The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster is a rear wheel drive road car, with its motor located in the front, and a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body designed by Friedrich Geiger.
It forms part of Mercedes-Benz's W 198 II series of cars.
Its 6 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 215 bhp (218 PS/160 kW) at 5800 rpm and 275 Nm (203 lbft/28 kgm) at 4600 rpm respectively. It features dry sump-type lubrication.
Power is transferred to the wheels through a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1383 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | Friedrich Geiger | ||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2400 | 94.5 | |
| Vía delantera | 1398 | 55 | |
| Vía trasera | 1448 | 57 | |
| Longitud | 4570 | 179.9 | |
| Ancho | 1790 | 70.5 | |
| Altura | 1300 | 51.2 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.9 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1383 kg | 3049 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 100 litres | 22 [26.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Código de motor | M 198 I / 198.980 | ||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 6 | ||
| Cilindrada | 3 litre 2996 cc (182.827 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 85 × 88 mm
3.35 × 3.46 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 0.97 | ||
| Distribución | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 válvulas por cilindro 12 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 218 PS (215 bhp) (160 kW) a 5800 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 275 Nm (203 ft·lb) (28 kgm) a 4600 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 53.5 kW/litre 72.8 ps/litre 71.8 bhp/litre 1.18 bhp/cu in |
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91.79 Nm/litre
1.11 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter seco | ||
| Relación de compresión | 8.55:1 | ||
| Alimentación | Bo mechanical direct fuel inj. | ||
| 1153.5 kPa (167.3 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 7 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 499.33 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 10 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 157.62 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 PS/kg 115.93 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 155.46 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.63 kg/kW 14.41 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.000 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.50 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.DW.CS. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | I.CS. | ||
| Ruedas delante | 5½K x 15 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 5½K x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | 6.50-15 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 6.50-15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 260 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 260 mm | ||
| Braked area | 2903 cm2 | ||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.64 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 111320 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | 198.042 | ||
| W 198 II | |||
| RAC rating | 26.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster added 2003-07-04. Last modified 2013-06-19. |
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