The Mercedes Simplex 60 hp was an automobile manufactured by

Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (abbreviated as DMG, also known as ''Daimler Motors Corporation'') was a German engineering company and later automobile manufacturer, in operation from 1890 until 1926. Founded by Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900) and ...

in 1903 and 1904. Its predecessor was the

Mercedes 35hp The Mercedes (german: Mercedes ) was a radical early car model designed in 1901 by Wilhelm Maybach and Paul Daimler, for Emil Jellinek. Produced in Stuttgart, Germany, by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG), it began the Mercedes line of cars ...

which had been the fastest production car in the world. Unlike the 35 hp though, this wasn't a racing car and became Mercedes' top of the range model. It had a low pressed steel chassis and a cast-alloy 9.3L engine, giving a top speed of . The car came with two or four passenger bodywork and only four still exist today.

History

On 11/12 July 1904

Harry Harkness Harry Stephen Harkness (July 17, 1880 – January 23, 1919) was an American aviator and racing driver. Biography He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 17, 1880 to Standard Oil heir Lamon V. Harkness. In 1918 his personal yacht was taken by ...

set the first record for the

Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race The Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race, also known as the Climb to the Clouds, is a timed hillclimb auto race up the Mount Washington Auto Road to the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. It is one of the oldest auto races in the country, ...

with a 24:37.6sec.

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