1933 MERCEDES-BENZ W23 130H Cabrio-Limousine 2 Türen

            During the 1930s several German car brands were experimenting with cars with rear mounted engines. It were mostly microcars. The 130 H was Mercedes' first rear-engined civilian car which went into production. Besides Mercedes was the first company with series built middle class cars of this type in Germany.
The rear engine project started with the 1931 120 H prototype from which only 12 pieces were built.
The 130 H series was developed in cooperation with Joseph Ganz (Budapest, 1898-1967) and Max Wagner. But it was engineer Hans Nibel (Austria-Hungary, 1880-1934) who was responsible for this new rear-engine concept at Mercedes. In 1933 the 130 H was ready for launch.
The 130 H was available as Cabriolet-Limousine or as Limousine body style.
At first this new car was a big hit at the 1934 Berlin IAMA motor show. 
Daimler-Benz AG had great expectations about this revolutionary car (new type platform, streamlined body) but unfortunately the car proved to be unsafe in practice. Then the 130 H was slowly drawn back from the market.
The 130 H was replaced by the 1936-1939 170 H W28 but also this model wasn't a succes. The 170 H was the rear-engined version of the 170 V W136 (V stands for Vornmotor/front engine).
The first 1934 130 H series were always mono-tone black. In the next two years only two-tone cars appeared but the wings stayed always black.
The H in the Mercedes-Benz model name refers to the rear mounted engine, Heckmotor in German.

In addition to being an engineer, Josef Ganz was also the editor of the German technical car magazine Motor-Kritik. After leaving the Mercedes-Benz design department Ganz was given a 130H to write a technical review on this new Mercedes model.
Here has has parked the car in front of his house in Frankfurt.

1308 cc.
980 kg.
Production M-B all rear engined models: 1931-1939.
Production M-B Typ 130/130 H: Spring 1934-Autumn 1936.
Pre-war German reg. number (Württemberg, Stuttgart).

Image source: Paul Schilperoord, Het ware verhaal van de Kever: hoe Hitler het ontwerp van een Joods genie confisqueerde, Veen Magazines, 2009.
Location: Frankfurt.
Date: prob. Dec. 1933.
Original photographer, exact place and date unknown.

Halfweg, Febr. 15, 2023.

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