Front suspension was transverse leaf spring. The track was quite narrow and the car quite wide which would also be very bad for handling. Centre of lift would have been over the front axle.
Another snippet from an excellent and very long article about the MB rear engine models.
Rear-engine Mercedes-Benz vehicles of the 1930s | Mercedes 500SEC.com
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Measures to produce a special-purpose version of the 170 H got under way even quicker, the model’s chassis being used by Karl Schlör at the Aerodynamic Research Institute Göttingen (AVA) to develop a streamlined body on behalf of the Reich Ministry of Transport. This was custom-built by the coachbuilding firm of Gebr. Ludewig in Essen. This prototype vehicle achieved a top speed of 146 km/h on the Frankfurt – Darmstadt autobahn, over an average of three timed runs. At the 1939 IAMA the car, which had the unusual feature of a centrally-positioned driver’s seat, was available for test drives by anyone interested from the motor industry.
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