Daimler · 1889–present
Daimler Stahlradwagen
The Stahlradwagen (or "steel-wheeled car") was Gottlieb Daimler's second motor car. After seeing Panhard's Daimler-designed V-twin engine demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889 and inquiring into the engine's weight and power, Armand Peugeot expressed his interest in a lightweight motor vehicle powered by the engine. Daimler worked with Wilhelm Maybach to develop the vehicle. The tubular steel frame resembled two bicycles joined side by side and was made by bicycle manufacturer Neckarsulmer Stahlfabriken, which would later become part of NSU Motorenwerke. Water, to cool the engine, was run through the tubular frame. The Stahlradwagen was demonstrated toward the end of the 1889 Exposition. Peugeot began building cars based on the Stahlradwagen design by 1890.
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Specifications
- name
- Stahlradwagen ("steel-wheeled car")
- Manufacturer
- Gottlieb Daimler
- Production
- 1889
- Assembly
- Canstatt, Germany
- Predecessor
- Daimler Motorized Carriage
- Successor
- Daimler Belt-driven Car
- Layout
- MR layout
- Engine
- IOE 16° V-twin engine, 565 cc
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual
- Designer
- Wilhelm Maybach
- sp
- uk
- Kerb weight
- 300 kg
- Length
- 2350 mm
- Height
- 1200 mm
- Width
- 1450 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2350 mm
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3012107CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_StahlradwagenCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1273695659 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daimler_Motor-Quadricycle.JPGCC0 · Photo: Brücke-Osteuropa · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.