Powrót do spisu modeli Opis modelu: Types 170 S / 170 DS / 170 S-V / 170 S-D (W 136, W 191) With the 170_S, Daimler-Benz for the first time after the war introduced another top class model. The new car was presented to the public together with the 170_D in May 1949 at the technical export fair in Hannover. Like the 170_D, the new flagship of the passenger car programme was not purely a post-war construction; conceptually and stylistically the 170_S was based on the pre-war type 230 (W_153). Compared to the 170_V, the 170_S boasted a more powerful engine, an improved front axle as well as a more spacious car body. Apart from the saloon, Daimbler-Benz also offered a two-seated convertible_A and a fourseated convertible B. In its day the convertible A was considered a luxury car which satisfied the highest demands and rounded off the production programme at its upper end. Apart from these standard body types there were some special models. These models, however, were mounted onto the chassis of the 170_S model by external car body makers and not at the plant in Sindelfingen. These included a police radio car with an estate car body from Binz and an open six-seated police patrol car with convertible hood. Following a revision in January 1952, the 170_S model was in many ways improved. The revised model, which was internally called 170_Sb (W_191), was now fitted with a finger-tip gear shift and a button starter which was integrated into the dashboard. The camshaft drive was now operated via Duplex-roller chain, the wheel gauge of the rear axle had been widened and the rear axle drive was converted into hypoid gearing. The exterior of the 170 SB had changed, too, in that the backlight had become bigger and the hinges of the bootlid were now attached inside the car. After production of the two convertibles had been phased out as early as November 1951, the 170_Sb was only avavailable as a saloon. Their successors were the corresponding types of the 220 model, with six cylinder engines. At the same as the 170_Sb, Daimlber Benz presented the 170_DS as a new type, which was equipped with the diesel engine of the 170_Da and sold much better than its petrol-powered sister Model. Both models, the 170_Sb and the 170_DS, were fitted with special bodies by several body makers; The produced were mainly station wagons and six-seater Droschken-limousines. The successor of the 170_Sb was the 180 model, which had been practically reconstructed from scratch. Many traditional customers of Merceds-Benz had a hard time in getting used to this modern concept; neither did the new model have a separate chassis, nor did it have wings. In order to be able to offer a suitable model for those customers, who were used to the conventional concept and to avoid a premature stop of production of the 170 series, improved successor models of the 170_Vb and 170_Db were presented alongside the 180 model. These new types 170_S=V and 170_S=D combined the almost unchanged chassis of their predecessors with the car body of the 170_Sb_/ 170_DS, which offered more space even if the equipment was now more basic. However, both models were now fitted with finger-tip gear shifts. Regarding the exterior, the following features distinguish the 170_S=V_/ 170_S=D from the 170_Sb_/ 170_DS: absence of bonnet louvers, a bow-type handle instead of the turning handle on the bood lid and the fenders witHout attachments, which had been taken over from the 170V_/ 170_D models. Like their predecessors, the 170_S=V und 170_S models served as a basis for the special bodies, which were manufactured and mounted by Lueg and other bodymakers. Apart from the ambulance cars with Lueg-body, which were officially sold by Daimler-Benz. these were mainly station wagons and platform cars. The diesel-powered versions of the 170_S=V_/ 170_S=D, too, sold significantly higher numbers compared to the petrol-powered models. This is why the 170_S=V model was produced only until February 1955, whereas the production of the 170_S=D was phased out as late as September of the same year. However, this did not yet spell the end of the era of full-frame cars yet: after all, the 300_S and 300, the last cars constructed in the traditional style, were produced until 1958 and 1962 respectively.