Messerschmitt-Caudron MeC 164

The Messerschmitt-Caudron MeC 164 was a prototype eight-passenger airliner of 1942, designed in Germany by Messerschmitt as the Me 164 to compete with the Siebel Si 204. It was to be powered by two Argus As 411 inline engines and was designed to be lighter than the Si 204, though it was expected to perform worse than its rival. Once the design work was finished, Messerschmitt handed it over to Caudron at Issy-les-Moulineaux in France, which began building the prototype under the designation MeC 164 V1 in 1942. Construction progressed slowly, and the project was canceled before the aircraft entered production. The V1 was planned with a length of 13.50 m, a wingspan of 18.80 m, a crew of two, a cruise speed of 384 km/h and a range of 2,000 km.