A luxury sports car powered by a straight-eight engine supercharged through a positive-displacement blower engaged from the driver’s seat, with all-independent suspensions and very high performance ratings, the 540K was built at the Daimler Benz works in Mannheim in very small numbers and in four version: saloon, torpedo, coupé, cabriolet and roadster, and is an excellent example of pre-war German automotive engineering.
Presented by Giovanni Agnelli, Torino
Engine: 8 cylinders
Capacity: 5401 cc
Max. power output: 180 bhp at 3500 rpm
Max. speed: 170 km/h
Weight: 2235 kg