Mercedes-Benz 500K Spezialroadster

The Mercedes-Benz 500K Spezialroadster was a passenger car produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1934 to 1936. It was built on Daimler-Benz's own frame with a shortened wheelbase, which allowed a roadster body of ideal proportions to be fitted. Unlike the standard 500K, its radiator sat not in front of the front axle but directly above it. The engine was an eight-cylinder in-line unit of 5.0 litres, 5,018 cubic centimetres, with two valves per cylinder, overhead valves and a supercharger, fed by a carburettor. It produced 100 horsepower, or 73 kilowatts, unblown and 160 horsepower, or 118 kilowatts, with the supercharger engaged at 3,400 revolutions a minute, and the top speed was 160 kilometres per hour.