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Benz Patent-Motorwagen - replacement for horses: from thought to reality

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Created on February 1, 1972

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Dipl. Ing. Max Rauck

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daimler AG, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

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Daimler-Benz (Werk)

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Benz Patent-Motorwagen (1886) - Am 29. Januar 1886 meldete Carl Benz sein "Fahrzeug für Gasmotorenbetrieb" zum Patent an.

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Carl Benz auf seinem ersten Patent-Motorwagen vom Typ I aus dem Jahr 1886, aufgenommen in München im Jahr 1925.

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Carl Benz - Vater des Patent-Motorwagen - 25. November 1844 bis 4. April 1929

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Benz Patent-Motorwagen (1886) - Werbeillustration

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Zeitgenössische Darstellung - Bertha Benz und ihre Söhne beim Tanken auf der Fernfahrt von Mannheim nach Pforzheim

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Benz Patent-Motorwagen

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Benz Patent-Motorwagen (1886)

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der erste Personenwagen mit Verbrennungsmotor überhaupt - Benz Patent Motorwagen

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Benz Patent Motorwagen (1886) - die Anfänge, das "Benz-Velo" ist nur noch als Nachbauten erhalten - Sonderschau "Mercedes-Benz" im Pantheon Basel 2020/2021

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Benz Patent-Motorwagen (1886)

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Benz Dreirad (R) (1886) - Classic-Gala Schwetzingen 2019

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Benz Dreirad (1886) - wird in Position geschoben (Replica) - Classic-Gala Schwetzingen 2021

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Benz Patent-Motorwagen (1886)

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Benz-Patent-Motorwagen (1886) - Andy Warhol.CARS-Ausstellung im MAC ab Oktober 2014

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Summary

Karl Benz realized the idea of the self-propelled car in 1886 with the "Benzwagen". The "Car No. 1" was the result of years of development work, during which a number of hurdles had to be overcome due to the state of the art at the time. This historical article tells the story of its development and provides a visual insight into the patented motor car.

This article contains the following chapters

Development and construction period
Choosing the engine
The chassis
The engine
A stroke of genius

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Preview (beginning of the article)

Among the numerous exhibits in the Deutsches Museum is a very special gem, "Car No. 1", the Benzwagen from 1886. This historically most valuable automobile was donated to the Deutsches Museum by its creator Karl Benz in 1908 so that it could be preserved for posterity. This ingenious motor car concept was responsible for realizing mankind's age-old dream of the self-propelled car because, as the eminent English automobile historian St. John C. Nixon so aptly put it, it "set the wheels of automobilism in perpetual motion". Benz created the completely new "prototype of a car without horses", in which the chassis and drive unit are united to form an organic whole.

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