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SSK was the last car designed for M-B by Ferdinand Porsche before he left to start his own company. If you need to ask how much one would cost today, you probably can’t afford it. See “Rarity” below.

Specifications in 1928, the year in which the pictured car was made, were:
Engine: M-B W06, 7069 cc, SOHC, two valves per cylinder, inline six-cylinder with Roots type supercharger
Fuel feed: Petrol via Carburettor
Lubrication system: Dry sump
Bore/Stroke (mm): 100/150
Compression ratio: 5.2:1
Power: 147 kW at 3300 rpm
Torque: 452 Nm at 1920 rpm
Gears: Four-speed manual
Traction: rwd
Final drive: 2.76:1
0-100 km/h: 11.6 seconds
Maximum speed: 172 km/h
Quarter mile sprint: 18.2 seconds at 126 km/h
Tare mass: 1700 kg
GVM: 2000 kg
Payload: 300 kg
Tank: 120 litres
Turning circle: 13.5 metres between walls
Estimated Cd: 0.7
Length/width/height (mm): 4520/1700/1720
Wheelbase (mm): 2950

Rarity: 33 built, about half of which were used for racing. Only four or five entirely original examples remain. A 1929 model was sold in 2004 for GBP 4.17 million.

_{Sources: Automobile-catalog.com and Wikipedia}

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