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Benz Patent-Motorwagen |
1885/1886, Germany |
engines/performance |
| engines: |
| years |
cyl./valv. |
compr. |
displacement |
power |
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fuel |
torque |
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| 1885/86: |
1/2V |
2.7:1 |
954cc.(58ci) |
0.75-hp |
@400rpm |
carb. |
?lb-ft. (?Nm) |
@?rpm |
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performance: |
| engine |
topspeed |
0-50mph |
0-62mph |
0-100mph |
0-124mph |
1/4mile |
| 0.75hp: |
16kph/10mph |
?s |
?s |
?s |
?s |
?s@?mph/?kph |
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tyres/transmission |
| tyres front/rear: |
solid rubber, Ø730mm (28.7in) // Ø1125mm (44.3in) |
| transmission/drive wheel: |
1-speed, no reverse/RWD |
dimension/weight |
| length x width x height: |
2700 x 1400 x 1450 mm (106.3 x 55.1 x 57.1 in) |
| wheelbase - tread f/r: |
1450 mm - -/1190 mm (57.1 in - -/46.9 in) |
| weight: |
265 kg (584 lb) |
| price: |
? |
| production: |
only one prototype (many reproductions) |
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Carl Benz was the owner of a company for stationary engines. In 1885 he started to realize his idea for a motorized vehicle.
Instead of using a carriage and installing an engine in it, he constructed his own three-wheeler with a special engine/drivetrain unit.
It drove for the first time october 1885 and 01/29/1886 the patent for this vehicle was granted.
Nearly at the same time Gottlieb Daimler constructed the first four-wheel-automobile. Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler did this without knewing each other.
The car on the pictures is an exact reproduction of the original Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the original
Patent-Motorwagen is exhibited in the "Deutsches Museum" in Munich. (Pictures of it I am not allowed to show.)
Pictures taken at the Frankfurt Auto Show 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany |
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