Benz

Karl Benz started producing his gas engine in 1881. He employed the two-stroke design in order not to have to use the four-stroke principle patented by Otto.…

Benz patented motor car (replica).
The Benz patent motor car was the world’s first gasoline-engined automobile. Unlike DaimIer’s motorized carriage, the motor…

Benz patented motor car (replica).

Benz Victoria, 1 cylinder, 1726 cm3, 3HP, 18 km/h top speed.
Karl Benz' first 4-wheeled automobile, made possible by the kingpin steering system improved by…

Benz Omnibus, 1895, 1 cylinder, 2651 cm3, 5 HP, 20 km/h, 8 seats.
In 1895 Benz built the world's first two buses, which operated on the Siegen-Netphen-Deuz…

Benz dos-a-dos, 1899, 2 cylinders, 1728 cm3, 5 HP, 35 km/h.
It was powered by the "contra engine", the world's first opposed-piston engine developed by Benz…

1.5 HP Daimler two-cylinder engine
In 1889, Daimler and Maybach built a first two-cylinder gasoiine engine to be able to boost output. It was based on the…

Benz 20/35 PS Landaulet, 1909, 4 cylinders, 5195 cm3, 35 HP, 75 km/h.
The model description 20/35 hp shows the actual engine output - as was common practice…

Benz 20/35 PS Landaulet, 1909, 4 cylinders, 5195 cm3, 35 HP, 75 km/h.

Benz Feuerwehr-Motorspritze, 1912, 4 cylinders, 8588 cm3, 58 HP, 40 km/h.
Around 1910, when gasoline-engined fire-fighting vehicles gradually became…