Mercedes-Benz S-Series

The Mercedes-Benz S-Series, internally W06 and nicknamed the white elephant, was a successful line of sports cars produced from 1926 to 1933. It grew from the race-oriented Model K, a short-wheelbase version of Daimler's Type 630 luxury car, when the new Daimler-Benz company decided to build a more advanced racer called the Model S, for Sport. The six-cylinder M06 engine was widened from 6.3 to 6.7 litres to give 180 hp with the supercharger engaged, in a lowered frame with the engine moved back 30 cm. The Model SS of mid-1928 was a grand tourer of 7.1 litres and 200 hp that could reach 190 km/h, and the short SSK, with a 2,950 mm wheelbase, reached 192 km/h and was a best seller before the SSKL racing version of 1931.