{"id":18524,"date":"2019-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/125-years-of-the-benz-motor-velociped\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T12:24:55","slug":"125-years-of-the-benz-motor-velociped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/125-years-of-the-benz-motor-velociped\/","title":{"rendered":"125 Years of the Benz Motor-Velociped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Large-scale production is normal in the automotive industry today, but have you ever considered which car was the first to be mass-produced? For this we have to turn back some pages of history until we finally reach back to Carl Benz. Yes, the same man who had his Motorwagen patented in 1886 also managed to get his first real series-production on the road in big numbers only eight years later. While the Patent-Motorwagen (patent motor vehicle) and subsequent prototypes had a rear axle with two wheels and only one steered front wheel, later production models like the Vis-\u00e0-Vis or the Victoria received an also patented axle steering with two front wheels, which later was also used with the Motor-Velociped.

This debuted in April 1894 as a small car, whose name is derived from the Latin term for bicycles (velociped means fast-runner). For this Carl Benz had developed a special enthusiasm, after he had bought his first bicycle with wire tires on wooden wheels already in 1867 and used it for long journeys in the countryside. The Motor-Velociped was shown on the title of the annual Benz catalog and became an instant sales success. With its 1.1 kW\/1.5 hp engine, the car might look like a better walker from today’s perspective. At that time, however, it was sufficiently powered for the German and European markets.<\/p>\n\n\n

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