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12.1
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natural |
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120
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(from Daimler Press
Release) 120 hp Benz of 1908: Competitor in the French Grand
Prix in Dieppe exactly 100 years ago
The 120 hp Benz of 1908
is one of three cars which were successfully entered in races by
Benz & Cie., among them the French Grand Prix on July 7, 1908.
Victor Hmery and Ren Hanriot finished the race in second and third
place, respectively; their team principal Fritz Erle occupied rank
seven. The winner was a competitor from Stuttgart-Untertrkheim
Christian Lautenschlager at the wheel of a Mercedes car.
The 120 hp Benz is
considered to be a groundbreaking car. The four-cylinder engine
designed by Louis de Groulart features overhead valves which are
controlled from below by a camshaft via pushrods and rocker arms.
From a displacement of 12.4 liters, the engine generates 120 hp (88
kW) at 1400/min. The chassis was designed along tried and tested
lines which were also adopted by the competition in Untertrkheim.
The frame consists of pressed-steel profiles, with the side members
being offset above the rear axle not above the front axle as in
the Mercedes.
The 120 hp Benz Grand
Prix racing car from the collection of the Mercedes-Benz Museum
visited Goodwood several times already. In the anniversary year of
the French Grand Prix, it joins forces with other cars from the same
era to give wings to that very special Goodwood spirit.
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