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    The Rumpler Tropfenwagen ("Rumpler drop car", named after its raindrop shape) was a car developed by Austrian engineer Edmund Rumpler. Rumpler, born in...
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  • Mercedes-Benz Vision AMG 2023 Mercedes-Benz Concept CLA Class See Mercedes-Benz in motorsport 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen 1928–1932 Mercedes-Benz SSK Rennwagen...
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    engineer of Mercedes-Benz, the 130 was inspired by Edmund Rumpler's Tropfenwagen. It followed on the Rumpler-chassis Tropfenwagen racers, which ran between...
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  • Benz was involved in Grand Prix motor racing from 1923, when the Benz Tropfenwagen (described as having a teardrop shape) was introduced to motorsport...
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    Grand Prix racing cars from 1934 to 1939. They resembled the earlier Benz Tropfenwagen, also built in part by Rumpler engineers, The only Grand Prix racers...
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    period, by contrast, was 0.60. The Rumpler design inspired the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen (which used the virtually-unchanged Rumpler chassis) and Auto Union...
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    had no customer. Based on Max Wagner's mid-engined layout the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen, or "Teardrop" aerodynamic design, the experimental P-Wagen project...
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    In 1923, he drove the world’s first mid-engine Grand Prix car, the Benz Tropfenwagen. In 1927, he won the inaugural Mille Miglia driving an OM. Finally...
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    aerodynamically designed, Tropfenwagen, a "teardrop" body introduced at the 1923 European Grand Prix at Monza. In the last production year of the Benz Sons company...
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    historical examples include the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen. It was based on an earlier design named the Rumpler Tropfenwagen in 1921 made by Edmund von Rumpler...
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    around 2.5-litre engines. Based on Max Wagner's mid-engined 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen, or "Teardrop" aerodynamic design, also built in part by Rumpler engineers...
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    automobiles Other early teardrop-shaped cars, chronologically Rumpler Tropfenwagen (1921), first aerodynamic "teardrop" car to be designed and serially...
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    models adopting this configuration have included: 1921–1925 Rumpler Tropfenwagen 1938–2003 Volkswagen Beetle 1940–1945 Volkswagen Kübelwagen (Type 82)...
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    the Benz Tropfenwagen of the mid-20s that had been driven by his business partner, former racer Adolf Rosenberger. The designer of the Tropfenwagen, Dr...
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  • been designed by Dr Ferdinand Porsche. Taking inspiration from the Benz Tropfenwagen of the mid-20s, the mid-mounted, supercharged V16 engine behind the...
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    fitted with a twin-cam V12 engine designed by Charles Planchon. The Benz-Tropfenwagen was ground-breaking in another way: as well as a teardrop-shaped body...
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  • Johann "Hans" Nibel (category Mercedes-Benz Group people)
    independently sprung rear wheels. The Benz-Tropfenwagen ensured international racing successes in the immediate time and placed Benz at the forefront of automobile...
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    electric range and efficiency to an entirely new level". group-media.mercedes-benz.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21. "GM Unveils Concept Car That Gets 108 Miles A...
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    masses. This was a small lightweight car along the lines of the Rumpler Tropfenwagen with a mid-mounted engine, independent wheel suspension, swing-axles...
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  • 40/60 HP Aerodinamica First production aerodynamic design – 1921 Rumpler Tropfenwagen First monocoque – 1922 Lancia Lambda First shatter-resistant windshield...
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  • vehicle as a whole. The first automotive application was the Rumpler Tropfenwagen, later followed by the Mercedes 130H/150H/170H, the Standard Superior...
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    displaying 90 vehicles under the motto "comfort", including the Rumpler Tropfenwagen and a Bosch electric car horn. More than 600 exhibitors participated...
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  • Le Roitelet, Solanet Germany: Alfi, Arimofa, Atlantic, Pawi, Rumpler Tropfenwagen, Zündapp Italy: Ansaldo, Aurea, IENA, motorcycle: Moto Guzzi Japan: Ales...
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    (1922–23), designed by Romanian engineer Aurel Persu, who improved on the Tropfenwagen by placing the wheels inside the car body Burney car (1929-1931), working...
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