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Benz Veteran Cars

From 1872 Carl Benz had been involved with unreliable partners and couldn't progress his ideas for automotive engines. Then in 1883 Carl Benz set up Benz & Co. Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik, Mannheim with investors and produced Gas Engines which at last gave Benz a secure income. With that money he went onto develop his first Motor Car which was patented in 1886. But in 1899 his expanding company had a downturn and Carl Benz left his own company in 1901 but returned in 1904 to help Benz & Cie rise to prosperity until it merged with Daimler in 1926

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Benz 14PS 1900 Rennwagen

Benz 14PS 1900 Rennwagen. Flat twin cylinder 2,714cc (14PS) Racing car with external cooling

Benz 1893 Vis-a-Vis Victoria

Benz 1893 Vis-a-Vis Victoria. Single cylinder 1,785cc 4.5CV. 'Vis-a-Vis' was face to face with passengers in front of the driver

Benz 1896 Velo Phaeton

Benz 1896 Velo Phaeton, powered by single cylinder 1,050cc engine

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Benz 20/35 PS 1909 Landaulet - badge on radiator

Benz 5PS 1899 Boxer engine

Benz 5PS 1899 Boxer engine. The first Benze twin cylinder engine was this flat twin, horizontally opposed 1,728cc 5PS engine of 1899. Daimler and Mayback had developed a vee twin engine prior to Benz

Benz Autobus 1895

Benz Autobus 1895, powered by a single cylinder 2,651cc engine. One of two built, but both only operated for a few weeks as bad weather made the roads impassable.

Benz Dos-a-Dos 1899

Benz Dos-a-Dos 1899. A twin-cylinder 1,728cc engine powered this back-to-back (Dos-a-Dos) car

Benz Patent-Motorwagen Modell 1 1885 front

Benz Patent-Motorwagen (Modell 1), 1885 - 1886. Constructed very like a bicycle using bent tubes welded together. Benz wasn't able to solve the problem of steering a pair of front wheels, so made his vehicle a tricycle and adapted bicycle front forks for steering.

Benz Patent-Motorwagen Modell 1 1885 rear

Benz Patent-Motorwagen (Modell 1), 1885 - 1886. Powered by 954cc single cylinder 4-stroke engine. More powerful engines were developed and the No.3 Benz of 1888 had wood spoke wheels

Benz Velo 1898 Vis-aVis

Benz Velo 1898 Vis-aVis. With Face-to-Face coachwork the passengers sat in front of the driver. Powered by a single cylinder 1,050cc motor

Benz Victoria 1893

Benz Victoria 1893. This was Karl Benz's first 4-wheel automobile produced from 1893. However, his backers urged him to produce something lighter and less expensive and in 1894 the Victoria was replaced by the Velocipede

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Mercedes-Benz 12/55 1928 - badge on grille. Combining the laurel leaves of Benz with the 3-pointed star of Mercedes (Daimler AG).Go to pages about Mercedes-Benz.

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