Mercedes-Benz 540K - car classics

Mercedes-Benz 540K

Mercedes-Benz 540K is a logical continuation of 500K. For the first time it was shown during the Berlin auto show, 1936, and the last car descended from the conveyor in 1940, after the outbreak of the second world war.

Mercedes-Benz 540K received an upgraded eight-cylinder in-line engine with a volume of 5402 cm3. This is the miracle of the pre-war industry granted the power to 180 horses, which allowed to disperse Mercedes-Benz 540K, the weight of which was 2700 kg, up to 170 km/h. Legkobronirovannye Mercedes-Benz 540K, which were issued in the first years of the Second world war and had an even larger mass, could develop 140 km/h.

Mercedes-Benz 540K by the right is considered the best car of his time not only to high-speed characteristics, but also by the cost of finishing. At the Mercedes-Benz 540K moved the top officials of the Reich, head of the industrial companies of Germany, as well as the presidents of the Reich Union of States, the latter of which most of them have received this car as a gift. In the last months of the war has opened a real hunt for individual models, which belonged to prominent people. As a result, many of the В«trophyВ» Mercedes-Benz 540K were used until the end of the 50s.

Other names of this model: Mercedes-Benz W24, Mercedes-Benz 540K A cabriolet, Mercedes-Benz 540K cabriolet B, Mercedes-Benz 540K cabriolet C, Mercedes-Benz 540k Roadster