Mercedes-Benz L 1000 Express

The Mercedes-Benz L 1000 Express, internal type W 37, appeared in 1929 as a light commercial variant of the Stuttgart 260 passenger car and shared its chassis and technology. It had an inline six-cylinder engine of 2,581 cubic centimetres that produced 50 horsepower, or 37 kilowatts, at 3,400 revolutions a minute, driving the rear wheels through a three-speed gearbox that gained an overdrive in 1930. Both axles were rigid on semi-elliptic leaf springs, and a rod brake acted on all four wheels. The Express was built as a flatbed, a box van, an ambulance, a ten-seat minibus or a Kübelwagen field car, and reached a top speed of 60 kilometres per hour. The military field-car version for the Wehrmacht was built until 1935, and the other body styles until 1936.