Mercedes-Benz W18

The Mercedes-Benz W18 was a six-cylinder car sold as the Mercedes-Benz Typ 290, introduced in 1933 as a smaller-engined successor to the Typ 350 and 370 Mannheim and positioned roughly where the E-Class later sat in the German car market. Its 2,867 cc side-valve six produced 60 PS, raised to 68 PS in 1935, and drove the rear wheels through a four-speed gearbox with a swing axle at the rear. It came on a 2,880 mm short chassis and, from 1934, a 3,300 mm long chassis, with saloon, Tourenwagen, Pullman-Limousine and several cabriolet bodies, and a Cabriolet A and a Roadster added in 1936. Military light utility vehicles were built on the same chassis. The W142 Typ 320 replaced it in 1937.