The Mercedes-Benz T80 was a six-wheeled vehicle built by Mercedes-Benz, developed and designed by Ferdinand Porsche in the late 1930s. It was intended to break the world land speed record, but never made the attempt, due to the project having …

More than eight metres long, powered by a Daimler-Benz aircraft engine developing up to 2,574 kW (3,500 PS) and designed for a speed of up to 650 km/h: the Mercedes‑Benz T 80 of 1939 was the automotive dream of the absolute world land speed record. The vision of breaking the record never became a reality.

By 1939, the T80 was fully completed at a cost of RM 600,000. It was powered by a massive 44.5 liter Daimler-Benz DB 603 inverted V12, a derivative of the famous DB-601 aircraft engine which powered the lethal Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter in production at the time.

2024年10月28日 · Dr. Porsche, Hans Stuck and Mercedes-Benz hoped to make their T80 the fastest car on the planet. But it didn’t quite go as planned.

2018年7月13日 · The Mercedes-Benz T80 was a six-wheeled vehicle built by Mercedes-Benz, developed and designed by Ferdinand Porsche Vehicles Lifestyle

This was based on Porsche's concept of a three-axle record-setting car, which was to be considerably sleeker and lighter than the vehicles of the British competitors, some of which were equipped with two engines and produced over 1000 hp/736 kW more.

2010年10月23日 · The third land speed record car was based on the W125 Grand Prix car but keeping the twin-supercharged engine. It was upgraded to offer no less than 736 horsepower, thus bringing the car's...

2024年5月27日 · The car was impressive: over 8 meters (26 feet) long, with three axles (two of them powered), and weighing over 2.8 metric tons. It produced an incredible 3,000 horsepower at 3200 rpm, thanks to its advanced aerodynamics designed by specialist Josef Mickl, aiming for a speed of 466 mph (750 km/h).

2012年10月1日 · Powered by a 3,000 hp (2,240 kW) DB 603 aircraft engine, the Mercedes-Benz T80 was built to capture the world land speed record for Germany. Because of WWII, the car was never finished.

2024年12月21日 · The Mercedes Benz T80 wasn’t just a car—it was a vision, a dream to shatter speed barriers and claim the title of the fastest vehicle on Earth. Born in the late 1930s, this engineering marvel promised to rewrite the rules of speed …