Benz Patent-Motorwagen

Benz Patent-Motorwagen
Benz Patent-Motorwagen
	Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nr. 1
Overview
Manufacturer	Rheinische Gasmotorenfabrik Benz & Cie.; (known today as Mercedes-Benz)
Production	1886–1893
Powertrain
Engine	1.0 L (954 cc) single cylinder engine 2⁄3hp (Ligroin fuel)
Chronology
Successor	Benz Velo

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile^[1]^[a] and was the first car put into production.^[8] It was patented in January 1886 and unveiled in public later that year. The original cost of the vehicle was 600 imperial German marks,^[9] approximately 150 US dollars (equivalent to $5,100 in 2023).

Two years after Karl Benz drove the car in public in July 1886,^[10] Karl's wife Bertha demonstrated its feasibility in a trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim in August 1888. Around the same time, the Patent-Motorwagen became the first commercially available automobile in history.^[11] Émile Roger, who made Benz engines under license in France, was one of the first persons to buy Benz' car; from 1888, Roger was also the salesperson of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in France, selling one to Émile Levassor in 1888.^[12]^[13] The Patent-Motorwagen was shown at an exhibition in Munich in 1888, winning a gold medal, and at the 1889 Paris Exposition.^[13]

Due to the creation of the Patent-Motorwagen, Karl Benz has been hailed as the father and inventor of the automobile.^[1]^[14]^[15]

^ ^a ^b ^c Parissien, Steven (2014). The life of the automobile : the complete history of the motor car. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press. pp. 2–5. ISBN 978-1-250-04063-3.
^ "Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ Lavergne, Gérard (1902). The Automobile: Its Construction and Management. Cassell. p. 17.
^ Frey, Carl Benedikt (2020). The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation. Princeton University Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780691210797.
^ Bailey, Diane (2015). How the Automobile Changed History. ABDO. p. 28. ISBN 9781629697666.
^ Georgano, G. N. (1985). Cars, 1886–1930. Beekman House. pp. 9, 16. ISBN 9780517480731.
^ "Forerunners to the automobile". Mercedes-Benz Group. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ "Der Streit um den "Geburtstag" des modernen Automobils" [The fight over the birth of the modern automobile] (in German). German Patent and Trade Mark Office. 2014-12-22. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02.
^ Neil, Dan (2006-06-21). "Before the Rumble Seat". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
^ Karl Benz drives the first automobile 3 July 1886 edn.com
^ "Carl Benz and the Invention of the Automobile". 29 January 2018.
^ Hendrickson, Kenneth E. (2014). The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History. Vol. 3rd. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 9780810888883.
^ ^a ^b Rauck, Max (1986). "Das 1. Auto ist 100" [The first car is 100 years old]. Kultur & Technik (in German). Deutsches Museum. p. 70.
^ von Fersen, Olaf (2013). Ein Jahrhundert Automobiltechnik: Personenwagen (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 10. ISBN 9783642957727.
^ Derry, Thomas Kingston; Williams, Trevor Illtyd (1960). A Short History of Technology from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. Courier Corporation. p. 393. ISBN 9780486274720.

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[Parissien-1] Parissien, Steven (2014). The life of the automobile : the complete history of the motor car. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press. pp. 2–5. ISBN 978-1-250-04063-3.

[2] "Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[3] Lavergne, Gérard (1902). The Automobile: Its Construction and Management. Cassell. p. 17.

[4] Frey, Carl Benedikt (2020). The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation. Princeton University Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780691210797.

[5] Bailey, Diane (2015). How the Automobile Changed History. ABDO. p. 28. ISBN 9781629697666.

[6] Georgano, G. N. (1985). Cars, 1886–1930. Beekman House. pp. 9, 16. ISBN 9780517480731.

[7] "Forerunners to the automobile". Mercedes-Benz Group. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[9] "Der Streit um den "Geburtstag" des modernen Automobils" [The fight over the birth of the modern automobile] (in German). German Patent and Trade Mark Office. 2014-12-22. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02.

[10] Neil, Dan (2006-06-21). "Before the Rumble Seat". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

[edn.com-11] Karl Benz drives the first automobile 3 July 1886 edn.com

[12] "Carl Benz and the Invention of the Automobile". 29 January 2018.

[13] Hendrickson, Kenneth E. (2014). The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History. Vol. 3rd. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 9780810888883.

[Rauck1986-14] Rauck, Max (1986). "Das 1. Auto ist 100" [The first car is 100 years old]. Kultur & Technik (in German). Deutsches Museum. p. 70.

[15] von Fersen, Olaf (2013). Ein Jahrhundert Automobiltechnik: Personenwagen (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 10. ISBN 9783642957727.

[16] Derry, Thomas Kingston; Williams, Trevor Illtyd (1960). A Short History of Technology from the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900. Courier Corporation. p. 393. ISBN 9780486274720.

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