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Daimer D 1886-1900 - the emergence of the four-stroke engine

Name: Daimer Motorkutsche 1886
Brand: Daimer

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Created in 2015

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Roger Gloor

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Benz Patent Motor Car (1886) - Gottlieb Daimler with his vehicle

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Daimer motorized carriage from 1886, (1-cylinder mid-engine, 462 cm3, 1.5 hp)

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Daimler (1897) - Attracting attention by presenting veterans - Geneva Motor Show 1966

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There were around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. Among the brands that have disappeared is the German Daimler. The technical director of the Deutz gas engine factory, Gottlieb Daimler, set up his own business in 1872 together with his employee Wilhelm Maybach and together they created the first four-stroke engine. In 1890, the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft was founded, which was only just saved from bankruptcy five years later by the Briton Frederick Simms. In 1901, he then adopted the name of his daughter Mercedes as the brand name.

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Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler designed Germany's first automobiles independently of each other in 1886. Daimler was technical director of the Deutz gas engine factory from 1872. After he and his colleague Wilhelm Maybach set up their own business, they created the first light and fast-running four-stroke engine in 1883, the first motorcycle in 1885 and the pioneering motorized carriage in 1886. In 1889, Daimler and Maybach completed the steel-wheeled car with its own chassis frame and V2 engine. In 1890, Daimler and two financial backers founded the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft = DMG in Cannstatt. Supported by Daimler, the ingenious inventor Maybach developed the belt-drive car on his own in 1892 and the first spray-nozzle carburetor in 1893. From 1893, Daimler also remained only a DMG shareholder and member of the supervisory board. While DMG relied on stationary engines, Panhard cars were winning races in car-loving France thanks to Daimler engines.

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