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Benz 1886-1926 - pioneering designs

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Created on January 5, 2011

Text:

Roger Gloor

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daimler-Benz (Werk)

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Archiv Henry Austin Clarke Jr.

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daimler-Benz (Werk)

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Archiv Henry Austin Clarke Jr.

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Benz Patent Motor Car

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Carl Benz - Father of the patented motor car - November 25, 1844 to April 4, 1929

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Benz Patent Motor Car (1886)

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Benz Patent Motor Car (1886)

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Contemporary depiction - Bertha Benz and her sons refueling on the long-distance journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim

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Rene Hanriot - on Benz - ready for battle

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René Hanriot - on Benz - takes a bend in Criel, finishing a good third

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Summary

There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Benz, which was founded by Karl Benz. He recognized the important trends early on and was also successful in motorsport. In 1926, he merged with Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft.

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In 1886, Karl Benz created the first German car with an internal combustion engine. Steam cars already existed, and experimental vehicles with internal combustion engines had already been built in France and other countries. But Benz paved the way for commercial production - as did Gottlieb Daimler, who created the first motorcycle in 1885 and motorized a carriage in 1886. Benz realized that the gas engine developed by Lenoir was more efficient than the steam engine. In the workshop he opened in Mannheim in 1871, he designed two-stroke and four-stroke engines. They were manufactured by "Benz & Co., Rheinische Gasmotorenfabrik".

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