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The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German engineer Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile [1] [a] and was the first car put into production. [8] It was patented in January 1886 and unveiled in public later that year.
The Benz Patent-Motorwagen Viktoria is a car that was produced by Benz and Cie. from 1893 to 1900. [1] It was the first four-wheeled vehicle produced by Benz and Cie. Vehicles
Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867 Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born on 3 May 1849 to a wealthy carpenter family in Pforzheim.She was the third of nine children. Her father, Karl Friedrich Ringer, a master builder and carpenter, and her 20 year younger mother, Auguste Friedrich, were wealthy individuals who invested heavily in their children's educations.
The 1966 Volkswagen Beetle.It is the all-time best-selling car with only a single body style. Since the introduction of the Benz Patent Motorwagen in 1886, some passenger cars and light trucks can claim to being the highest selling vehicles in the automobile markets.
The Dawn of Motoring includes exhibits dating from 1886 including a replica 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen. Veteran and Vintage includes 1903 Darracq Type L and a 1922 Rover 8 hp. Wheels around the World includes a 1975 Bricklin SVI and a 1967 Citroen DS. Minis and Micros includes a 1964 Trojan 200 and a 1965 Morris Mini MK2.
Benz Patent Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"; 1885), a three-wheel vehicle widely regarded as the world's first production automobile; Benz Velo (1894), follow-up 4-wheel model of the Benz Patent Motorwagen; Early developments essential to the development of automobiles. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, physics of the internal combustion engine
Karl Benz (1844–1929) made the 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first automobile.. Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's first internal combustion engine in a car, seen in the Benz Patent Motorwagen – financed by Bertha Benz's dowry [10] and patented in January 1886 [11] – and Gottlieb Daimler and their engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a ...
Unknown to Otto, Daimler, and Maybach, during 1878 Karl Benz, in Mannheim, was concentrating all his efforts on creating a reliable two-stroke gas engine. Benz finished his engine on 31 December 1879, New Year's Eve, and was granted a patent for his engine on 28 June 1880 and along with the design and sale of static engines, he began to design ...