M19
Inline-8- 19 3.8 L · 3,823 cc
85 PS
63 kW · 84 hp à 3,200 tr/min
Mercedes-Benz Executive Sedan · Mannheim 380 S
W19
A rare Mannheim sports variant, built in tiny numbers.
- Production
- 1932–1933
- Built
- 20
- Body
- Sedan
- Chassis
- W19
A Mannheim underneath, but the suspension was radical enough to earn its own works number.
The 380 S already had the 3.8-liter side-valve straight-eight when it was sold on the standard Mannheim chassis as the 15/80 PS. What set this car apart came late in the run: a coil-sprung swing axle at the rear and a transverse leaf spring in front, the independent layout Hans Nibel and Max Wagner were developing, and compression raised to lift the M19 from 80 to 85 PS. The works considered the chassis different enough from the rest of the Mannheim line to give it a number of its own — W19 rather than W10.
Twenty were built across 1932 and 1933, which makes it one of the scarcest pre-war Mercedes-Benz series chassis. Its real significance is as a rehearsal: the suspension tried here carried into the Typ 380 of 1933, and with it into the 500 K and 540 K that followed. The side-valve eight did not make the journey — the 380 got a new overhead-valve engine, and the M19 ended with this car.
Every model.
1 distinct series across 1932–1933 — each identified by its chassis and engine numbers from period factory data.
| Modèle | Millésimes | Châssis | Moteur | Boîte | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 380 S | 1932–1933 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
* Le chiffre de production publié couvre toutes les séries de ce modèle ; la source ne le détaille pas davantage.
Engines.
The M19 as fitted to the W19.