Mercedes-Benz 170 S-D
Production time: 1953-1955 (11,800 units)
Diesel engine
Power: 29 kW (38.89 hp, 39.43 PS)
Top speed: 100 km/h, 62.14 mph
Fuel consumption: 6.1 l/100 km, 38.6 mi/US liq. gal., 46.3 mi/Imp. gal.
The reduced power of this diesel car, like that of the other diesel model in this line, the 170 DS, was indeed at odds with the upmarket image of the other, gasoline-powered 170 S models, "but no doubt both cost conscious company directors and upmarket taxi operators appreciated the >25% improvement in fuel consumption using a fuel which, on account of the tax rates applied, was already provided at a relatively “friendly” price in Germany." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W191
Mercedes-Benz 170 S-D
Production time: 1953-1955 (11,800 units)
Diesel engine
Power: 29 kW (38.89 hp, 39.43 PS)
Top speed: 100 km/h, 62.14 mph
Fuel consumption: 6.1 l/100 km, 38.6 mi/US liq. gal., 46.3 mi/Imp. gal.
The reduced power of this diesel car, like that of the other diesel model in this line, the 170 DS, was indeed at odds with the upmarket image of the other, gasoline-powered 170 S models, "but no doubt both cost conscious company directors and upmarket taxi operators appreciated the >25% improvement in fuel consumption using a fuel which, on account of the tax rates applied, was already provided at a relatively “friendly” price in Germany." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W191