mm 5623cc. Built 1910- 1912. Front tyre 875x105 or 895x105, rear tyres 895x135.
- Mercedes 22/50 Same model as above built 1912 - 1920.
- Note that the 22/50 above was marketed in England (Milnes-Daimler-Mercedes) as Mercedes 35/40 . . .
- Mercedes 55. 130x150mm 7959cc. Built 1905 - 1909.
- Mercedes 31/55. Same model as above built 1909.
- Mercedes 28/50. 120x160mm 7240cc. Built 1910 - 1912. Front tyre 915x105, rear tyre 935x135
- Mercedes 28/60. Same as above. Built 1912 - 1920. Front tyre 915x105, rear tyre 935x135
- The 28/50 and 28/60 (listed in UK as 45/50) were available with with chain drive or conventional cardan shaft.
- Mercedes 38/70. 140x160mm 9850cc. Built 1910 - 1912. Front tyre 915x105, rear tyre 935x135.
- Mercedes 38/80. Same as above built 1912 - 1915. Front tyre 915x105, rear tyre 935x135.
- Mercedes 37/65.120x140 (6 cylinder) 9495cc. Built 1906 - 1910.Front tyre 915x105, rear tyre935x135.
- Mercedes 39/75. 120x150mm (6 cylinder) 10180cc. Built 1906 to 1910. Front tyre 920x120, rear tyre 935x135.
- Mercedes 39/80. Same as above.
- Mercedes 37/90. 130x180mm 9530cc. Built 1910 - 1914. Front tyre 915x105, rear tyre 935x135.
- Mercedes 37/95. Same as above
- Mercedes 38/100. 132x180mm, 9850cc. Built 1915. Front tyre 935x135, rear tyre 935x135.
- Mercedes 8/18. 70x120mm 1846cc built 1910 - 1912. Tyre size 815x105.
- Mercedes 8/20. Same as above built 1912 - 1913. Tyre size 815x105.
- Mercedes 8/22. 74x120mm built 1913 - 1921. Tyre size 815x105.
- Mercedes 12/32. 84x140mm 3013cc. Tyre size 820x120.
- Mercedes 10/30 Knight engine 2610cc. Built 1912 - 1915. Tyre size 820x120
- Mercedes Knight engine 4080cc. built 1910 - 1924 (16/40, 16/45, 16/50). Tyre size 820x120.
- Mercedes 25/65 Knight engine 6330cc. Built 1912 - 1915. Front tyre 915x105, rear tyre 935x135.
- Mercedes 28/95. 105x140 7280cc 6 cylinder. Built 1914 - 1915, then 1920-1924. Tyre size 895x135 or 935x135.
