At this time marks the a hundred and seventy fifth anniversary of the beginning of Bertha Benz, who drove the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in August 1888 on a journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim, demonstrating the reliability of the machine invented by Karl Benz and introduced in 1886.
Picture/video: Răzvan Măgureanu
3 Might 2024 marks the a hundred and seventy fifth anniversary of the beginning of Bertha Benz, the spouse of Karl Benz, who drove the Benz Patent-Motorwagen from Mannheim to Pforzheim in August 1888, demonstrating the reliability of the automobile often known as the primary trendy car. On the event of Bertha Benz’s birthday, we witnessed a take a look at drive of a Benz Patent-Motorwagen duplicate. After 146 years, a duplicate of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen has as soon as once more been operating on the highway, and you may see within the video beneath how the primary trendy automobile begins and drives. The occasion occurred on the Tiriac Assortment museum in Bucharest, Romania, on the event of the presentation of the Mercedes-AMG One hypercar with serial quantity 84 bought by billionaire and former tennis participant Ion Tiriac.
25 models of Benz Patent-Motorwagen have been constructed between 1886 and 1893, however none of them are nonetheless in authentic situation. There are as a substitute six authentic replicas, one in every of which is on the Tiriac Assortment in Bucharest. The Benz Patent Motorwagen was a tricycle with a rear-mounted engine. The primary model used a 954 cc (58.2 cu in) single-cylinder four-stroke engine that produced 0.67 PS/250 rpm and weighed 100 kg. The automobile obtained patent quantity 37435, for which Karl Benz utilized on 29 January 1886. Due to this patent, Karl Benz is taken into account the inventor of the fashionable car. Karl Benz introduced his invention on 3 July 1886 on the Ringstrasse in Mannheim when he drove it and achieved a most velocity of 16 kph.
Benz frequently improved the automobile, and the quantity 2 mannequin had a 1.5 PS engine, whereas the quantity 3 engine developed 2 PS. With the Benz Patent-Motorwagen No. 3, Bertha Benz made the journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim over a distance of 106 km (66 miles) together with her two kids, Eugen and Richard, who have been 15 and 14 years previous.