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    The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile and...
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    motorcar in 1886, the same year he first publicly drove the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. His company Benz & Cie., based in Mannheim, was the world's first automobile...
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    Thilde (1882–1974), and Ellen (1890–1973). On July 3, 1886, Benz presented the Patent-Motorwagen automobile to the public in Mannheim. Within the decade,...
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  • 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...
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    Benz Patent-Motorwagen Viktoria is a car that was produced by Benz and Cie. from 1893 to 1900. It was the first four-wheeled vehicle produced by Benz...
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    The Benz Velo was one of the first cars, introduced by Carl Benz in 1894 as the followup to the Patent Motorwagen. 67 Benz Velos were built in 1894 and...
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    everyday use—was invented in 1886, when German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Commercial cars became widely available during the 20th...
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    The car can be driven in Gran Turismo 4. List of Mercedes-Benz vehicles Benz Patent-Motorwagen Lord Montagu and David Burgess-Wise Daimler Century ; Stephens...
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  • design is patented by Scottish engineer Dugald Clerk. This engine is amongst the earliest to use a supercharger. 1885: The Benz Patent-Motorwagen - often...
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    long-distance road trip by automobile occurred in 1888 when Bertha Benz drove a Benz Patent-Motorwagen from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany. Driving requires both...
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  • passenger cars and light trucks which, since the introduction of the Benz Patent Motorwagen in 1886, can claim to being the highest selling vehicles in the...
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    Beginnings Benz Patent Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"; 1885), a three-wheel vehicle widely regarded as the world's first production automobile Benz Velo (1894)...
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  • fully functioning automobile – 1885 Benz Patent-Motorwagen First production automobile – 1888 Benz Patent-Motorwagen First automotive proving ground – 1915...
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    August 1888 when Bertha Benz, the wife of Karl Benz, the inventor of the first patented motor car (the Benz Patent-Motorwagen), traveled from Mannheim...
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    first magneto ignition system). Karl Benz introduced his single-cylinder four-stroke powered Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1885. All three of these engines...
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    meant to resemble a Horseless Carriage and references the original Benz Patent-Motorwagen with large diameter and thin spoked wheels.[citation needed] Hydrogen...
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    Early automotive pioneer Karl Benz developed a number of three-wheeled models. One of these, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, is regarded as the first purpose-built...
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  • Cars (painting) (category Mercedes-Benz)
    Mercedes-Benz saw the result, it commissioned the entire series, which was to track the evolution of its designs from the Benz Patent-Motorwagen 1885, Daimler...
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  • production automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, on a long distance journey between Mannheim and Pforzheim. Bertha Benz added ligroin to the vehicle...
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    in 1888 Bertha Benz, the wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz, used a garter to insulate a broken wire of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nr. 3. In remembrance...
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    husband's knowledge, Bertha Benz, with her sons Richard (aged 14) and Eugen (aged 15), drove in Benz's newly constructed Patent Motorwagen No. 3 automobile, from...
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    motorized-stage coach or horse carriage. Benz began to sell the vehicle, advertising it as the Benz Patent Motorwagen, in the late summer of 1888, making it...
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    used in the ignition system of early automobiles, most notably the Benz Patent-Motorwagen and the Ford Model T. Its distinguishing feature is a vibrating...
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    Motorcycle Quadricycle Brass Era car Stagecoach Specific models: Benz Patent-Motorwagen Duryea Motor Wagon Daimler Motorized Carriage Quentin, Hardy (2010-04-14)...
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  • to form the Congress Party. Karl Benz produces the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, regarded as the first automobile (patented and publicly launched the following...
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    (Electromote) by Werner von Siemens 1885: First automobile (Benz Patent-Motorwagen) by Karl Benz in Mannheim 1885, 1894: First motorcycle (Daimler Reitwagen)...
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  • in England. January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). February 6–9 –...
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    systems were replaced by systems using an induction coil. The 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen and the 1908 Ford Model T used a trembler coil ignition system,...
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    automobile had been created in 1885 by the German inventor Karl Benz (Benz Patent-Motorwagen). More efficient production methods were needed to make automobiles...
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    cars feature both rear and front motors, to drive all four wheels. Benz Patent-Motorwagen BMW 600, 700, and i3 Chevrolet Corvair Davrian DMC DeLorean Dune...
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