WORLD SECOND ( 2ND ) AUTOMOBILE COMPANY BEN-Z PATENT - MOTORWAGEN


Benz Patent-Motorwagen



Founder Name :  Karl Benz

Start-up Year : 1886

Country : Germany


The Benz Patent-Motorwagen was created in 1886 by German Karl Benz. It is regarded the first practical modern automobile and was the first car put into production. It was patented in January but public after one year. The original cost of this car was 600 imperial German marks . First two year Karl Benz drove the car publicly than Karl's wife  bertha demonstrated in feasibility in a trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim in August .Around the same year he became the first commercially available automobile in history.


First logo





Emile Roger was made the engine under license in France and he was the  first person to buy Benz car. He was also the salesperson of Benz Patent-Motorwagen in France , selling one to Emily Levassor. The patent Motorwagen was shown at an exhibition in Munich.

  

First Model 



Winning a Gold Medal . The creation of patent Motorwagen made Karl Ben-z has been hailed as the inventor of automobile. After developing a successful gasoline powered 2 stroke piston engine. He is focusing on motorized vehicle. While maintaining a career as designer of vehicles.


First Winning Gold Medal 






The Benz patent Motorwagen was a motor tricycle with rear mounted engine . This vehicle have many other inventions. It was made by steel tabling with wood work panels. The steel spoked wheels and solid rubber tires were Benz's design. Steering was by way of a toothed rack that pivoted the unspring front wheel. Fully elliptic springs were used at the back along with a beam axle and chain drive on both sides. A simple belt system served as a single-speed transmission, varying torque between an open disc and drive disc.





The first Motorwagen was Benz have 956cc single cylinder four stroke engine with trembler coil ignition. This new engine produced 500 watts at 250 rpm. Meanwhile  tested by university of Manheim. Showed that have the capacity of 670 watts at 400 rpm . It was an extremely light engine for the time weighing about 100 kg. It has open crankcase and oil dripping system would be a modern mechanic .

Second Winning Gold Medal 




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