Gasoline injection system for passenger cars, 1951

In 1951, Bosch gasoline injection was presented in a two-stroke Gutbrod Superior 600 and a Goliath GP 700 at the Frankfurt auto show. With its precise fuel metering, it reduced the vehicle’s gasoline consumption by some 20 percent and increased its power - from 23 to 28 horsepower in the Gutbrod Superior. The increased power that the fuel-injected four-stroke engines delivered was also the main selling point of the sports car Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, the first series-produced four-stroke vehicle with direct gasoline injection that was introduced in 1954. Followed by an indirect injection system for large-series engines, the fuel injection system was established in the car and replaced the carburetor.