Roll over a model and click to find out more.1886-1990
1886 Benz Patent Motor Car
First high-speed single-cylinder four-stroke engine. The Benz Patent Motor Car
was not a converted carriage but an independent, integral design.
1886 Daimler Motor Carriage
In contrast to the Benz Patent Motor Car, Daimler's first automobile was a
carriage without a drawbar but with the conventional drawbar steering.
A carriage without horses.
1889 Daimler Steel Wheel Car
A major step ahead in automotive development was taken by Daimler and Maybach with
the design of their steel-wheel car with two-cylinder V-engine.
1893 Benz "Victoria"
Karl Benz's cars remained three-wheelers until the early nineties. The design of an
operational axle pivot steering paved the way for four-wheeled cars.
1894 Daimler Belt-Driven Car
Maybach developed the Phoenix engine with two parallel, vertical cylinders cast
in one block and a camshaft for controlling the exhaust valves.