CANSTATT DAIMLER BELT WAGON – year 1898

Manufacturer: Daimler Motor Company, Canstatt, Germany.

The first engines and cars produced by Daimler were initially more successful abroad than in Germany. W 1893 r. the first Daimler in America was sold. In England, the development of the automotive industry was limited by the well-known Red Flag Act” (the Red Flag Act). When, finally, the amendment to this act in 1896 r. also legalized motorization in England, Harry Lawson purchased the patents of a German company and founded the English Daimler Motor Company in Radford, Coventry.

Ever since the Prince of Wales' Daimler ride, later King Edward VII, with Lord J.. S. Montagu around Southampton, cars of this company became the brand of the royal family. It was only Queen Elizabeth who violated this tradition by starting to drive Rolls-Royce cars.

After the Daimler company was founded in Coventry, German cars of this brand were called Canstatt Daimler, unlike Coventry Daimler - English models.

The Riemenwagen coupe shown here had a two-cylinder engine, cast for the first time in one block. At cylinder diameter 100 mm and piston stroke 120 mm had a displacement 1060 cm3. The exhaust valves were controlled by a camshaft. The rear axle was driven by a 4-speed belt gearbox. With power 2,9 kW (4 KM) the car was gaining speed 22 km/h.

A few years before the death of G.. Daimler launched the Daimler-Phónix car, which despite discussions about its power, boarding options and body shape, marked out a line that is in effect until today. Its designer, W.. After solving the cooling problem, Maybach constructed a new 4-cylinder engine and placed it in the front of the vehicle. Capacity engine 5 liters of power 17 kW (23 KM), then raised to 25,7 kW (34 KM), developed maximum speed 75 do 80 km. A further novelty of the model was a gearbox with four forward gears and one reverse gear, a honeycomb type of radiator and, above all, tires. Dunlop pneumatic tires have since been used instead of solid tires, Michelin lub Continental.

Gottlieb Daimler did not live to see the great success of his cars. He died in 1 900 r.